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In this episode, Rebecca Paddick spoke to Mark Anderson, known as the ICT Evangelist, to find out what's next for tech in schools. Mark is a former school leader with more than twenty years of experience in the classroom, and is now one of the UK's most in-demand consultants and trainers, who advocates for the purposeful use of technology. Mark talked about the future potential of generative AI, and the ethical considerations educators and edtech developers prioritise when implementing AI-driven solutions. He also discussed tech's role in aiding schools to streamline their data on crucial areas like attendance, and what the results of the upcoming election could mean for edtech. Take a listen. Additional resources: Global EdTech Awards https://edtechawardsglobal.com EdTech Playbook https://edtechplaybook.co.uk Mobile phone guidance https://ictevangelist.com/ten-takeaways-from-the-dfes-mobile-phones-in-schools-guidance/ Little Book of Gen AI prompts https://ictevangelist.com/free-resource-the-little-book-of-generative-ai-prompts-for-teachers/ AI policy template for schools https://ictevangelist.com/free-resource-use-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-education-school-policy-template/
Day 2's broadcast from NetSupport Radio at Bett 2023 is here!NetSupport Radio had an exciting afternoon, with host Russell Prue interviewing a raft of fabulous guests. First up was Al Kingsley, talking about the sessions he'd been involved in, speaking on the topics of digital transformation and the role of governance, and human flourishing with the OECD.Next came guests including, Rosemaria Caffio, who runs school radio projects in Italy; Kanak Gupta, who talked about using data in schools to enhance education and progress; Richard Purcell, who gave an update on how captioning solution, Caption.Ed, has progressed over the last year; and Kelly Hannaghan from Mind Work Matters, who talked about 'cutting through the noise' around mental health.Russell also chatted with Mark Anderson, ICT Evangelist; Chris and Will from Phonic FM in Exeter; and Mary Myatt, who talked about curriculum development. Plus, Al Kingsley caught up with Olly Lewis (Head of Digital in a MAT), for a chat about governance – as well as the Global EdTech Awards that Olly is involved with.Finally, we heard about some super EdTech solutions straight from the people who guide their development and progress, with Jenna Khanna from Common Sense Education, Jonathan Durant from Cypher Learning, Murray Morrison from Tassomai and Michael Olagunju – Director of Exam Solutions.
In this episode, we are joined by Mark Anderson. Mark is a global speaker, education technology expert, consultant, trainer and award-winning blogger and author, known as the ICT Evangelist. He is also Head of Education at NetSupport Group and he is an Independent Thinking Associate. In 2015, Mark moved on from his 20+ years in the classroom and various leadership roles to work with schools and teachers the world over.In this episode we discussed ‘What does effective teaching and learning with technology look like in primary schools?'Here are some of the questions I asked:What makes a good curriculum for teaching and learning with technology? What assistive learning and accessibility tools do you recommend for supporting primary pupils?How can schools improve teaching confidence in using tech for teaching and learning?Are there any particular training courses, books, resources etc. you recommend for teacher CPD?Teachers have a lot of accountability and time pressures impacting on teaching and learning, what teach can be used to help lessen the burden?What are some of the common misconceptions about using tech for teaching and learning?You are a huge believer in purposeful tech- how can schools ensure the edtech they are using is right for them?You can follow Mark on Twitter at @ICTEvangelist You can also check out his website and YouTube channel.
Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu! In this episode, I talk with teacher and Head of Computing, Al Metcalfe. A secondary school teacher of more than 20 years with a heritage of innovation and entrepreneurialism, Al shares his #TipTopTipsEdu around all things Computing. Alongside this, he also talks about a solution he has created to support and act as a companion to the teaching of Computing and ICT at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5: Deliver Computing 360. Passionate about Computing and inspiring young people with routes into employment via their learning in the subject, Al responded to the following questions with lots of sage approaches and advice. Here are the questions I posed:What are your top tips for the teaching of the Computing curriculum at KS3?What tips can you offer that help address some of the issues facing Computing as a subject?What top tips would you suggest would be helpful to a primary school teacher in preparing Year 7 students for their learning in KS3? What top tips can you offer to Computing teachers for the delivery of the subject in a pandemic?As someone who has developed a solution that seeks to support the teaching of Computing, can you share why you developed the solution?
This June, the ‘Check it out!' show is diving deep into the newest edtech services and solutions available to the education sector.Each guest will get five minutes to showcase their solution LIVE – providing a burst of inspiration for schools.Interested in entering for an opportunity to be featured?https://www.netsupportsoftware.com/showcase
Learn more about NetSupport Notify on #TipTopTipsEdu! Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu! In this episode, we talk with our Technical Support Manager, Andy Earp, about all things NetSupport Notify where he shares his top five tips based upon some of the most frequent questions he’s asked about it. As explained in the episode, NetSupport Notify has lots of fantastic use cases in all sorts of organisations, including schools. From alerting people about emergencies to scheduled activities, kit reminders or even seeking help on behavioural issues from SLT callout – there are so many ways that Notify can help.In the episode, Andy responded to the following five questions and shared some great resources too. Here are the five questions I asked Andy: 1. Can I configure the Agents and Console via Group Policy?https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/configuring-the-netsupport-notify-server-details-for-notification-agents-and-consoles-by-group-policy-gpo/2. How to send notifications from a Web Consolehttps://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/sending-notifications-from-a-web-page/3. Is it possible to make it so that messages are only sent to certain departmentshttps://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/how-to-create-netsupport-notify-console-operators-and-specify-which-departments-they-can-send-notifications-to/4. Can I send notification to Agents across multiple sites?https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/using-netsupport-notify-across-multiple-sites/5. Is it possible to send a Notification from a desktop Shortcut?https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/how-to-send-pre-configured-notifications-from-a-desktop-shortcut-using-netsupport-notify/ Prefer to watch? You can watch this episode back on our youtube channel - https://youtu.be/l_-ehmFGc7k
In this live session, join Matt Jones and NetSupport's Head of Education, the ICT Evangelist, Mark Anderson to learn about the latest award-winning product from the NetSupport stable, classroom.cloud and how it can help your teachers and learners thrive whilst using technology to support learning.Hear it all on NetSupport Radio or watch the show on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/4yPjhf-1MWUTo discover more about classroom.cloud, visit classroom.cloud or follow on twitter: @classroomcloud_
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ais8vbEeGcg We are joined in this episode by Bukky Yusuf and Mark Anderson. Bukky is a senior leader, science teacher and coach. She is also a Network Leader and coach for WomenEd & BAMEEd. She is a judge for The EdTech50 Schools, BETT Awards and serving as an Education Board Member for Innovate My School. She is a co-chair of the EdTech Leadership Group to support the Government's EdTech strategy. Mark Anderson taught ICT and Computing for more than twenty years. He is a multi-award-winning blogger, best-selling author who now runs his own consultancy and training business, ICT Evangelist. His business sees him working alongside teachers, schools, colleges, universities and leadership groups exploring effective use of technology, deployment and digital strategy. He also works with and supports a wide variety of educational technology companies around the world. Together Mark and Bukky host Teach Meet UK EduStories. A live show on YouTube and social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message
We are joined by the ICT Evangelist himself - Mark Anderson to discuss the tyranny of shiny things, how to get the most out of staff working at all levels of an organisation and one or two shouts out to colleagues who have helped Mark on his journey to EdTech stardom.
