Field notes on education in South Africa.

What we have learnt, written up plainly for school leaders and teachers: classroom acoustics, AI in schools, coding and robotics, and school media, with what we pick up at talks and events along the way.

7 articles

1 October 2026 · 5 min readHow echoey is your classroom? Try the clap testWhy echo makes it harder to follow what is said in class, and how to check your own classroom in a minute with three claps and a phone.Read the article →Acoustics
1 October 2026 · 6 min readWhat good school AI policies have in commonAI
1 October 2026 · 3 min readFree micro:bit lessons, ready for one Coding and Robotics lessonCoding and robotics
1 October 2026 · 3 min readWhy we use PET felt in classroomsAcoustics
1 October 2026 · 4 min readHow South African schools pay for acoustic treatmentAcoustics
21 July 2025 · 5 min readBalancing coding and creativity in the age of AI: a South African perspectiveAICoding and robotics
3 July 2025 · 2 min readFrom the classroom to the airwaves: why every school should have a media and podcast studioMedia and podcasts

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