Today some of us got to meet James Smith in person! James has been with me for most of my AI journey, but from afar. He’s been full of sage advice and wisdom and has been a pleasure to work with. As a former

Head of English, James could see the opportunities AI possessed to assist with formative task marking and feedback generations. He and his team designed a product (Mark My Words) that we at Greg’s, have been proud to pilot. James’ mantra is that the human should be at the centre of theprocess and his platform allows for that. It is entirely bespoke for us, as together, in collaboration, we fine tune the platform to suit our needs. Flying up from Melbourne, he generously gave his time to onboard us today and we are keen to get started this week with some Year 7 tasks.

The product can scan student work (handwriting or type), provide feedback and produce annotations. We, as an English Department, are keen to use it to get granular! We want to target particular skills and use the model to highlight areas for cohort development more readily and in a timely and low variance manner.

James and I have chatted about the numerous products out there, all of which have wonderful and particular benefits. What we’ve loved about Mark My Words is that we’ve been able to effectively design it for what we

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