First broadcast at 7.00pm BST on Wednesday 22nd April 2020. The show was hosted by Russell Prue and included the following guests and topics 7.00 - 7.45 pm The future shape of edtech What have recent events taught us about the future of edtech in schools? • Mark Anderson, Director of ICT Evangelist (from a Teacher/User perspective) • Al Kingsley, MD of NetSupport and Chair of a MAT (from a Governors/Developer perspective) • Traci Good, Online Safety Consultant (from a Safeguarding perspective) • Deborah Millar, Group Director of Digital Learning Technology, TEC Partnership (from FE perspective) • Eve Harper, Event Director, BETTShow UK • Russell Prue, Founder, Author and Broadcaster of Anderton Tiger Radio 7.45 - 8.30 pm School digital strategy, the dos and don’ts What is a digital strategy and what are the pros and pitfalls to look out for. • Lord Jim Knight, Rt Hon Lord Knight of Weymouth, Chief Education and External Officer TES Global • Mark Anderson, Director of ICT Evangelist • Al Kingsley, MD of NetSupport and Chair of a MAT • Ben Whitaker, Director of EduFuturists and Google Certified Innovator and Curriculum Manager & Digital Solutions Lead at Burnley College • Abid Patel, IT Director at Leading Learning Trust (question 5,6,7) • Linda Parsons, Educational Technology Lead at Deira International School (question 5,6,7) • Olly Lewis, Assistant Head Teaching & Learning at the British International School in Abu Dhabi (question 5,6,7) 8.30 - 9.15 pm Supporting student and teacher wellbeing The wellbeing issues schools need to look out for and how they can support both students and teachers. • James Donaldson, Dean of Learner Journey at Cardiff and Vale College • Kelly Hannaghan, Wellbeing Associate at The Primary First Trust • Al Kingsley, MD of NetSupport and Chair of a MAT • Sarah Griffiths, Deputy Head (Pastoral and Wellbeing) at Caterham School • Henry Platten, founder of GoBubble and eCadets. • Professor Jonathan Glazzard, Professor of Mental Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion in Education at Leeds Beckett University • Russell Prue, Founder, Author and Broadcaster of Anderton Tiger Radio Find out more about our Live Broadcasting Workshops at www.AndertonTiger.com/Workshop and the equipment that we use that costs a lot less than you think, details at www.AndertonTiger.com/HUB
NetSupport Radio talks to Professor Steven Wheeler from Plymouth Marjon University and ICT Evangelist, Mark Anderson, about what they’d like to see at future Bett shows, facilitating more ad hoc sharing and what their plans are over the coming year.
Listen back to NetSupport Radio's live broadcast from Day 4 of Bett 2020!Radio host Russell Prue chats to James Clark from Learniture; Professor Steven Wheeler from Plymouth Marjon University together with Mark Anderson, ICT Evangelist; students from Lanchester EP and Birchwood Primary Schools; Jon Samuel from Primrose Hill Primary School; Nicole Ponsford from The Gender Equality Collective; and Ian Rockey from Westwood with Iford Primary School commenting on his students' takeover of NetSupport Radio.
