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Aaron Patching

Innovative Educator, Digital Leader & Problem Solver

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In-person: £1k-£3k
Virtual: £1k-£3k
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Topics:

Innovation
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AI
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Technology & Digital
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Student Inspiration

Aaron Patching is an innovative educator, digital leader and problem solver who helps organisations and educators harness the power of technology to drive meaningful change.

With over 13 years of experience as an outdoor educator, teacher, senior leader and business owner, Aaron Patching brings a unique blend of hands on insight and strategic thinking. As a current educator and AI network lead for the River Learning Trust, he works at the forefront of digital transformation in education, helping leaders understand their vision, identify challenges and implement practical solutions.

Aaron is known for delivering impactful CPD that demystifies AI and empowers educators to improve their practice with confidence. His sessions are engaging, accessible and rooted in real world application, ensuring audiences leave with clear, actionable strategies.

Alongside his work in schools, Aaron is a teacher of Design and Technology and co owner of Inventor Club, where he is passionate about inspiring the next generation of creators and problem solvers. His student workshops focus on innovation, creativity and resilience, encouraging young people to embrace failure as part of the journey to success.

Aaron’s work is defined by his ability to identify and solve complex challenges, combining insights from education and technology to create meaningful, lasting impact. On stage, he delivers dynamic and thought provoking sessions that immerse audiences in innovation, leadership and change, leaving them better equipped to navigate an evolving digital world.

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This session will demystify artificial intelligence and give teachers the confidence in how it can be leveraged to save time, reduce workload and improve your students school experience.
Key Takeaways:
  • An understanding of how generative AI works.
  • Recommended tools and how to use them.
  • 5 quick wins for right now for you and your staff teams.
This is a problem-based session where you will bring an idea for a scheme of work/whole school priority you want to develop/create. Together, we will flesh out the bones and create a finished article by developing your ability to use AI.
Key Takeaways:
  • How to create your own effective prompts for both text and image.
  • Come away with your own complete SOW and resources.

Embrace the digital, but not without the physical. This workshop focuses on how to leverage AI tools to create a functioning prototype. The emphasis is not on the AI tools themselves, but what they can do for you. Use both text and image generators to create an idea, develop it, code it and build it. Doing this at speed using AI to help breed ideas and develop them.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to utilise digital tools to create real world physical outcomes.
  • How to prompt and re-prompt AI tools to gain the desired outputs.

The only real guarantee is in this world is change, and being able to adapt to it and future proof your organisation as best as possible is more important than ever. This keynote can be delivered to entire staff teams, digital leads or senior leaders. Which will cover, the importance of a digital strategy, why it’s needed and what a good one should include.

Key Takeaways:

  • An understanding of why a digital strategy is more important than ever.
  • An understanding of what a good digital strategy looks like.
  • Guidelines on how to get started developing your own.

A facilitation session for middle leaders, senior leaders, or whole departments. Where we work out your biggest problems, prioritise, strategise and execute.

Key Takeaways:

  • An understanding of what your strategic pain points are.
  • Strategic actions on how to improve those pain points.
All student workshops are either half day or full day with all tools and materials are provided.
  • Save the world – The world is set to end; the young engineers must find a way to move the broken fuel cell and refuel their rocket without using their hands.
  • Hands free movement – Learning about simple mechanisms, students will make their own gripper to move an awkward item from one location to the other, as well as coming up with as many solutions as possible.
  • Unsinkable ships – Students will use materials not designed to float to create their own boat that can carry a “sweet treat” load. A focus on waterproofing and making the impossible, possible.
  • Design, build, test – A classic bridge building activity, with a twist. Students need to build a stable and functional bridge that will be tested to destruction.
  • 3D Printing for innovation – The world doesn’t need more plastic. This is 2-day session based upon designing and printing your own designs.
  • Mars Rover Session – You are part of a multinational mission to retrieve a new element from Mars. You will need to work with other nations and teams to adapt your own radio-controlled car and traverse all the obstacles in your way.

What people say

A fantastic session that was genuinely interesting and informative. We loved the interactive-ness of the talk and know it is something our teachers appreciated.

Kingsdown School

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