This has been superseded by an updated and enlarged version. See https://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/free-illustrations-for-your-blog-or-website-updated for details.
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I recently taught a course for adults on blogging. As I expected, some people still believe that if an image is discovered on Google Images then it is free to use. The advice is, as always: check the licence!
More articles on using and teaching education technology
I asked Claude to convert a pdf flyer into an HTML format I could insert into a Markdown block in Squarespace. Here’s the result…
I’ve been experimenting with using artificial intelligence apps to help me format documents. Here is a description of the process I went through.
In a couple of weeks’ time I shall be teaching a course called Creative Writing Using Constraints, at the City Lit in London. I felt that the blurb on the City Lit’s website was a bit mundane. So I got AI to write a better one.
What can your students do in the odd five minutes in computing lessons? Here are ten suggestions.
I was recently commissioned to write a blog post for an organisation. They gave me loads of stuff in different formats to draw on. Here’s how I coped!
An AI expert recently advised people to just subscribe to the premium version of one of the AI apps, rather than waste time hopping between several free ones all the time. Hmmm….
I came across a “resource” recently that consists of hundreds of “ready-to-wear” AI prompts.
How might you use fiction as a vehicle for teaching computational thinking? Here are some ideas.
This is an updated version of a post on my Substack newsletter from a few years ago, with bits of another of my articles thrown in for good measure.

How can technology help to make your classroom a vibrant, exciting place of learning?