Re-posted here with kind permission from Ian Rockey In this feature length podcast I am delighted to be able to talk in depth to the inspirational Russell Prue of Anderton Tiger Broadcasting. A highly respected speaker and ICT Evangelist, Russell leads the way in the use of education radio as a successful and powerful medium for developing confidence, resilience and literacy skills. He builds and supplies radio stations of the highest quality, yet affordable for school budgets, that allow children and young people of all abilities to independently create their own radio shows and achieve fantastic results. You can find out more from andertontiger.com Russell is on Twittter @russellprue and also at @russellprue
In this feature length podcast I am delighted to be able to talk in depth to the inspirational Russell Prue of Anderton Tiger Broadcasting. A highly respected speaker and ICT Evangelist, Russell leads the way in the use of education radio as a successful and powerful medium for developing confidence, resilience and literacy skills. He builds and supplies radio stations of the highest quality, yet affordable for school budgets, that allow children and young people of all abilities to independently create their own radio shows and achieve fantastic results. You can find out more from http://andertontiger.com Russell is on Twittter @russellprue and also at http://soundcloud.com/russellprue
We are joined by Mark Anderson, known to many as ICT Evangelist. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message
#80 - User-centred design: co-creating best of breed edtech with teachers for teachers Hello and welcome everyone. This week we are in ‘takeover' mode with Harness, talking about user-centred design and creating edtech with teachers for teachers. Educators! Join in the co-development process: Sign up for a free account on Unio by visiting www.uniobyharness.com Unio love to hear from teachers or senior leaders in education and welcome you to get in touch via email or Twitter at nihal.salah@uniobyharness.com or @uniobyharness What's in this episode? We look at everything from how investment and growth plans influence edtech design to the good and the bad, to how teachers share information on practical edtech, and we also hear from Harness on their own personal edtech start-up story and why they believe 'a teacher a day keeps the EdTech in play'. Sophie Bailey introduction Nihal Salah, Marketing Director,Harness Pierre-Antoine Ulmo, Investor, Harness Mark Anderson, ICT Evangelist, Former Assistant Head, Award-winning blogger, speaker and edtech consultant Bukky Yusuf, Secondary Science teacher, consultant and qualified coach, and a member of the teacher tech board at Harness Diljit Hardy, Chemistry Teacher, Lutterworth College (mixed comprehensive 11+), and a member of the teacher tech board at Harness Sophie Bailey outro - what's on next week's episode? Like this episode? Check out the message below from the team at Harness on how you can get involved in their product development and feedback. Sample quotes: References: Unio Unio - Twitter Nihal Salah - Twitter Pierre-Antoine Ullmo - Twitter Mark Anderson - Twitter Bukky Yusuf - Twitter Diljit Hardy - Twitter Innovate My School BESA BETT Telegraph Festival of Education John Hattie Dylan Wiliam Dylan Wiliam - Twitter The Lean Startup The Lean Startup by Eric Ries - Amazon The Secret To Building Great Edtech Products? Teachers How Teachers Can Change the Future of Educational Technology If You Build It Will They Come? Three Steps to Test and Validate Any Market Opportunity - Amazon Make Your Bed: Small things that can change your life... and maybe the world - Amazon Admiral William H McRaven University of Texas 2014 Commencement Address Carol Dweck Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential #edtech - Twitter #elearning - Twitter #edtechchat - Twitter EdTechAfterDark Bukky Yusuf - Staffrm Pierre-Antoine Ullmo Yishay Mor Moocs & Co Moocs & Co - Kit Thank you to this week's sponsor: Unio is an interactive lesson delivery and assessment platform, designed with teachers to promote excellence in teaching and learning. Based around shared online screens between teachers and students, Unio makes it easy to personalise learning and assess progress at a glance. Teachers can: Create an interactive lesson by uploading an existing PowerPoint, Word or PDF. Display lessons and live annotations on all student screens. Assess understanding with self-marking quizzes. Take control of any student's screen to provide targeted feedback which students can access after class. Get involved here: Sign up for a free account on Unio by visiting www.uniobyharness.com Unio love to hear from teachers or senior leaders in education and welcome you to get in touch via email or Twitter at nihal.salah@uniobyharness.com or @uniobyharness Messages from The Edtech Podcast: Our website has just launched! You can check it out here. Some interesting jobs out there, including here and here. Applications to host a guest episode of The Edtech Podcast are now open. Find out more here The 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, taking place 5-7 September 2017, University of Liverpool, UK. More here Have you checked out Innovate Edtech yet? It takes place in November and focuses on learner experience. More here. Do you love The Edtech Podcast? Share the love by checking out our Patreon campaign and joining our list of awesome Patrons! Don't forget to subscribe to The Edtech Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast: Never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast via iTunes, TuneIN Radio, Stitcher, Pocket Cast and many more. You can also subscribe to The Edtech Podcast weekly for news, events updates and episode links: Sign up to The EdTech Podcast Weekly
On gaming, apps, coding, AR, & audio Thank you to this week's sponsors Glisser Edu and ClassCentral! VOTE for The Edtech Podcast in the British Podcasting Awards! RECORD a special message for The Edtech Podcast listeners episode by simply clicking here. What's in this episode? Introduction 0-4.15 Jaz Ampaw-Farr TED Talk Message from Glisser Edu Message from Class Central GLF Schools Showcase exhibitors & speakers 4.15 - 21.45 Interview with Raul Gutierrez, Founder and CEO, TinyBop on engaging apps 21.45 - 26.20 Interview with Alice Lacey, CEO & Co-Founder at now press play on engaging audio 26.20 - 34.55 Interview with Ed Barton, CEO, Curiscope on engaging AR and VR 34.55 - 42.30 Interview with Mark Overland, Head of Education, Primo Toys on engaging creativity and coding 42.30 -55.45 Interview with Srinivas Mandyam, CTO, Tynker on engaging creativity and coding Outro 55:45 - 57.30 - with offer from ELTJam using code ‘edtechpod.' Nice one. Sample quotations: I've worked always at the intersection of entertainment and art I was never a good enough coder to call myself a coder. I was never a good enough designer to call myself a designer, but I was good enough at both to recognise who was really great. The very first thing that I wrote before I wrote the company name is designing for quiet. How do we encapsulate the best parts of an analogue childhood in a digital realm? What do you think about Betsy Devos? I think she's a disaster! I think assessment is driving education in the wrong direction. We wanted to contextualise learning about the body by literally going beyond the skin. All off us are geek dads, I guess Who doesn't like flying drones right? Messages from The Edtech Podcast: VOTE for The Edtech Podcast in the British Podcasting Awards! JOIN US at The Edtech Podcast 1st Birthday Party! Don't forget to subscribe to The Edtech Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. 