The podcast
Conversations with people creating with AI, not just consuming it: what they built, and what happened when they used it for real.
Silky Vyas Secondary librarian and Extended Essay coordinator, American International School of Guangzhou
Silky builds her own learning resources with AI instead of buying them. We talk about the research tool she built and then told never to hand over an answer, why her students’ frustration with it is the point, and why most students are not trying to cheat.
Listen on SpotifyDr Nick Jackson Leader of Digital Technologies, Scotch College Adelaide, and author of two books on AI in education
Nick thinks schools are stuck on the wrong question. Not “is this cheating?” but “who are we now that AI can do the work?” We cover authentic assessment, why teacher trust beats detection, and the responsible-use gap most schools are missing.
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Cora Yang
The training is done, the platform bought, the policy written, and classrooms look the same. Cora on where AI rollouts break, giving students real choice over AI use, and why the timing of PD matters more than its content.
Julian Ridden
Julian coordinates AI across 18 schools in Australia as a team of one and builds the tools himself, including a unit planning tool made in two weeks. Why AI will not save you time, and why most rollouts fade after three months.
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Why AI policies stall on communication rather than the policy itself, and the framework I have used in two schools to move staff from overwhelm to confident use.
Ryan Noonan
A Leader of Digital Technologies on classrooms where students use AI every day: why the critical-thinking fear misses the point, building tools in under two hours without code, and answering parent concerns.
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Ten weeks of real-world AI projects with a Grade 9 class, why students refused to outsource their thinking when the work mattered to real people, and the traffic light framework for when AI fits.
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Three years of making content to small audiences, and the one shift that took my reach from 120 students to thousands: building skills in public, and putting the work in front of the people who make decisions.
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I built an AI business coach on Alex Hormozi’s frameworks and pointed it at my own marketing. What it found, and what I changed.
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Three months into leading AI innovation at a school in Thailand, and what the work has actually taught me so far.
About the show
Most of the AI conversation happens a long way from the work itself. This show is the other version. I sit down with people who have made something with AI, put it to use, and can say what worked and what didn't.
The ground I cover most is education, technology and business. I'm a Director of Technology and Innovation at an IB World School and a former NSW Deputy Principal, so a lot of the guests work in schools, and I'm asking the questions I need answered myself.
The Littlejohns Letter
My most useful tactics on AI in schools, and nothing at all when I've nothing worth your time.
