PICRAT guides
Everything written around the PICRAT framework, in one place: thirty-plus guides across six strands. Start with the framework itself, compare it with the models you already know, then go deeper for your classroom, your school, your trainees, or your kitchen table. Every guide stands alone, cites its sources, and ends with something to do tomorrow.
Start here
- What is PICRAT?A short definition, the nine-cell grid and one worked example.
- The PICRAT model, explainedThe full matrix, origins, and the Kimmons, Graham and West 2020 paper behind it.
- The nine cells of PICRATOne real lesson in every cell, from Grade 3 to Grade 11 (Years 4 to 12).
- Passive, Interactive, CreativeThe student axis: what learners are actually doing with the technology.
- Replace, Amplify, TransformThe teaching axis: what the technology is doing for the task.
Compare frameworks
- PICRAT vs SAMRWhat SAMR got right, what went wrong in staff meetings, and which to use when.
- PICRAT vs TPACKKnowledge in the teacher’s head against behaviour in the room.
- PICRAT vs RATThe 2002 model PICRAT grew out of, and when to reference each.
- PICRAT vs LoTiLadder against grid, with one lesson placed on both.
- PICRAT and Bloom's taxonomyTwo independent measures. Use both on the same lesson.
- Compare all the modelsSAMR, TPACK, TIM, RAT, LoTi and PICRAT, side by side with honest verdicts.
- Alternatives to SAMR, and moving to PICRATSix alternatives in brief, then a translation guide for schools that grew up on the ladder.
In the classroom
- Lesson planning with PICRATHow the two questions change a lesson before you teach it.
- Real examples by cell, subject and key stageReal classroom lessons, browsable by cell, subject and key stage.
- AI without defaulting to Passive ReplaceWhere AI lessons often land without anyone choosing it, and the one move that changes it.
- Screen time is not the questionWhy the hours matter less than what the screen is being used for.
- The transformative trapWhy chasing the top-right cell ruins perfectly good lessons.
- When there's nothing left to replaceHow to place a lesson when there is no earlier version to compare it with.
For schools & leaders
- PICRAT for schoolsWhat PICRAT looks like across a whole staff, and how schools use it.
- The lesson observation rubricA two-sided A4 walkthrough scaffold you can print today.
- Run a department audit INSETA ready-to-run session that maps where your department’s lessons land.
- PICRAT and OfstedThree deep-dive threads and a sample paragraph for the SEF.
For ITT & universities
- PICRAT for ITT mentorsPlacement conversations that go past good and bad.
- PICRAT and TPACK in ITTWhich framework belongs in the assessment instrument, and why.
- PICRAT for universities and collegesThe nine cells again, with HE and FE examples in every one.
For parents & home
- Parents' evening tech questionsThree questions that get further than asking about screen time.
- Talking about AI companionsA plain briefing for a conversation most parents have not had yet.
- The termly tech check-inA once-a-term conversation that replaces the nightly nagging.
- The THINK test before you postFive questions worth asking before anything gets posted.
- What children copyThe research behind setting an example, and two habits worth naming.
- One vocabulary, home and schoolThe same three words at school and at the kitchen table.
- The case for phone bansThe leadership argument: ban the phones, audit the iPads.
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