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References: Bett Show: https://twitter.com/Bett_show Jaz Ampaw-Farr TED Talk Message from Glisser Edu Message from Class Central GLF Schools Showcase exhibitors & speakers Raul Gutierrez: https://twitter.com/themexican TinyBop: https://twitter.com/tinybop TocaBoca: https://twitter.com/tocaboca http://tinybop.com/loves https://toontastic.withgoogle.com/ Betsy Devos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos Alice Lacey: https://twitter.com/alice_lacey?lang=en Now Press Play: https://twitter.com/nowpressplay BBC Schools Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio Pokemon Go: https://twitter.com/pokemongoapp Curiscope: https://twitter.com/curiscope Ed Barton: https://twitter.com/ed_barton ICT Evangelist: https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist Tynker: https://twitter.com/gotynker Srinivas Mandyam: https://twitter.com/srinimandyam Parrot: https://twitter.com/Parrot Sphero: https://twitter.com/Sphero Lego: https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group Primo Toys: https://twitter.com/primotoys Mark Overland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-overland-b56203aa British School in Colombo: http://britishschool.lk/ Thank you to this week's sponsors: Next up, a word from ClassCentral which if you're into geeking out over online learning and MOOC reports like I am you'll probably already know about! It's been more than half a decade since free online courses from Stanford kicked off the modern-MOOC or massive online open courses movement. Since then more than 700 universities around the world have launched MOOCS, used by over 60 million people. Gaining insight into this fast paced world is worth spending time on (especially for those implicated by such changes). That's where Class Central comes in. Class Central launched at the end of 2011, and has kept track of the MOOC space right from the beginning. Not only does it list 7000+ courses, making it the #1 search engine for online courses, but the excellent MOOC report blog has deep analysis on what's up, down, new or just slightly leftfield. With over 500+ articles written, Class Central has the most comprehensive coverage of the MOOC Industry. I came across Class Central when I was preparing for a Department for International Trade webinar I was speaking on and found it invaluable. Since then, I met founder Dhawal Shah out at SXSWedu and he was excited to share the resource with all of you. So definitely go and check it out at www.class-central.com/report/ and let me know what you think! This is an easy one for me as I regularly use Glisser at events because I frankly find it a bit WEIRD when there are people staring at you but you ignore them! Glisser is an audience engagement platform, and they also have an education offer for socialising lectures where they take regular PowerPoint or Keynote presentations and push each slide out live to student's mobile devices as they are presented. Professors, administrators and students get valuable data on where information is really engaging, or needs reworking and staff and students can interact through the deck. You can check them out at https://www.glisser.com/student-engagement/ Subscribe: Never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast via iTunes, TuneIN Radio, Stitcher, Pocket Cast and many more. 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This episode was recorded at The Edtech Podcast Launch Party at Loughborough University London. What's in this episode? The Edtech Podcast LIVE podcast panel with: Tolu Oyenola, Computing Co-Ordinator, Lauriston Primary School Mark Anderson a.k.a ICT Evangelist, award-winning blogger and speaker Jen Lexmond, Founder, EasyPeasy Alex Flowers, Team Leader, Digital Programmes, Victoria and Albert Museum Joe Dale, 'a one-stop-Twitter-shop for ideas, inspiration and Modern Foreign Language friends' #MFLtwitterati The panel centres around how to improve the dialogue between 'ed' and 'tech' with a view to better innovation, with some fascinating discussions and questions around whether Edtech is a useful phrase, whether efficacy is an expensive red herring and whether small changes or wholesale re-wiring is the future of education. I hope you enjoy and as ever tweet or send in your thoughts to theedtechpodcast@gmail.com References and Shout-Outs: Eric Sheninger: https://twitter.com/E_Sheninger Mark Anderson: https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist Jen Lexmond: https://twitter.com/JenLexmond Alex Flowers: https://twitter.com/axflowers Joe Dale: https://twitter.com/joedale Tolu Oyenola: http://www.lauriston.hackney.sch.uk/ NESTA: https://twitter.com/nesta_uk TES: https://twitter.com/tes Education Endowment Fund: https://twitter.com/EducEndowFoundn Sutton Trust: https://twitter.com/suttontrust Easy Peasy: https://twitter.com/easypeasyapp A Tale Unfolds: https://twitter.com/ATaleUnfolds NAACE: https://twitter.com/Naace Innovate My School: https://twitter.com/InnovateMySchl Tech will save us: https://twitter.com/techwillsaveus Schools week: https://twitter.com/SchoolsWeek Darlington social research unit: https://twitter.com/dartingtonSRU ResearchED: https://twitter.com/researchED1 News: Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast Weekly: http://eepurl.com/cgjMkX #EDTECHPOD Lisbon meet-up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edtech-podcast-pop-up-web-summit-2016-tickets-28688349626 Welcome to Bett as the latest Media Partner of The Edtech Podcast: http://www.bettshow.com Innovate My School is a strategic partner of The EdTech Podcast. Visit www.innovatemyschool.com to subscribe to the free newsletter for the latest inspirational articles Visit www.ukeduweekly.com to review the latest news and articles Visit www.edtechnology.co.uk to sign up for the free fortnightly e-newsletter for the latest news and innovations in EdTech, featuring The Edtech Podcast Visit http://www.besa.org.uk/ for member news and information. 10% discount for BESA members on podcast sponsorship and ads. Visit https://www.naace.co.uk for member news and information. 10% discount for NAACE members on podcast sponsorship and ads. EdTechX Asia: Register now for the event on the 8-9 November! Bett is your annual opportunity to experiment with the latest education technology, hear from inspirational figures and experts in the industry and meet your peers from far and wide (as in literally from classrooms around the world).Read more: http://www.bettshow.com/ For more information contact laura.conboy@i2ieventsgroup.com 20% discount on KANO with code EDTECHPODCAST until end October 2016 via https://kano.me/ or education@kano.me
