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The mission of The Edtech Podcast is to improve the dialogue between ‘ed’ and ‘tech’ through storytelling, for better innovation and impact. Hosted by Rose Luckin, Professor of Learner-Centred Design at UCL and Founder and CEO of EDUCATE Ventures Research, using AI to measure the unmeasurable in education. The Edtech Podcast audience consists of education leaders from around the world, plus startups, learning and development specialists, bluechips, investors, Government and media. The Edtech Podcast is downloaded 2000+ each week from 145 countries in total, with UK, US & Australia the top 3 downloading countries. Podcast series have included Future Tech for Education, Education 4.0, and The Voctech Podcast, Learning Continued, Evidence-Based EdTech, and the upcoming AI in Ed: Our Data-Driven Future series on AI. Send your qs and comments to @PodcastEdtech, @knowlgdillusion, theedtechpodcast@gmail.com, hello@educateventures.com, or https://theedtechpodcast.com/, https://www.educateventures.com, or leave a voicemail for the show at https://www.speakpipe.com/theedtechpodcast
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Now displaying: June, 2016
Jun 27, 2016

What does Brexit mean for Edtech? 

If you are an Edtech service provider: ultimately until article 50 is invoked the UK trading position with Europe remains the same as does our trading position with the rest of the world so whether you are in the UK or in the rest of the world, don’t expect a huge amount to change in the short-term - apart from general wide spread confusion and a fluctuating currency backdrop.

If you use Edtech services: students will continue to learn and educators will experience the same age-old challenges. There may be increased pressure on service value/available budgets, with potentially more students looking to focus attention on learning which ends in employment.  

In this mini-podcast, however, I offer a few impromptu thoughts and questions for those implicated. 

1. London’s place in the Edtech Scene 

2. Exacerbated Skills Gap 

3. Edtech increased import to connect diverse young people to opportunity & enhance tolerance - or - are we all city-bound elitists?? 

It will be essential that the focus now is on how to rebuild in the most positive way possible and The Edtech Podcast welcomes all international listeners to tweet on this subject to @podcastedtech. 

Go Enrol Survey Results on Schools and Brexit:  https://goenrol.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/brexits-impact-on-the-uks-language-schools/

 

Jun 26, 2016

What’s featured in this episode? 

  • Jesse Lozano’s journey from lawyer and writer to start-up founder, all before the age of 30. 
  • What is ‘’frugalvation’’ and how does it apply in the world of low-cost computing?
  • Pi-Top’s focus for 2016/2017
  • What is Pi-Top and how does it work with Raspberry Pi? 
  • What does Pi-Top offer maker enthusiasts, educators and learners? 
  • Visualising coding through LED light shows, speaker and heart monitor projects; applications for computer science teachers and design and technology teachers
  • Why accrediting gaming content makes sense 
  • Elevator pitch for low-cost computers vs. mainstream tablets in the educational environment

Tags:

Coding, Programming, D&T, Raspberry Pi, SonicPi, LEDs, Makers, Makermovement, IoT, InternetofThings, Python, RaspberryJam, 3Dprinting, Bettchat, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding, Hustle, Startups, Entrepreneurs, DIY, STEAM, STEM, Edtech, UKedchat, Bettchat, SLTchat

Reading and resources: 

Pi Top

Raspberry Pi

Dr Sam Aaron 

City.Am

Indie Go Go 

GPI

Ceed Universe 

OCR 

Jun 19, 2016

What’s featured in this episode? 

  • Loughborough University topped the The Times Higher Education student satisfaction survey in 2016, at a time time when education in the East Midlands has received a grilling by Sir Michael Wilshaw. This episode features: 
  • Getting the user-experience right for students 
  • How universities can learn from the challenges in the content publishing sector 
  • Reclaiming the word ‘library’ as learning spaces evolve 
  • 24/7 learning accessibility vs. work/life balance 
  • Academic investment in light of free resources like Google Scholar 
  • How social media is used in the entire research process and what this means for peer-review 
  • Loughborough’s new campus in London

Tags:

UX, Times Higher Education, Students, University, Higher Education, Library, Learning Spaces, Academia, Academics, Google Scholar, LTHEchat, ALT, Peer-review, VLE, Virtual Learning Environments, Start-ups, Content Publishing, Ethnography

Reading and resources: 

http://www.lboro.ac.uk

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/student-experience-survey-2016-results 

http://uki.blackboard.com

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofsted-issues-warning-about-education-in-the-east-midlands 

https://scholar.google.co.uk

http://davecormier.com/edblog/

Jun 12, 2016

What’s featured in this episode? 

