I am writing this on my third train of the day. Travelling back from Manchester today. Though I had visits to Leeds as well.
Spoke at the TPEA Conference in Manchester on Tuesday about “ The Power of Assistive Technology “ film series.
It’s a slow burn for the films but progress is being made in sharing our films with some strategic partneships. More of that as it energes.
Interesting event with some good follow on connections made. Learnt a lot – especially about the word Judicious when applied to assistive technology in the new SENCO guidance by the government. At first sight I did not get the connection but after explanation it was the correct use of Aritifical Intelligence. A lot of concern by academics present at the conference that we might loose the ability to critical think about content if it’s just AI generated. Also student’s plagarising by just accepting what AI gives. I have touched on a few guidance recommendations.
On previous blogs I have looked at aspects of AI but sense the need for more comparison of AI apps along the lines of ethics. It is increasingly clear we need ethics to guide our use of such powerful tools.
On to the BATA AGM at Glean HQ in Leeds Docks. We were spoiled rotten with the venue and the generosity of the company – Glean , thank you! BATA explained what they have done last year and what they intend to do this next year. More engagement with members and such a willingness for that to happen. There was more a buzz about the event this yeat than I have experienced in previous years. We welcomed 14 new members to the association and it proved a great networking event with great keynote speakers. Well done BATA for putting this together and thanks to Nicole, Jade and Claudia for making that happen. Pleased to see that my good friend and colleague Jack Churchill will be the next chair as Rick Bell of Texthelp after 5 years is stepping down. I wish Jack success in his new role. Mention was also made of our 1000 % increase in traffic on our website. which means we have more people taking notice of what we are doing.
Now travelling home for a rest and catchup on admin and training for clients. Just one more connection to make at Swindon. At least I have a table to write these notes on!
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