20% discount on KANO with code EDTECHPODCAST until end October 2016 via https://kano.me/ or education@kano.me Schools can sign up for Kano Explorer workshops held on Thursday afternoons at Kano HQ Kano create cross curricula lesson plans and content for teachers. More info at education@kano.me What's in this episode? Full length rough cut interview with Michael Luetjen, Computer Sci. & EdTech Lead Learner, Pine Crest School, Florida We talk about Hurricane Matthew, why computer science is really just the study of logic, and how important it is to put the energy in to engaging staff as well as students. This is the full length Michael Luetjen episode, following on from the #30 KANO takeover which you can listen in to here: http://theedtechpodcast.libsyn.com/30-kano-takeover-creative-computing-in-schools-maker-spaces-and-libraries References and Shout-Outs: Michael Luetjen https://twitter.com/Criticalclick Pine Crest School: https://twitter.com/PineCrestSch Linux: https://twitter.com/Linux Python https://twitter.com/ThePSF Java Script: https://twitter.com/JavaScriptDaily Coffee Script: https://twitter.com/CoffeeScript BASIC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC Dana Markham: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-markham-010a9045 Minecraft: https://twitter.com/Minecraft ISTE: https://twitter.com/isteconnects FETC: https://twitter.com/fetc iPad Palooza: https://twitter.com/iPadpalooza Arduino: https://twitter.com/arduino ICT Evangelist: https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist Lightneer: https://twitter.com/LightneerInc Google Daydream: https://twitter.com/googlevr Edupassions: https://twitter.com/edupassionscon Seymour Papert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert Randy Zuckerberg: https://twitter.com/randizuckerberg Check out Kano's Kickstarter video for their new kits This is how you can make your own Kano Camera: Sample quotes: Interview with Michael Luetjen, Computer Sci. & EdTech Lead Learner, Pine Crest School, Florida ‘Pinecrest is absolutely at the forefront of curriculum engagement with the technologies.' ‘When they first went out I got myself a kit and it was like nothing i had ever seen before.' ‘Many people my age that's what we grew up with…the beige machines.' ‘Computer science is really just the study of logic.'Have a good week! Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast Weekly: http://eepurl.com/cgjMkX #EDTECHPOD Welcome to Bett as the latest Media Partner of The Edtech Podcast: http://www.bettshow.com Innovate My School is a strategic partner of The EdTech Podcast. Visit www.innovatemyschool.com to subscribe to the free newsletter for the latest inspirational articles Visit www.ukeduweekly.com to review the latest news and articles Visit www.edtechnology.co.uk to sign up for the free fortnightly e-newsletter for the latest news and innovations in EdTech, featuring The Edtech Podcast Visit http://www.besa.org.uk/ for member news and information. 10% discount for BESA members on podcast sponsorship and ads. Visit https://www.naace.co.uk for member news and information. 10% discount for NAACE members on podcast sponsorship and ads. EdTechX Asia: Register now for the event on the 8-9 November! Bett is your annual opportunity to experiment with the latest education technology, hear from inspirational figures and experts in the industry and meet your peers from far and wide (as in literally from classrooms around the world).Read more: http://www.bettshow.com/ For more information contact laura.conboy@i2ieventsgroup.com
20% discount on KANO with code EDTECHPODCAST until end October 2016 via https://kano.me/ or education@kano.me Schools can sign up for Kano Explorer workshops held on Thursday afternoons at Kano HQ Kano create cross curricula lesson plans and content for teachers. More info at education@kano.me What's in this episode? Interview with Joanna Bersin, Head of Education, KANO (5:46 > 19:20) Interview with Sam Patterson, Puppet Master & Makerspace Coordinator, Echo Horizon School, San Francisco (19:30 > 25:00) Interview with Michael Luetjen, Computer Sci. & EdTech Lead Learner, Pine Crest School, Florida (25:00 > 34:30) Interview with Cory Roush, Literacy Specialist at Muskingum County Library System, Ohio (34:33 > 42:00) Student engagement and learning Empowering students and improving learner confidence How can teachers be best supported to deliver coding and cross-curricular programmes? Setting up maker space environments and supporting collaborative student work How to connect with the KANO education team for free resources, Google hangouts, and after-school clubs What is KANO code? KANO's involvement in the Connect Home initiative Check out the full individual episodes available on The Edtech Podcast for recommended reads and educator career stories Check out Kano's Kickstarter video for their new kits This is how you can make your own Kano Camera: <strong><strong>&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;</strong></strong> Sample quotes: Interview with Joanna Bersin, Head of Education, KANO (5:46 > 19:20) ‘It's the creative computing company' ‘The first interaction with all of our products is building them yourselves and getting that sense of empowerment.' ‘I really saw the power of that blend between face to face interaction and online.' (What drew you to Kano?) ‘The things that engaged young people' ‘I was an early fan from the first Kickstarter' Interview with Sam Patterson, Puppet Master & Makerspace Coordinator, Echo Horizon School, San Francisco (19:30 > 25:00) ‘I came to maker space teaching through English. I call myself a recovering English teacher.' ‘Kids will enthusiastically respond to things they are actually interested and as the maker space teacher i can get them interested in things.' ‘If you want to figure out how to do that difficult thing you're going to need to READ the instructions.' ‘Everything we are doing in that space essential hinges on the central literacy activities of reading and writing.' ‘The more tech that becomes available the more opportunity that teachers have to create choice.' Interview with Michael Luetjen, Computer Sci. & EdTech Lead Learner, Pine Crest School, Florida (25:00 > 34:30) ‘Pinecrest is absolutely at the forefront of curriculum engagement with the technologies.' ‘When they first went out I got myself a kit and it was like nothing i had