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Get to know Lindsay in our latest staff spotlight

Get to know Lindsay in our latest staff spotlight

Lindsay has recently joined us as our new Community Engagement Manager specialising in secondary. Find out why she joined us and which AI tools are her all-time favourites in our latest spotlight. Let’s go! Tell me a little about your career history and what you were doing before Teachmate… I’m a psychology teacher and I

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Are you a Teachmate Certified Educator yet? 🎓Take our free course

Are you a Teachmate Certified Educator yet? 🎓Take our free course

Did you know that we offer a free course to allow you to become an AI Certified Educator? This free course doesn’t take longer than one hour to complete and will build your confidence and increase your knowledge on how to effectively integrate AI tools into your teaching practice. It covers: Once you’ve completed the

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How Charlotte’s been using Teachmate to improve her teachers’ workload and wellbeing

How Charlotte’s been using Teachmate to improve her teachers’ workload and wellbeing

We thoroughly enjoyed reading this fantastic opinion piece by Charlotte Bleakley, Digital lead at Roding Valley High School, on how she’s been using AI to reduce teacher workload. She said “With it, our staff are able to transcribe videos or audio logs, set and mark homework assignments, create resources and quizzes, develop customised lessons and

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Welcome back! We’ve missed you

Welcome back! We’ve missed you

Hello teachers! Welcome back! We have missed you over the summer. We hope you had an amazing time! The start of a new term can be daunting at the best of times. But remember, we have over 100+ AI tools to help you plan and prepare for an amazing new term. Why not try our

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The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announces a world-leading content store for education AI

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announces a world-leading content store for education AI

We’re thrilled by the announcement this morning from Stephen Morgan MP and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on the creation of a world-leading content store for education AI. The project will enable us to further refine the accuracy of AI content generation for education, whilst also improving the efficiency of the technology across

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Introducing our final Teacher Spotlight of 23/24, Becky!

Introducing our final Teacher Spotlight of 23/24, Becky!

Our final Teacher Spotlight of 2023/24 is Becky Fenton-Ree! Becky is a part-time Language and Communications teacher working with Deaf teenagers whose preferred method of communication is British Sign Language. She’s also a part-time interpreter and she’s been a Teachmate member for 8 months. How long have you been teaching and what’s your favourite part

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Meet our Content & Community Manager, Hannah

Meet our Content & Community Manager, Hannah

This month we’re interviewing Hannah, the first member of the Teachmate team! Tell me a little about your career history and what you were doing before Teachmate… I’ve been freelancing full-time for the past six years but my last job was working as Head of Content for a tech start-up in podcasting. Before then, I

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Could you be our next Community Engagement Manager?

Could you be our next Community Engagement Manager?

TeachmateAl is the UK’s leading Al assistant for teachers. Whilst only a little over 12 months old, we’re already trusted by over 190,000 educators worldwide and embedded into over 800 schools, colleges and MATS. Our vision is simple: to equip every teacher with the power of Al to reduce workload and enhance learning. As we

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Could you be our next AI Ambassador?

Could you be our next AI Ambassador?

We’re getting in touch with some very exciting news today! We’re looking for educators across the UK to join our new ‘Teachmate AI Ambassador’ programme! We’ll support our ambassadors to help maximise the positive impact of AI in their teaching and across their schools, as we run half-termly collaborative online workshops to discuss different aspects

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