
You're Invited
Join us at The Blue Coat School Birmingham for an exclusive, full-day event designed for schools using, or interested in using, iPad to support teaching and learning.
Date: June 4, 2024
Time: 9:00am - 3:15pm
Location: The Blue Coat School Birmingham, B17 0HR
What you'll take away from this event:
- An opportunity to explore practices that have proven success in supporting positive student outcomes across the UK.
- Practical insights and examples on how to:
- Blue Coat Classroom Visits: View a lesson in action, and interact with students directly to see how Blue Coat is merging innovation and teaching and learning fundamentals.
- Workshop - Delivering Effective Feedback: see how alignment of policy with Education Endowment Foundation recommendations supports the delivery of highly impactful feedback.
- Workshop - Developing High Quality Assessment: review Dylan Willams' work on 'minute-by-minute assessment and leveraging real time data to inform next steps and planning.
- Artificial Intelligence Exploration: participants will explore the advantages and risks of AI and its potential to reduce teacher workload.
- Blue Coat Classroom Visits: View a lesson in action, and interact with students directly to see how Blue Coat is merging innovation and teaching and learning fundamentals.
.png)
Event Agenda
9:00AM | Delegate Check-In |
9:30AM | Welcome & Introductions |
9:50AM |
DNA of Learning |
10:15AM |
Effective Feedback Delegates will get a hands on session with iPad and the experience an efficient and cost saving approach to giving feedback. This session will be aligned with the research from the EEF (Education Endowment Foundation). It will provide an opportunity for reflection on your schools feedback policy. |
11:05AM |
Classroom Visits Delegates will have the opportunity to visit Blue Coat classrooms and view a lesson in action, as well as interact with students directly, in order to:
|
11:55AM |
Lunch |
1.00PM |
Formative Assessment Strategies Hands-on with iPad to experience the power of ‘Minute by Minute’ assessment. Delegates will explore research-based approaches to assessment in a iPad environment. |
2.00PM |
Artificial Intelligence Delegates will have a hands-on experience where AI is used to reduce workload and see the opportunities for internal professional development. This session will provide an insight into the risks and benefits of using AI in schools, and will share practical examples and prompts that can be implemented immediately. |
2.30PM |
Group Discussion & Reflections The final session will provide a guided opportunity for delegates to reflect on their learnings, share their thoughts, consider next steps, and ask questions. |
3.00PM |
Wrap up Delegates will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the day, and will receive sample policies and supporting documentation to take away. |
Speaker

Abdul Chohan
Since 2012, Abdul has spoken to thousands of educators around the world, helping them successfully develop, implement, and support research-based learning strategies enhanced by technology.
He is a teacher of 20 years, as well as a former headteacher and CEO of a Multi Academy Trust in the UK. He is the founder of a free school, and an Apple Distinguished Educator. In July 2020, Abdul joined Showbie as VP of Learning.