ever seen before.' ‘Many people my age that's what we grew up with…the beige machines.' ‘Computer science is really just the study of logic.' Interview with Cory Roush, Literacy Specialist at Muskingum County Library System, Ohio (34:33 > 42:00) ‘Libraries are trying to figure out, so what is our role?' ‘In a society where we are very much focused on standardised testing…I really do find that the most beneficial learning is the type that you seek out for yourself.' ‘The figurehead for the workshop became Ada Lovelace.' ‘The instruction manual is a work of ART.' References: Kano @TeamKano https://kano.me/ education@kano.me Check out Kano's Kickstarter video for their new kits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAlsEZEcSis This is how you can make your own Kano Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY4ttOVxmKk Joanna Bersin @JoannaBersin Connect Home initiative: http://blog.kano.me/back-to-school-with-kano/ Kano World: https://world.kano.me/ Sam Patterson @SamPatue #PATUE Echo Horizon School: http://www.echohorizon.org/ John Dewey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/newspoet67 Google Docs https://twitter.com/googledocs #GoogleEdu Raspberry Pi https://twitter.com/Raspberry_Pi Python https://twitter.com/ThePSF Kaizena https://twitter.com/KaizenaHQ Teachercast https://twitter.com/TeacherCast Josh Burker https://twitter.com/joshburker Matt Buchanan https://twitter.com/OrangeSliceEDU #patue #venspiration #elemaker Read more at http://theedtechpodcast.libsyn.com/31-sam-patterson-puppet-master-makerspace-coordinator-echo-horizon-school-san-francisco#gWcsfMvMl7T9SIeg.99 Michael Luetjen https://twitter.com/Criticalclick Pine Crest School: https://twitter.com/PineCrestSch Linux: https://twitter.com/Linux Python https://twitter.com/ThePSF Java Script: https://twitter.com/JavaScriptDaily Coffee Script: https://twitter.com/CoffeeScript BASIC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC Dana Markham: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-markham-010a9045 Minecraft: https://twitter.com/Minecraft ISTE: https://twitter.com/isteconnects FETC: https://twitter.com/fetc iPad Palooza: https://twitter.com/iPadpalooza Arduino: https://twitter.com/arduino ICT Evangelist: https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist Lightneer: https://twitter.com/LightneerInc Google Daydream: https://twitter.com/googlevr Edupassions: https://twitter.com/edupassionscon Seymour Papert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert Randy Zuckerberg: https://twitter.com/randizuckerberg Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast Weekly: http://eepurl.com/cgjMkX #EDTECHPOD Welcome to Bett as the latest Media Partner of The Edtech Podcast: http://www.bettshow.com Cory Roush https://twitter.com/coryroush Muskingham Library System: http://muskingumlibrary.org/ Cory Kano Workshop page http://www.linkedforliteracy.org/kano-info SXSWedu: https://twitter.com/SXSWedu Kano: https://twitter.com/TeamKano Ada Lovelace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Minecraft: https://twitter.com/Minecraft ISTE: https://twitter.com/isteconnects Sphero: https://twitter.com/Sphero American Library Association: https://twitter.com/ALALibrary Little Bits: https://twitter.com/littleBits Pasi Sahlberg: https://twitter.com/pasi_sahlberg Lightneer: https://twitter.com/LightneerInc Educreators: https://twitter.com/educreators Seth Godin: https://twitter.com/ThisIsSethsBlog Jane McGonigal: https://twitter.com/avantgame Chris Guillebeau: https://twitter.com/chrisguillebeau Joanna Bersin, Head of Education, KANO Connect Home https://twitter.com/ConnectHome Girls Who Code https://twitter.com/GirlsWhoCode Git Hub https://twitter.com/GitHubCommunity Everyone On https://twitter.com/Everyone_On Best Buy https://twitter.com/BestBuy Salvation Army https://twitter.com/SalvationArmyUS Boys and Girls Club http://www.bgca.org/Pages/index.aspx Their World https://twitter.com/theirworld Kings college, Aspires Report http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/research/aspires/research.aspx Kickstarter https://twitter.com/kickstarter Computer Science Teaching Association https://www.csteachers.org/ Edtech Europe https://twitter.com/EdTechEurope Playstation https://twitter.com/PlayStation oliver beach https://twitter.com/olivermbeach teach first https://twitter.com/TeachFirst Raspberry Pi https://twitter.com/Raspberry_Pi Amana Academy http://www.amanaacademy.org/ the simpsons https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons Edtech Summit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edtech-uk-global-summit-tickets-27655418100 Bett https://twitter.com/Bett_show Expeditionary Learning Detroit http://eleducation.org/calendar/el-education-national-conference-2016 ISTE: https://twitter.com/isteconnects SXSWedu: https://twitter.com/SXSWedu Joe Fatheree https://twitter.com/josephfatheree NNSTOY https://twitter.com/NNSTOY Global Teacher Prize https://twitter.com/TeacherPrize Sugata Mitra - https://twitter.com/Sugatam Sir Ken Robinson - https://twitter.com/SirKenRobinson TED talks https://twitter.com/TEDTalks Kahoot https://twitter.com/GetKahoot Geek Squad Academy https://twitter.com/GeekSquad Have a good week! 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On learning games, Angry Birds, and a philosophy of fun learning Welcome to ELTjam, ClearlySo, and Firefly Learning as Edtech Podcast Launch Party Sponsors this week #edtechpod What's in this episode? Intro, what's in this week's episode, how to submit questions for The Edtech Podcast Live and review of #sotonpod16 Interview with Lauri Jarvilehto, CEO, Lightneer Review of Lauri's career to date, including time spent at the Swedish Theatre of Finland, in music production, analytic philosophy, executive training and at Angry Birds developer Rovio, developing a framework for educational games Influence of family on Lauri's work Experiences launching games at Angry Birds, partnering with NASA What's it like working with Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio, Founder Slush and Co-Founder, Mobile Monday, Brent Hoberman, lastminute.com, made.com and Founders Forum, Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Education, Harvard University and Rolf Landua, Head of Global Engagement, CERN? Introducing Lightneer as a games studio, and Big Bang as a particle physics game Describing the unique landscape of developers, creatives and exceptional education in Finland What's next? Partnerships, educational resources and a world tour Sample Quotes: ‘I grew up all the way up north…in a city which practically gets no sunlight in the winter.' ‘I've lived a portion of my life in the footsteps of my mother and another portion of my life in the footsteps of my father.' On wanting to be a musician: 'Everyone said don't be crazy get a proper job….but I realised I didn't have that much to do. I didn't like to go to school that