Catherine Elliott
@catherinelliott.bsky.social
Education Consultant with particular interest in SEND in Computing, AI in education, assistive technology and all things edtech. https://sheffieldclc.net/
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Learn about a new OECD report exploring the opportunities, limitations and risks of using AI to support students with special educational needs. #RISEEduMag. #OECD #sEN #AI #Resarch #News @netsupport.bsky.social @techheaddd.bsky.social
www.riseedumag.com/opportunitie...
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Opportunities, limitations and risks of using AI to support students with special educational needs - R.I.S.E. Magazine
A working paper from the OECD examines the opportunities, risks and limitations of AI being used to help students with special educational needs (SEN) achieve
www.riseedumag.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Learn about a new OECD report exploring the opportunities, limitations and risks of using AI to support students with special educational needs. #RISEEduMag. #OECD #sEN #AI #Resarch #News @netsupport.bsky.social @techheaddd.bsky.social
www.riseedumag.com/opportunitie...
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Understand new #Safeguarding risks posed by #AI and gain key actions to address them in our latest #RISEEduMag article, from the fab Afsha Zeb. A must-read for #SchoolLeaders www.riseedumag.com/safeguarding... @netsupport.bsky.social #DigitalStrategy #CyberSecurity #AIPolicy
Safeguarding in the age of AI: a new chapter for schools - R.I.S.E. Magazine
Understand new safeguarding risks posed by AI and gain key actions to address them, with Afsha Zeb.
www.riseedumag.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Understand new #Safeguarding risks posed by #AI and gain key actions to address them in our latest #RISEEduMag article, from the fab Afsha Zeb. A must-read for #SchoolLeaders www.riseedumag.com/safeguarding... @netsupport.bsky.social #DigitalStrategy #CyberSecurity #AIPolicy
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This is quite a team to be part of. Looking forward to putting Healthy Child Development at the heart of all our work in Sheffield over the coming year.
www.learnsheffield.co.uk/About-Us/Our...
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Learn Sheffield | By Sheffield. For Sheffield. In Collaboration
Learn Sheffield | By Sheffield. For Sheffield. In Collaboration
www.learnsheffield.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is quite a team to be part of. Looking forward to putting Healthy Child Development at the heart of all our work in Sheffield over the coming year.
www.learnsheffield.co.uk/About-Us/Our...
www.learnsheffield.co.uk/About-Us/Our...
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This is such a beautiful, poignant and important talk.
I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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July 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is such a beautiful, poignant and important talk.
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We're looking forward to delivering a workshop at the Computing At School conference, about how to make coding lessons more engaging.
In our workshop, we’ll discuss some of the best ways we’ve found to make learning to code more engaging, and introduce you to Mission Encodeable.
In our workshop, we’ll discuss some of the best ways we’ve found to make learning to code more engaging, and introduce you to Mission Encodeable.
June 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We're looking forward to delivering a workshop at the Computing At School conference, about how to make coding lessons more engaging.
In our workshop, we’ll discuss some of the best ways we’ve found to make learning to code more engaging, and introduce you to Mission Encodeable.
In our workshop, we’ll discuss some of the best ways we’ve found to make learning to code more engaging, and introduce you to Mission Encodeable.
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Computing by all, for all - THIS MONTH
June is Pride Month
Read about LGBTQ+ Computer Science Greats and the massive contributions they have made.
cs4fn.blog/lgbtq-comput...
#ComputingByAllForAll
June is Pride Month
Read about LGBTQ+ Computer Science Greats and the massive contributions they have made.
cs4fn.blog/lgbtq-comput...
#ComputingByAllForAll
LGBTQ+ Computer Science Greats
Computing is for all. Anyone can be a Computer Scientist or Electronic Engineer if they love the subject, put their mind to it, and put the work in. Some of the most amazing, the absolute greats, w…
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June 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Computing by all, for all - THIS MONTH
June is Pride Month
Read about LGBTQ+ Computer Science Greats and the massive contributions they have made.
cs4fn.blog/lgbtq-comput...
#ComputingByAllForAll
June is Pride Month
Read about LGBTQ+ Computer Science Greats and the massive contributions they have made.
cs4fn.blog/lgbtq-comput...
#ComputingByAllForAll
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I always mention it when training staff about AI, and it has to be in there when we teach students about it too - hope you find the space!
"The UK's 500 data centres consume 2.5% of all electricity in the UK, while Ireland's 80 hoover up 21% of the country's total power,"
When we planned our AI unit we had to cut enviro impact of AI as there wasn't time. Need to try and shoehorn it back in! #TeamCompSci
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When we planned our AI unit we had to cut enviro impact of AI as there wasn't time. Need to try and shoehorn it back in! #TeamCompSci
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon Web Services boss
The world's largest cloud computing company plans to spend £8bn on new data centres in the UK over the next four years.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I always mention it when training staff about AI, and it has to be in there when we teach students about it too - hope you find the space!
