Tony Parkin
@tonyparkin.bsky.social
Disruptive Nostalgist & Educational Technologist. Freelance speaker, writer and mentor.
Left leaning & right learning Yorkshireman, so posts involve politics and education.
Left leaning & right learning Yorkshireman, so posts involve politics and education.
AI-Powered Threats to Schools: Why This Is Every Leader's Problem | Educate Ventures Research buff.ly/zSAYiI5 < Online 1 hour session by Prof Rose Luckin, Wed 26 Nov, 2025 ££
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
AI-Powered Threats to Schools: Why This Is Every Leader's Problem | Educate Ventures Research buff.ly/zSAYiI5 < Online 1 hour session by Prof Rose Luckin, Wed 26 Nov, 2025 ££
Bett UK 2026 Agenda released | Bett UK buff.ly/yEB4gE7 < "Explore the world-class speakers and sessions taking place at Bett UK 2026." Another unsurprising focus on AI, but lots of other good stuff too.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Bett UK 2026 Agenda released | Bett UK buff.ly/yEB4gE7 < "Explore the world-class speakers and sessions taking place at Bett UK 2026." Another unsurprising focus on AI, but lots of other good stuff too.
American Giraffe iti
#BigAnimalsInASongOrMovie
#BigAnimalsInASongOrMovie
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
American Giraffe iti
#BigAnimalsInASongOrMovie
#BigAnimalsInASongOrMovie
When folk say "they don't make films like this any more," just remind them to watch "Bank Of Dave".
#feelgoodfactor#netflix
#feelgoodfactor#netflix
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When folk say "they don't make films like this any more," just remind them to watch "Bank Of Dave".
#feelgoodfactor#netflix
#feelgoodfactor#netflix
Formerly known as Prince Andrew - a Life in Private Eye Covers | Private Eye Covers Library buff.ly/NyCLZbV
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Formerly known as Prince Andrew - a Life in Private Eye Covers | Private Eye Covers Library buff.ly/NyCLZbV
An Assessment tail? | Parkin Space https://buff.ly/ez1XBCP < After a decade of relentless focus in education on assessment, is the tail finally wagging the dog for Gen Z?
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
An Assessment tail? | Parkin Space https://buff.ly/ez1XBCP < After a decade of relentless focus in education on assessment, is the tail finally wagging the dog for Gen Z?
Not a fan of golf, but I do think the appalling behaviour and lack of sportsmanship by the US crowd at the Ryder Cup encapsulates all that's wrong with Trump's America.
This is making America grate again... #losers
This is making America grate again... #losers
September 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Not a fan of golf, but I do think the appalling behaviour and lack of sportsmanship by the US crowd at the Ryder Cup encapsulates all that's wrong with Trump's America.
This is making America grate again... #losers
This is making America grate again... #losers
Something at the State Banquet seems to have disagreed with Melania ...
September 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Something at the State Banquet seems to have disagreed with Melania ...
Excellent entirely AI-generated parody of a 'Yacht Rock' music video from the '70s by @EricKerArt, with a fascinating twitter thread explaining how it was created and assembled.
x.com/EricKerArt/sta...
x.com/EricKerArt/sta...
September 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Excellent entirely AI-generated parody of a 'Yacht Rock' music video from the '70s by @EricKerArt, with a fascinating twitter thread explaining how it was created and assembled.
x.com/EricKerArt/sta...
x.com/EricKerArt/sta...
Two in five teachers feel they're 'cheating' when using AI | Schools Week buff.ly/iL9ikh0 < “AI isn’t about replacing teachers. It’s offering them the chance to focus more on what they do best..." - strong 'do more with less' 'W1A' vibes here!
August 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Two in five teachers feel they're 'cheating' when using AI | Schools Week buff.ly/iL9ikh0 < “AI isn’t about replacing teachers. It’s offering them the chance to focus more on what they do best..." - strong 'do more with less' 'W1A' vibes here!
When you ask Google's NotebookLM to give you a video overview of a 66-page KCL report on 'The Future of Computing', rather than the podcast you previously asked for...
youtu.be/T01kmofKnPk
youtu.be/T01kmofKnPk
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
When you ask Google's NotebookLM to give you a video overview of a 66-page KCL report on 'The Future of Computing', rather than the podcast you previously asked for...
youtu.be/T01kmofKnPk
youtu.be/T01kmofKnPk
Education and the New Cult of Efficiency | Second Breakfast buff.ly/40rfEtx < "Management meant measurement, as Taylorism would dictate, and what emerged were all sorts of new, bureaucratic practices in schools". Audrey Watters takes aim....
August 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Education and the New Cult of Efficiency | Second Breakfast buff.ly/40rfEtx < "Management meant measurement, as Taylorism would dictate, and what emerged were all sorts of new, bureaucratic practices in schools". Audrey Watters takes aim....