much.' ‘I think Finland is a uniquely positioned place to create learning games.' ‘What do you get when you put amazing engineers and amazing media people in the same table…you get games, right?' ‘We (Finland) are also ….really great in Education.' ‘Our new curriculum is like a work of art.' ‘The cool thing is that Finnish education is unique in the sense that it's so inclusive.' ‘My dad was a professor of psychology. I used to be a test subject when I was seven years old so i'd have these electrodes coming out from my head and i'd play a computer game.' ‘I love this classical idea of philosophy; this love of wisdom, this love of understanding.' On Rovio/Angry Birds ‘It was some of the most amazing time of my life. We laid the whole ground work…in terms of the philosophy of fun learning…in those years' ‘The idea of wanting to embrace big ideas is strong with me, but I want to combine it with impact.' It's been strange..to get into this position where you can actually bring so many people together and they just CLICK.' ‘We don't want to get a free ride, because we are education or learning; we want the game to be amazing, period.' Further Reading and Resources: #SOTONPOD16 Welcome to sponsors ELTjam, ClearlySo, Firefly Learning Connect with Lauri Jarvilehto family gaming at Seriously & via Aki Gaming in Finland via Supercell, Rovio, Remedy &Traffic Light Games Curriculum in Finland CERN education Peter Vesterbacka, Brent Hoberman (http://www.lastminute.com/), Pasi Sahlberg, Rolf Landua Dragon Box game Maarit Rosi Top 3 games: Ratchet and Clank #rachetandclank No Man's Sky Human Resource Machine Top philosophers Wittgenstein's ladder Plato Kierkegaard We want YOUR questions for The Edtech Podcast Live Panel Send them via email at theedtechpodcast@gmail.com or via twitter @podcastedtech including #edtechpod The panel currently is as follows, Tolu Oyenola, Computing Co-Ordinator, Lauriston Primary School, Hackney Mark Anderson a.k.a ICT Evangelist, award-winning blogger and speaker Jen Lexmond, Founder, EasyPeasy Alex Flowers, Team Leader, Digital Programmes, Victoria and Albert Museum Joe Dale, ‘a one-stop-Twitter-shop for ideas, inspiration and Modern Foreign Language friends' #MFLtwitterati
We want YOUR questions for The Edtech Podcast Live Panel Send them via email at theedtechpodcast@gmail.com or via twitter @podcastedtech including #edtechpod for ICT Evangelist, Easy Peasy (Start-up) and Primary School teacher Tolu Oyenola What's in this episode? Intro, what's in this week's episode, how to submit questions for The Edtech Podcast Live and more news items Interview with Digital Sisters (3:00), Allana Gay, Deputy Headteacher, Lea Valley Primary School (14:50), Teacher Toolkit (22:33) How and why the digital sisters set up their advisory services for online safety, bringing together experience from the corporate and teaching worlds Advice on issues relating to sexting, cyber bullying, optimising and de-toxifying online profiles Advice for educators on keeping up with digital world advances, CPD and relating to the concerns your students may have online Overview of social media platforms you should know about but might not Why teacher and parent behaviour online must reflect what you are asking of your students Allana Gay's journey to senior leader within a primary Why engagement and investment in STEM, computing and impactful EdTech needs to start at primary Why word of mouth marketing is still the primary source of buying information for schools How Teacher Toolkit set up TMLondonBoat and what's next Engaging with issues of school leadership, research, pastoral care on TMLondonBoat The merits of the teach meet method vs the educamp style for engaged CPD Messages to the UK Education Secretary from Digital Sisters, Allana Gay and Teacher Toolkit Sample Quotes: Allana Gay, Deputy Headteacher, Lea Valley Primary School and WomenEd Regional Co-Lead @allanag13 on STEM: ‘There is far too much focus on the later years and not enough on the younger years.' on COMPUTING: ‘Teachers shy away from the ICT programme. they are intimidated by it.' ‘If your school doesn't have someone enthusiastic about it it will become a very static programme.' ‘My reform would be start investing earlier; every school should have two IT suites, every school should have access to iPads and tablets.' on TECH: 'As leaders, tech is there to simplify things for us. Simple things like having records.' ‘You need to think about the investment you are making as not every fad will make sense for your school, and not every fad will be accessible by your teachers.' Digital Sisters @digitalsisters ‘We have a team of people who live and breathe social media; people who we hope will inspire young media to think a bit differently about how they use social media and think more responsibly.' ‘There is a bit of a crisis which is happening at the moment' ‘We want to bring experience from the corporate world and bring that into the public sector.' ‘A lot of parents and teachers are feeling a bit disempowered as the social media landscape is moving at such speed.' ‘If I say Yik Yak and Omegle to a lot of people they wouldn't know what I was talking about.' ‘Social media is amazing.' ‘We are always surprised that we go into school and talk about sexting for the first time. It shouldn't be the case.' ‘We tell parents and teachers that they very much have to practice what they preach.' ‘One of the biggest issues that teachers are having is that they are out of their comfort zone.' ‘Our advice is to get familiar with the apps and CPD around them.' Teacher Toolkit @TeacherToolkit ‘We're on a boat bobbing along to canary wharf' ‘It's nice because anyone can talk.' ‘We can all take part in the debate.' ‘I'm exploring ideas' With your TM models there is a danger you have the same brave faces presenting.' ‘The teach meet model is great.' What's next? ‘We are thinking about a tube.' Message for UK Ed Secretary: ‘We just want a bit of stability, listen to teachers on the front line, give us a chance to breathe.' ‘We cant get off until the boat stops.' Resources and further reading: Digital Sisters https://twitter.com/digitalsisters?lang=en-gb http://www.digitalawarenessuk.com/ https://www.yikyak.com/home http://www.omegle.com/ http://www.moviestarplanet.co.uk/ http://www.clubpenguin.com/ http://www.oovoo.com/ Coca Cola Barclays Microsoft Allana Gay https://twitter.com/allanag13?lang=en http://www.future-leaders.org.uk/ https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/edu/ https://ictevangelist.com/ http://www.literacyshed.com/ https://twitter.com/rondelle10_b?lang=en-gb Teacher Toolkit https://twitter.com/TeacherToolkit?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor http://teachmeet.pbworks.com/w/page/19975349/FrontPage http://www.edcamp.org/
