Sep 14, 2026 · 43 min · 11 segments
How can we help students become thoughtful, critical users of AI? In this episode of Teachwire Talks, host Helen Mulley explores what pupils really understand about the AI tools they’re already…
Helen MulleyHost
Emma StavesGuest
Ben GarsideGuest
But before we start asking difficult questions about the future, I thought it might be fun to begin by remembering a time when today's technology was the future.
[upbeat music] Ben, Emma, I would like you both to think back to when you were children or teenagers.
What was the first piece of technology you encountered that made you think, "Wow, this changes everything"? And I'm gonna start with you, Emma.
And, um, I can remember learning how to change the screen color for the first time and actually making the whole screen go pink and blue and green, and I was absolutely blown away by how I could change what I was seeing so dramatically.
And then that led on, I did a master's, uh, in IT, and I learned HTML and sort of made a dynamic website where you could alter things from the back end.
And again, that blew my mind because, again, I was changing what you could see on the screen.
So, so those two things really, uh, have kind of made me excited about technology.
That moment, that moment when you realize you, you can change reality in a sense.
Well, I remember, I, I don't know what age I was, but I went to a place called, uh, Jodrell Bank, which is an observatory, uh, just outside Manchester.
Essentially, I had my brother with me, and he's-- went on the other side of the room, and we were able to have a video conversation with each other, and that was way before it became a thing.
But before we start asking difficult questions about the future, I thought it might be fun to begin by remembering a time when today's technology was the future.
[upbeat music] Ben, Emma, I would like you both to think back to when you were children or teenagers.
What was the first piece of technology you encountered that made you think, "Wow, this changes everything"? And I'm gonna start with you, Emma.
And, um, I can remember learning how to change the screen color for the first time and actually making the whole screen go pink and blue and green, and I was absolutely blown away by how I could change what I was seeing so dramatically.
And then that led on, I did a master's, uh, in IT, and I learned HTML and sort of made a dynamic website where you could alter things from the back end.
And again, that blew my mind because, again, I was changing what you could see on the screen.
So, so those two things really, uh, have kind of made me excited about technology.
That moment, that moment when you realize you, you can change reality in a sense.
Well, I remember, I, I don't know what age I was, but I went to a place called, uh, Jodrell Bank, which is an observatory, uh, just outside Manchester.
Essentially, I had my brother with me, and he's-- went on the other side of the room, and we were able to have a video conversation with each other, and that was way before it became a thing.
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