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Did you know Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images?
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a great day to help you get that set up.
Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."
#GAAD #GAAD2025
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a great day to help you get that set up.
Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."
#GAAD #GAAD2025
May 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I'd love it if you listened and share with friends and family
Episode 2 is here!! Stream now by clicking the link in our bio🎧#jewishIdentity #WhoJewThinkYouAre #JewishPodcast
April 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I'd love it if you listened and share with friends and family
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Sheffield AI are running a FREE AI based hackathon in May 2025.
Entries are open to anybody in the region who wants to get hands on and build something with AI.
Find out more and sign up: sheffield.ai/hackathon/
@helpsheffield.bsky.social #SheffEvents
Entries are open to anybody in the region who wants to get hands on and build something with AI.
Find out more and sign up: sheffield.ai/hackathon/
@helpsheffield.bsky.social #SheffEvents
April 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sheffield AI are running a FREE AI based hackathon in May 2025.
Entries are open to anybody in the region who wants to get hands on and build something with AI.
Find out more and sign up: sheffield.ai/hackathon/
@helpsheffield.bsky.social #SheffEvents
Entries are open to anybody in the region who wants to get hands on and build something with AI.
Find out more and sign up: sheffield.ai/hackathon/
@helpsheffield.bsky.social #SheffEvents
This is a great blog - AI as “probability engines rather than magical friends”.
New blog post from
me on what AI is and isn't, and why we all have a democratic duty to do some myth busting before the dreaded management sci-fi comes to get us www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
me on what AI is and isn't, and why we all have a democratic duty to do some myth busting before the dreaded management sci-fi comes to get us www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
What we talk about when we talk about AI — Careful Industries
Can AI really do all of the things people want it to do — and what exactly are people actually talking about when they talk about AI? Yutong Liu & The Bigger Picture / https://betterim...
www.careful.industries
April 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is a great blog - AI as “probability engines rather than magical friends”.
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It is the Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) project's 20th anniversary. I am gradually writing our impact story. Read about it here:
cs4fn.blog/impact/
@qmuleecs.bsky.social
Here are some highlights ...
cs4fn.blog/impact/
@qmuleecs.bsky.social
Here are some highlights ...
April 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It is the Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) project's 20th anniversary. I am gradually writing our impact story. Read about it here:
cs4fn.blog/impact/
@qmuleecs.bsky.social
Here are some highlights ...
cs4fn.blog/impact/
@qmuleecs.bsky.social
Here are some highlights ...
Thanks @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social arrived safely - very much looking forward to getting involved in this
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thanks @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social arrived safely - very much looking forward to getting involved in this
My first computer - with "Massive RAM" of 16K! Many happy hours playing Horace Goes Skiing and Jumping Jack 😁
Happy Birthday to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum! One of the most influential computers ever made and one of the all-time bestselling British computers, over five million units were sold. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982.
April 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My first computer - with "Massive RAM" of 16K! Many happy hours playing Horace Goes Skiing and Jumping Jack 😁
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Good morning! Nearly 200 people have completed this survey so far. If you work in tech, no matter how loosely, and want to be part of a positive social movement, please take a look and share with your networks
Are you a UK-based technologist interested in joining a body that acts in solidarity against the excesses of extractive platform capitalism? Fill out this survey, and help design the Society for Hopeful Technologists www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
Survey: Society for Hopeful Technologists — Careful Industries
Are you a UK-based technologist interested in joining a body that acts in solidarity against the excesses of extractive platform capitalism? Complete this survey to help shape the Society for Hopef...
www.careful.industries
April 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Good morning! Nearly 200 people have completed this survey so far. If you work in tech, no matter how loosely, and want to be part of a positive social movement, please take a look and share with your networks
I like this Careful Industries blog on Reponsible-ish use of GenAI: www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-... - it can be super useful & save time, but we should all be setting 'conscious boundaries' around the use of this extremely resource-intensive tool.
Responsible-ish GenAI dos and don’ts: text edition — Careful Industries
Seven things to bear in mind and three responsible-ish AI strategies
www.careful.industries
April 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I like this Careful Industries blog on Reponsible-ish use of GenAI: www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-... - it can be super useful & save time, but we should all be setting 'conscious boundaries' around the use of this extremely resource-intensive tool.
