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Al Kingsley MBE · EdTech and digital strategy
Technology in schools, after the invoice.
Columns and features on edtech adoption, digital strategy and classroom technology: what to buy, what to skip, and what actually happens once it’s installed. Written from both sides of the buying table.
A selection.
Forbes columns and features for the education press, covering everything from the EdTech backlash debate to wellbeing, classroom technology, digital strategy and, of course, the influence of AI.
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Is EdTech Really The Bad Guy?Forbes · July 2026 Beyond the EdTech backlashGESS Education · July 2026 The EdTech Innovator Building Communities For ChangeForbes · November 2024 Poof! The Line Between Tech and Learning is GoneEdTech Digest · July 2024 Privacy and data protection are driving edtech adoption trends – eSchool News GuideseSchool News · April 2025 An online elephant in the bricks and mortar classroomsec-ed.co.uk · April 2025 Should technology be at the centre of wellbeing?GESS Education · February 2025 A strategic approach to digital rolloutsEducation Business · November 2024 A people-centred digital strategy in the context of hybrid workinginterface.media · July 2024Also worth your time
How To Make EdTech Work For Teachers And Studentsteachingtimes.com · July 2024 Beyond the Buzzwords: How to Make EdTech Purposeful in Schools with Al Kingsleyteachmiddleeastmag.com · May 2024 Balancing Freedom and Control with Classroom Technology – Education IT ReporterEducation IT Reporter · February 2025 3 things you didn’t know your classroom management software could doeSchool News · December 2024 Creating Tech-Friendly Classrooms for Neurodivergent StudentsThe Learning Counsel · July 2024 What Students Should Know About Digital CitizenshipThe Learning Counsel · October 2024 Our EdTech: Where are we now? With Al KingsleyNAACE · July 2024Go deeper
My Secret #EdTech Diary and the 200 Questions booksThe long-form version, on the Books page EduDirectoryMy free education resource hub: schools data, EdTech vendors, research, jobs and daily AI briefings The full archiveEvery article, talk and interview, on my portfolioThis is the thinking vendors hire by the day. If you’d rather have it before the budget is committed, get in touch.
Also here: all my writing · AI in education · media
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