Essays and notes
Writing from live work.
Notes on AI readiness, professional learning and education systems, written from programmes rather than from a distance. Longer pieces also appear on Substack.
Recent writing
Selected pieces
The archive holds the longer record. These are the pieces I would point someone to first.
What 28 AI readiness assessments reveal about schools in Ghana
Workshops with school leaders at Cambridge International Schools Day in Accra. Hardware and tools are moving. Governance and policy are not.
The question is not which AI tools to buy
What 200 school leaders in Ghana taught me about AI readiness. A handful of hands went up when I asked who had a written school AI policy.
Your school isn’t behind on AI. You just don’t have a map yet.
A practical readiness framework for international schools in Sub-Saharan Africa, written for leaders who know they should act and need a way to start.
AI in education: lessons from Kuwait
What happens when educators move beyond the hype and get practical about AI in the classroom, after intensive training with KFAS and Cambridge.
From prompting to context engineering
A Kuwait University Science Month workshop for Life Sciences faculty on practical generative AI in higher education.
Context engineering: the next evolution beyond prompt engineering
Why starting a new chat and re-explaining the work every time is the wrong unit of professional AI practice.
Practical AI in education at the Cambridge-HP EdTech Fellowship
Notes from residency week at Jesus College, Cambridge, with the Latin American fellowship cohort.
n8n workflow automation for education and training
A guide for institutions that need automation around content and training workflows, without treating the tool as the strategy.
AI writing by topic
Every AI essay and guide on this site, grouped by topic and listed newest first. Start with the field reports from schools and systems, then follow the practical guides.
AI literacy and policy
- AI Literacy in African Schools: What Curricula Promise and What Classrooms Need (start here)
- Assessment in the AI Era: Adapting the AI Assessment Scale for African Classrooms (assessment guide)
- AI literacy in African schools: from policy ambition to classroom learning
- ChatGPT won’t fix education systems. But it has become shorthand for AI.
- What AI means for Mzansi’s classrooms
- Adapting AI to tackle education inequality in Africa
- Herrington’s Authentic Learning Framework Meets Generative AI
- Adapting the AI Assessment Scale for South African Schools
- Inclusive Design in Educational AI
- Generative AI and Education in the Global South
- How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Education in South Africa
- Designing Formative Assessments with Spreadsheets and AI
- Media Literacy and Artificial Intelligence: Navigating New Frontiers
AI readiness and leadership
- Sovereign AI for Education Systems: A Practical Guide for Ministries (start here)
- How to Design AI Professional Development That Changes Practice (training guide)
- AI Readiness for Schools: A Practical Framework for African and Global South Contexts (start here)
- What 28 AI Readiness Assessments Reveal About Schools in Ghana
- The question is not which AI tools to buy
- Your School Isn’t Behind on AI. You Just Don’t Have a Map Yet.
- AI in Education: Lessons from Kuwait
- Building Sovereign AI Infrastructure for Education: UNICEF Innovation Camp Workshop
- Designing a 24-Week AI Training Programme for Professional Development
- When AI Meets Human Potential: Insights from Azerbaijan’s Digital Pioneer
- Building AI Readiness in the Global South
- Cambridge’s Vision for AI in Education
AI products and workflows
- Context Engineering: The Next Evolution Beyond Prompt Engineering
- The Complete Guide to n8n Workflow Automation for Education and Training
- Implementing RAG in n8n for Educational Content Workflows
- Fundamentals of Prompting
- Rapid Prototyping AI Products with Claude Projects
- Why I Built an AI Twin to Run My Life
- Transforming Educational Publishing with AI
- AI Fundamentals for Educators: AI, Language Models, Capabilities and Ethics
- 10 Simple Prompts for Cambridge Teachers to Use with AI Chatbots
- n8n for Educational Content Automation
- AI Fundamentals for Business
- How South African Business Can Leverage High-Level AI Capabilities
More in the archive
Older posts on publishing, indigenous knowledge and education technology remain in the writing category.