Sadly I don't have the followers I used to on the *other* platform, but in case there's anyone out there in the US working with young people with disabilities or additional learning needs who love coding, but can't use a mouse - there's a great project from @microbit.org looking for participants 1/2
April 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Sadly I don't have the followers I used to on the *other* platform, but in case there's anyone out there in the US working with young people with disabilities or additional learning needs who love coding, but can't use a mouse - there's a great project from @microbit.org looking for participants 1/2
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Why Computing is STILL About Thinking
I read a recent blog post about AI in education by Neil Almond, and it has been playing on my mind, not because I disagreed, but because it asked exactly the right questions. What’s the real purpose of technology in education? And what are the risks if we get…
I read a recent blog post about AI in education by Neil Almond, and it has been playing on my mind, not because I disagreed, but because it asked exactly the right questions. What’s the real purpose of technology in education? And what are the risks if we get…
Why Computing is STILL About Thinking
I read a recent blog post about AI in education by Neil Almond, and it has been playing on my mind, not because I disagreed, but because it asked exactly the right questions. What’s the real purpose of technology in education? And what are the risks if we get it wrong? As someone who leads computing in a primary school, I often return to a simple truth when asked what the subject is really about:
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April 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why Computing is STILL About Thinking
I read a recent blog post about AI in education by Neil Almond, and it has been playing on my mind, not because I disagreed, but because it asked exactly the right questions. What’s the real purpose of technology in education? And what are the risks if we get…
I read a recent blog post about AI in education by Neil Almond, and it has been playing on my mind, not because I disagreed, but because it asked exactly the right questions. What’s the real purpose of technology in education? And what are the risks if we get…
This is lovely - great if you have access to a 3D printer!
Scratch Tactile looks promising both as an unplugged activity and for students with special needs - based on #ScratchJr #CSforAll #EduSky #CSK8 www.scratchtactile.org/en
Scratch Tactile | Inclusive creative programming
Scratch Tactile is a new inclusive educational resource based on ScratchJr that allows students to learn through play, while developing computational thinking and programming skills by creating hands-...
www.scratchtactile.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is lovely - great if you have access to a 3D printer!
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I'm very proud to have been shortlisted by SheCanCode as #STEM #Educator of the Year. It is now open to public vote so please can you click bit.ly/4cpaZNm and 'cast your vote' for me in the 'Educator of the Year' category #EduSky
STEM Educator Awards Shortlist 2025
Discover the 2025 shortlist for SheCanCode's STEM Educator Awards, celebrating the outstanding educators shaping the future of women in STEM.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I'm very proud to have been shortlisted by SheCanCode as #STEM #Educator of the Year. It is now open to public vote so please can you click bit.ly/4cpaZNm and 'cast your vote' for me in the 'Educator of the Year' category #EduSky
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At least it’s for a good purpose 🙄
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
At least it’s for a good purpose 🙄
If you don't already follow Miranda, she posts the loveliest observations on everyday life and makes my timeline so much more joyful. (Oh and she's looking to get to 5,000 followers by 6pm today, so go on give her a follow)
A little boy pets a dog on the tube. He tries to give her some Lego from his pocket.
His mum: No, darling.
Boy: But it’s the best present.
His mum: No, darling.
Boy: But it’s the best present.
April 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If you don't already follow Miranda, she posts the loveliest observations on everyday life and makes my timeline so much more joyful. (Oh and she's looking to get to 5,000 followers by 6pm today, so go on give her a follow)
Really interesting to see the advancements especially around inclusion of text. Great to see a section on the environmental impact of these tools too - many people don't consider the huge energy and water demands of GenAI
A new blog post from my colleague Catherine Barker. Well worth reading, especially to see the striking fashion images that it can create and how they compare to those possible when we did our image generation pilots just a few months ago.
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ChatGPT image generation: What’s changed and why it matters - Artificial intelligence
OpenAI have built their most advanced image generator yet into GPT-4o, which ‘excels at accurately rendering text, precisely following prompts, and leveraging 4o’s inherence knowledge base and chat co...
nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org
April 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Really interesting to see the advancements especially around inclusion of text. Great to see a section on the environmental impact of these tools too - many people don't consider the huge energy and water demands of GenAI
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Want to enhance your school's computing curriculum and gain recognition?🌟 Could your school be the next CyberFirst School? Join a network dedicated to cybersecurity excellence🏆
Based in Yorkshire and Humber? Register your interest today: buff.ly/WMzTVfL
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April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Want to enhance your school's computing curriculum and gain recognition?🌟 Could your school be the next CyberFirst School? Join a network dedicated to cybersecurity excellence🏆
Based in Yorkshire and Humber? Register your interest today: buff.ly/WMzTVfL
Based in Yorkshire and Humber? Register your interest today: buff.ly/WMzTVfL