REMINDER: The State of Palestine is already recognised as a sovereign nation by 147 of the 193 UN member states, representing 75% of the international community.
July 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
REMINDER: The State of Palestine is already recognised as a sovereign nation by 147 of the 193 UN member states, representing 75% of the international community.
A rare date night (sans enfants) for Ann's birthday treat.
A meal at the Chandos (where she had never been, and chose) followed by a night at the theatre.
Amazing to think George Bernard Shaw wrote it in the 19thC, though it was banned till the 20th (1902!).
A meal at the Chandos (where she had never been, and chose) followed by a night at the theatre.
Amazing to think George Bernard Shaw wrote it in the 19thC, though it was banned till the 20th (1902!).
July 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A rare date night (sans enfants) for Ann's birthday treat.
A meal at the Chandos (where she had never been, and chose) followed by a night at the theatre.
Amazing to think George Bernard Shaw wrote it in the 19thC, though it was banned till the 20th (1902!).
A meal at the Chandos (where she had never been, and chose) followed by a night at the theatre.
Amazing to think George Bernard Shaw wrote it in the 19thC, though it was banned till the 20th (1902!).
Mirage is a “world transformation model”, where AI generates video over anything in real time, constantly iterating, but starting with your face!
buff.ly/k3cw2Lr
buff.ly/k3cw2Lr
July 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Mirage is a “world transformation model”, where AI generates video over anything in real time, constantly iterating, but starting with your face!
buff.ly/k3cw2Lr
buff.ly/k3cw2Lr
Cats Confuse Reasoning LLM: Query Agnostic Adversarial Triggers for Reasoning Models buff.ly/VpY3jK0 < like Nigel Tufnel, AI Reasoning Models are easily confused simply by adding irrelevant text. Ooh, look, shiny.....
July 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Cats Confuse Reasoning LLM: Query Agnostic Adversarial Triggers for Reasoning Models buff.ly/VpY3jK0 < like Nigel Tufnel, AI Reasoning Models are easily confused simply by adding irrelevant text. Ooh, look, shiny.....
1 cul de sac, 12 houses, 3 internet providers... and @weareopenreach intend to dig up the road 12 times to lay full fibre to each house, and refuse to discuss or consider a co-ordinated approach.
A comms company that refuses to communicate!
A comms company that refuses to communicate!
July 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
1 cul de sac, 12 houses, 3 internet providers... and @weareopenreach intend to dig up the road 12 times to lay full fibre to each house, and refuse to discuss or consider a co-ordinated approach.
A comms company that refuses to communicate!
A comms company that refuses to communicate!
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Here's How I'm Fixing School - 2 Hour Learning | Future of Learning (YouTube) buff.ly/bf1iX2D < some familiar US messages for those who remember the sell on Integrated Learning Systems in the '90s. With many of the same issues, plus some new twists, like AI & coaches.
July 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here's How I'm Fixing School - 2 Hour Learning | Future of Learning (YouTube) buff.ly/bf1iX2D < some familiar US messages for those who remember the sell on Integrated Learning Systems in the '90s. With many of the same issues, plus some new twists, like AI & coaches.
Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being | PNAS NEXUS buff.ly/73qiYch < improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention in 91% of study participants
June 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being | PNAS NEXUS buff.ly/73qiYch < improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention in 91% of study participants
More schools miss out as 'lottery' repair grants fall again | Schools Week buff.ly/dafNgAl < Despite a slight rising in funding, both the number of successful applications and schools receiving cash have fallen since last year (4% and 11% respectively).
May 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
More schools miss out as 'lottery' repair grants fall again | Schools Week buff.ly/dafNgAl < Despite a slight rising in funding, both the number of successful applications and schools receiving cash have fallen since last year (4% and 11% respectively).
When AI authors are promptly discovered | Parkin Space buff.ly/L73pSCn < what happens when writers inadvertently leave an AI prompt in their text, and it then makes its way past all the editing process to appear in the published work? And does it matter?
May 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When AI authors are promptly discovered | Parkin Space buff.ly/L73pSCn < what happens when writers inadvertently leave an AI prompt in their text, and it then makes its way past all the editing process to appear in the published work? And does it matter?
ChatGPT’s top use is now education, with students using mobile app for study help and homework support — EdTech Innovation Hub buff.ly/UTAZ4Nq < just as calls to ban mobiles in education increase, student educational use makes headlines!
May 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ChatGPT’s top use is now education, with students using mobile app for study help and homework support — EdTech Innovation Hub buff.ly/UTAZ4Nq < just as calls to ban mobiles in education increase, student educational use makes headlines!
The Lincoln Green Lawyer
#PutRobinHoodInASongOrAMovie
#PutRobinHoodInASongOrAMovie
May 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Lincoln Green Lawyer
#PutRobinHoodInASongOrAMovie
#PutRobinHoodInASongOrAMovie