What's featured in this episode? Where does ICT Evangelist get his stamina from? Shortcuts, Tips and Tricks Top 3 books, top 3 apps and top 3 issues for educators A window into alter-ego DJ Mark Anderson How to share children's work in an authentic way to raise standards What is it to be modern educator? How should education and tech evolve to better meet the needs of students? A word from zzish.co and edspace.io How Mark went from Teachmeet flop to Teachmeet organiser of 30 > 300 How TPACK applies tech to the Pedagogy Content Knowledge Model Quotes from this episode: ‘Education's in a bit of a mess at the moment; loads of teachers are looking to get out.' ‘I never wanted to get into middle management or senior management, but then i realised i could have an impact on the whole school' What should edtech start-ups look like? ‘dead simple, does what it says on the tin and is informed by research.'' What is it to be a modern educator? ‘Being open enough to realise you don't know everything and you can learn new things every single day' About fitting everything in: ‘I'm rubbish on paper; i run everything i can electronically.' ‘It's not about me doing it all by myself; it's about using loads of automation.' On inspiring teachers: 'Wherever I go in the world it's always teachers trying to learn new things, and doing stuff to try and better opportunities for kids.' ‘There are so many inspiring educators whether you are meeting them face to face, or via a hangout or via Skype.' ‘I'm doing some work in Hong Kong in the summer and I've not seen many schools which are so advanced in terms of their knowledge, understanding of of teaching and learning and how that applies in relevant ways.' On his experiences growing up/going through education: ‘‘i'm pretty geeky; i had an atari as a kid.' ‘I decided in my mid-teens I wanted to be a teacher.It really resonated with me that opportunity to have a big impact and a legacy on the world' ‘Do you have fond memories of school?' Not so much, really.' Loving what you do: ‘if i won the lottery tomorrow i'd still be doing this.' ‘it does get to me a bit that i get labelled the IT guy.' Innovation needed in tech and in teaching: ‘If you could change one thing about technology what would it be? ….Price! The price of these things is phenomenal. I'd love to see the prices come down.' ‘If I want to change one thing in education it's more teachers being engaged.' The stresses and strains of teaching: ‘It really is tough - the marking load, the pressure.' Reading and resources: T-PACK Pedagogy Content Knowledge Model Independent Thinking Discounts for podcast listeners! zzish.co Many of you will be familiar with Zzish - with teacher users from over 100 countries - and for those who are not, Zzish are an easy to use teacher dashboard which helps you to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of each of your students. Zzish brings together all of the educational apps you love to use in one place, so you teachers out there can focus on learning progress. One of its killer apps is the quiz maker Quizalize, Go to Zzish.co to check out what Zzish is all about and, as a listener of the podcast, you can get 50% off a yearly subscription if you use the code EDTECHPODCAST before the 31st August. Woo hoo! 2. edpsace.io Calling all education entrepreneurs! Edspace is Europe's unique education innovation hub: including a shared workspace in London, and a global network for everyone who wants to transform education. Pick from a range of membership packages to suit you. Or attend one of our classes, workshops or meet ups. To register visit www.edspace.io and for an exclusive podcast 1/3 off your first month when you sign up as a member, use the promo code PODCAST Thank You's Thank you to the many supporters of The Edtech Podcast, including but not limited to, NAACE, ALT_Learning, WomenEd, #LTHEChat, BESA, EdtechXGlobal, GSV ASU and this week's sponsors.
Welcome to The Hexakis Podcast No.1 This is the first in a series of engaging podcasts designed to inspire and provoke discussion. In our first episode Russell Prue chats to Professor Sugata Mitra from Newcastle University about his work on SOLE, Self Organised Learning Environments, where young people direct their own learning. Sometimes called the child driven learning this approach can lead to greater levels of understanding and engagement. Hexakis are a Bristol based organisation devoted to the education sector. Visit their website to find out more www.Hexakis.co.uk and follow them on Twitter www.twitter.com/HexakisEdu This Hexakis Podcast was produced by Russell Prue an award winning ICT Evangelist and founder of Anderton Tiger Radio. Find out more about Russell at www.AndertonTiger.com/Russell The equipment used to engineer this recording was designed by Russell himself and is marketed to schools as the lowest cost School Radio Station in the World. Visit the website to find out more www.AndertonTiger.com/HUB
Welcome to The Hexakis Podcast No.2 This is the second in a series of engaging podcasts designed to inspire and provoke discussion. In our second episode Russell Prue chats to Robbie Smith the MD of Hexakis to find out what's behind the Podcast idea and to explore the challenges for schools using the latest technology. Hexakis are a Bristol based organisation devoted to the education sector. Visit their website to find out more www.Hexakis.co.uk and follow them on Twitter www.twitter.com/HexakisEdu This Hexakis Podcast was produced by Russell Prue an award winning ICT Evangelist and founder of Anderton Tiger Radio. Find out more about Russell at www.AndertonTiger.com/Russell The equipment used to engineer this recording was designed by Russell himself and is marketed to schools as the lowest cost School Radio Station in the World. Visit the website to find out more www.AndertonTiger.com/HUB
As part of our Naace Radio activities I got the opportunity to chat with Kevin Brennan MP – Shadow Schools Minister (Cardiff West) after his opening keynote speech at the Naace Strategic Conference in March. We’ve had lots of requests to make the interview available separately. I listened to Kevin’s speech to conference and I can honestly say I haven’t heard such informed passion since listening to a former SoS for Education Estelle Morris now Baroness Morris. I think the conviction comes from having been a practitioner and there is clearly no substitute for classroom experience. Perhaps this should be a future key requirement for any SoS for Education. I’m pretty sure that this is an interview with the next SoS for Education! To listen to any of the Naace Radio Shows please visit my SoundCloud Set here https://soundcloud.com/russellprue/sets/naace-radio The interview was recorded using my amazing low-cost School Radio equipment over a Skype In connection using the PSTN. The Anderton Tiger HUB is available for under £3,000 and includes everything to do this in your school or establishment. www.AndertonTiger.com/HUB Russell Prue is an award winning ICT Evangelist, Author & Broadcaster www.AndertonTiger.com/Russell