AI in the Primary Curriculum

£45 per person

How to approach the subject of AI technology in Primary Schools

With the rise of AI technology everywhere we look, this short CPD session will give you guidance and resources on how to approach AI in your primary school.

You will learn what AI is and what it isn't, a brief overview of how it works, when and how to use it and when not to, and what tools are safe for the primary environment.

All of these aspects are appropriate and designed for you to take back to the classroom and begin delivering straight to pupils.

Audience: Primary classroom teachers, computing subject leaders, school leaders

Phil Wickins was a primary school teacher for 12 years and achieved his NPQSL whilst in senior leadership. Having recently worked as the National Specialist for Primary Computing Subject Leaders for the NCCE, he now works nationally with STEM Learning to support schools in achieving the Computing Quality Mark.

He heads up Run Don’t Walk: resources for Primary Computing (www.rundontwalk.co.uk) and the ’Screens Off’ initiative (www.screensoff.org) and also supports many other education organisations.

Phil is passionate about raising the priority of computing in primary schools, particularly in the light of Artificial Intelligence, through supporting subject leaders, creating resources, and authoring and delivering training courses. He is particularly enthusiastic about physical computing and the cross curricular opportunities it offers.

Accessing the online event

Following registration for this event you will receive an email from Humanitix confirming your place. If you do not receive the email within a few minutes, please check your junk or spam folders and check that the correct email address was provided at the time of booking.

A minimum of 48 hours before the event begins you will receive another email from Humanitix containing a direct link to the event and to the Humanitix Online Event page. You will now have access to the online event link and any pre-event materials.

This link must not be shared with other people.

Please test the link the day before the event to make sure you can connect. If you need help please email info@otsa.org.uk or call 01865 647999 in good time before the event begins. We will be unable to help during the event itself.

We do not provide refunds if you are unable to access the event due to technical issues that are beyond our control.

Participation in online events

In all cases, at the beginning of the session to confirm your identity please ensure that your camera is on, your username matches the name you registered with and that you register in 'chat' with your first name, second name and organisation. This is for security and registration purposes and we may remove, without refunds, participants who have not confirmed their identity as described above.

Our online events aim to be interactive and at times you may be expected to have your camera and microphone on during the session, although usually your microphone should be muted.

We may use ‘Raised Hands’, ‘Reactions’, ‘Chat’, ‘Polls’, shared whiteboards and shared screens during the session. We may also use ‘Breakout Rooms’ to allow you to work in a smaller group

This event will not be recorded for copyright and privacy reasons.

Payment

Payment is required at the time of booking by credit card, debit card or Paypal. Unless otherwise stated, a ticket gives admission to one person at face-to-face and online events. In the event that you share an online event link with other people who then attend the event, including sharing your screen, or you arrive at a venue without a ticket and we are able to admit you, we will invoice you or your organisation for additional tickets retrospectively.

Refunds

No refunds will be given with less than 30 days notice.

In the event of a refund request, please note that the Humanitix booking fee of 4% plus 0.30p per ticket is not refundable.

To keep our event fees as low as possible, we are not able to issue invoices for payment by cheque or bank transfer and we are not able to reserve places without payment.

We strongly recommend that you take out 'event ticket insurance' which may cover the cost of your fee should you be unable to attend the event.

Technical difficulties

Should an online session encounter any technical difficulties we will do our best to continue with the session, this may be on a different online platform. In the event that we are unable to do this we will rearrange the session, if you are unable to attend the new date a full refund will be given.

Restriction on AI and Automated Participation

Our online training sessions are designed for human participants only. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) bots, automated systems, or any non-human entities to attend, participate in, or interact with the training content is strictly prohibited. We reserve the right to remove any unauthorised participants and take appropriate action if this policy is violated.