  • How to connect young people with what’s happening in industry
  • How to get teachers & students on board with technology within schools 
  • How to sense test tech innovation within a school environment 
  • How to overcome your fear as an educator and build confidence 
  • How to inspire students to go far in the world of technology 
  • How to overcome diversity issues within technology 
  • How to keep up with students’ use of technology
  • How to ask for help
  • Where does Urban Teacher get his inspiration from? 
  • How to use your own struggles as inspiration for betterment 
  • Is profit seeking within Edtech at risk of undermining the benefits of Edtech? 
  • How to keep teacher training relevant in a fast paced world 
  • How will silo-isation of the internet effect the creativity of education? 

Tags:

UKedchat, SLTchat, LTEHEchat, PodcastEdu, Podchat, Urbanteachers, Diversity, Computer Science, ICT, Microsoft, Techcity,  upskilling, VLE, virtual learning environment, vlogs, youtube, innovation, TLA, coding, Code Academy, Mentoring, digital business academy, startups, prezi, bbc: microbit, IOT, gamification, pedagogy, SxSw Edu, higher education, google classroom, microsoft 365, show my homework, mastery, #GoogleEdu #GAFE #MIEExpert, Dalston

Reading and resources: 

http://urbanteacher.co.uk 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8b-unRVRbkS3OBOWHtItIA

https://twitter.com/urban_teacher 

http://www.sydenhamhighschool.gdst.net 

http://www.digitalbusinessacademyuk.com/home 

https://www.codecademy.com 

https://www.microbit.co.uk 

http://sxswedu.com 

https://www.google.com/edu/ 

https://products.office.com/en-gb/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans 

https://showmyhomework.co.uk 

 

Jun 5, 2016

What’s featured in this episode? 

  • How to launch a podcast for your education community; with multiple recommendations for apps, hosting platforms and equipment to use to keep things simple and effective. 
  • Which educational podcasts you should follow to gain the best insight
  • What is app smashing and how can you get involved? 
  • Mandarin among the main languages to learn in the UK: French, Spanish, German
  • Are exchange programmes dead? Why? 
  • What is guerrilla podcasting or citizen audio? 
  • Will the education revolution be podcasted? When?

Tags:

MFL, Langchat, Modern Foreign Languages, ELT, English Language Teaching, Edtech, UKedchat, SLTchat, LTEhe, PodcastEdu, Podchat, MFLTwitterati

Reading and resources: 

Joe Dale resources: 

nodehillfrench.podomatic.com  

tinyurl.com/mfltwitteratiguide 

 

Podcasting: 

Audacity

Podomatic 

Podbean 

Libsyn

Feedly (Joe’s preferred replacement when Google Reader was shut down )

Audio boom

iPadio

Pretty May Skype recorder

Pamela call recorder

Opinion

Bossjock Jr app

Adobe Spark Video

 

Recommended Education Podcasts/contacts: 

EDUtalk David Noble (@parslad) & John Johnston (@johnjohnston) ; http://www.edutalk.info/show/radio-edutalk-17-02-2016-joe-dale-ios-audio-apps-podcasting-and-mfl/

Andy White, Brighton -podcasting help 

Ewan Macintosh  - NoTosh

Drew Buddie 

Wes Fryer; Shelly Fryer

Claire Chalcraft @CMCinSwitz 

Mark Anderson

 

MFL Events: 

Language World: @ALL4language

The Language Show in London

Bett 

National Languages Conference in Australia AFMLTA

Etwinning conference

IATEFL conference @iatefl

NZALT - new zealand @_NZALT

ACTFL  - USA @actfl

http://podcampuk.blogspot.co.uk

Confucius classrooms

 

Language Practice: 

Duolingo  - (ps. you the ‘shit duo lingo says’ twitter account is fairly amusing/philisophical @shitduosays)

Busuu

Memrise

ELT Jam @jo_Sayers 

 

App Smashing: 

Greg Kulowiec 

Lisa Johnson 

paper by 53

my talking avatar free:

explain everything

Bloom’s taxonomy

SAMR model by Dr. Ruben Puentedura (34:37)

App Smash Live

 

Primary French Project 

Association for Language Learning 

Catherine Cheater 

French Institute 

Network for Languages

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