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#57 - Edtech Trends at Bett 2017 (1/3) 0

Feb 26, 2017

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What's in this episode?

Hear from a variety of attendees, speakers and exhibitors at Bett on edtech trends including data, financial squeeze, & class sizes
Hear from Global Teacher Prize Winner '16 Hanan Al Hroub on why teachers should be given more space and time to be creative and focus on students
Hear from an ICT coordinator of a school district in Sweden responsible for 8000 students on why 'hardware is not the solution'
Hear from an ICT Advisor to the UAE Ministry of Education on the Emiratisation of schools to become and education destination
Hear from Show My Homework co-founder Jon Tiss on Satchel and the early days of starting SMH 'in a room, with no natural light.'
Hear from Amanda Jackson, Inspector for Standards and Effectiveness for Computing and eSafety,and Dave Smith, Computing & Online Safety Adviser/Business Development Lead, Havering Education Services on UK edtech strategy, international visitors and new services

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Sample quotations:

Amanda Jackson, Inspector for Standards and Effectiveness for Computing and eSafety, Havering Education Services

Denmark - ‘The thing that they were really interested in were the micro:bits.’
VR: 'It can’t ever replace a good trip somewhere, but it can work really well when you have good context’

Dave Smith, Computing & Online Safety Adviser/Business Development Lead, Havering Education Services

A UK digital strategy for schools: 'That’s something we desperately need. We need to be driving that in our schools.’
Sweden: 'When I went there in 2011 for the first time, in the swedish authority all the students have a laptop of their own and all the students are allowed to install their own programmes.’

Soren Anderson, ICT-strategist for the school district of Sandviken, Sweden

'We are a high tech country, but i fell like we missed something on the way.’
I think that many of us thought that if we just have everything we need (technically) it would solve every problem, but it didn't’

IT Advisor, UAE Ministry of Education

'We would like our country to be number one in education.’
'Our strategy is to enhance education through Emirati schools.'

Jon Tiss, Co-Founder, Show My Homework

'Naimish regular goes out to schools. I still go out to schools. The classroom changes week to week. If you take your finger off the pulse, your’e already outdated.'
'That’s how we started. It was me and him. One developer. In a room with no natural light.'

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References:

Blog post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bett-2017-edtech-podcast-reports-back-sophie-bailey
Circle with Disney: https://twitter.com/meetcircle
Full Fabric: https://twitter.com/fullfabric
Bett Show: https://twitter.com/Bett_show
Hanan Al Hroub: https://twitter.com/hanan_hroub
Global Teacher Prize: https://twitter.com/TeacherPrize
Show My Homework: https://twitter.com/Showmyhomework
Satchel: https://twitter.com/Team_Satchel
UAE Ministry of Education: https://twitter.com/MOEducationUAE
Amanda Jackson: https://twitter.com/ajacksonict
Micro:bit: https://twitter.com/microbit_edu
Crowlands Primary School: https://twitter.com/CrowlandsPS
Tinkering School: https://twitter.com/TinkeringSchool
British Council: https://twitter.com/BritishCouncil
Panasonic: https://twitter.com/panasonic
NEC: https://twitter.com/NEC ]
Fujitsu: https://twitter.com/Fujitsu_Global
Hitachi: https://twitter.com/HitachiGlobal
Dave Smith: https://twitter.com/
Tute: https://twitter.com/tuteuk

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#56 - EXTRA with Ron Reed, Exec Director, SXSWedu 0

Feb 19, 2017

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What's in this episode?

Quick catch up with Ron Reed at EWF on tips for SXSWedu
Longer skype interview with Ron Reed about:
- Leading and exiting with an early edtech content business
- Liaising with the major content publishers
- Dealing with initial hostile audiences for edtech
- Changing state law and leading a new wider definition of 'textbooks', more inclusive of digital content & opening up access funding
- Launching SXSWedu during the financial downturn
- Advice for new startups
- New collaborations on work-based learning

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Announcing Media Partnership with SXSWedu® Conference & Festival