Since around mid-June 2025, my usual posting rhythm, whether it’s longer blogs or the odd random thought on LinkedIn, has pretty much ground to a halt. But it’s for good reason, I started a Master’s in Education Technology back in June. The shortness of this post probably says it all, the workload has been huge on top of an already full schedule. Teaching T Level and Level 2 by day, studying by night, and trying to keep family life balanced somewhere in between.
Most of my writing time has now turned into reading, studying, and essay writing. I’m hoping to start sharing some of those pieces soon as longer posts (the assignments are around 3,500 words each, give or take), maybe alongside a shorter LinkedIn reflection.
I do miss writing off-the-cuff pieces about smaller topics, but the focus and depth from these seven week modules have been brilliant, genuinely eye-opening so far.
The first bit of long form content I’ll probably share is from my Global Education Issues module. It’s an essay where I look at the digital divide as part of globalisation in further education. It’s made me think a lot about the pressures that exist in teaching. In short, the digital divide isn’t just about who has access to tech, it’s also about who has the understanding and confidence to actually use it.
If you put a child who’s never used a computer next to one who’s grown up surrounded by tech, they’re starting from very different points, and that gap only grows wider over time.
Throwing more technology at the problem isn’t the fix. In some ways, it just makes the divide clearer.
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