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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/
Today The Edtech Podcast announces that Loughborough University in London will provide the spectacular venue for The Edtech Podcast Launch Party in October 2016.
Loughborough University is ranked as a top 10 university for research excellence, with almost 66% of the work of Loughborough’s academic staff judged as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. This year Loughborough University topped the Times Higher Education Student Satisfaction survey; an interview focusing on Loughborough Universities UX strategy was released on episode 10 of The Edtech Podcast.
The Loughborough London campus opened 6 months ago and the course focus on Design Innovation, Digital Technologies, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, and Media and Creative Industries make it a perfect fit for the communities involved in education technology.
The Edtech Podcast Launch Party is a celebration for everyone involved in education innovation, featuring thank you’s to supporters, The Edtech Podcast live, and community drinks. Registered guests to date include:
City University, Association for Learning Technology, Basingstoke College of Technology, University of Southampton, Association of Colleges, Loughborough University, University of London, Harris Federation School Alliance, WomenEd, TeachFirst, ICT Evangelist, TeacherToolkit, Joe Dale, NAACE, BESA, HereEast, Victoria and Albert Museum, Lauriston Primary School, King Solomon Academy, ELT Jam, RefME, Kano, Pi-top, Makers Academy, Primo Toys, Cambridge University Press, Emerge Education, NESTA, EdTech Exchange, EdSpace.io, Dutch Embassy, Department for International Trade, ClearlySo, UK Edu Weekly, Education Weekly and University Business, TES, Innovate My School, Bett, EdTechXGlobal, British Museum, and Pearson.
Sophie Bailey, Founder, The Edtech Podcast says,
‘I’m hugely grateful to Loughborough University London for providing their wonderful new site as home to the The Edtech Launch Party. The Loughborough University London team are incredibly passionate about progressive thinking about education and I can’t wait to welcome everyone.’
Adam Adesina, Loughborough University London says,
“We are pleased to host The Edtech Podcast launch and are excited to welcome new friends onto our site located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Here East: London’s new Innovation Quarter. We are proud to work with partners to disrupt old ways of thinking and doing to make the future better. We look forward to stimulating conversation and to the bringing together of educational innovators on launch night.”
Formerly featured on iTunes new and noteworthy, The Edtech Podcast is available on iTunes, Libsyn, TuneIn Radio, SoundCloud, PocketCast, Stitcher and many other podcast platforms.
Final tickets, reserved from educators across schools, colleges and universities, for The Edtech Podcast Launch Party are available at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edtech-podcast-launch-party-tickets-27122094916
The Edtech Podcast welcomes any enquiries from those seeking to support its mission of sharing educator innovator voices as widely as possible.
Notes for Editors
Sophie Bailey is The Founder of The Edtech Podcast
Featured on iTunes new and noteworthy, The Edtech Podcast gets behind the personalities in global education technology. Educators, StartUps, Industry, Investors, Government, Associations, and Digital Learners join for weekly interviews, trends and sector news. In her ‘spare time’ Sophie also works as an independent contract and consultant player in EdTech.
@PodcastEdtech | theedtechpodcast@gmail.com
For further detail: Sophie Bailey, The Edtech Podcast at 00447855272549; theedtechpodcast@gmail.com; The Edtech Podcast on iTunes here and Libsyn here. Also via Twitter, facebook and instagram
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'Flipped learning and launching a new tech school'
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What's in this episode?
Please note this is a rough-cut bonus podcast. The audio quality is not as stable as usual. But, given the insights around the use of technology in lesson planning and delivery it seemed only fair to share with you all!
Further reading:
Loughborough University London to host The Edtech Podcast Launch Party!
Delighted to announce the venue will be Loughborough University London.
Last few educator tickets available via eventbrite.
#edtechpod
Loughborough University is ranked as a top 10 university for research excellence, with almost 66% of the work of Loughborough’s academic staff judged as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. This year Loughborough University topped the Times Higher Education Student Satisfaction survey; an interview focusing on Loughborough Universities UX strategy was released on episode 10 of The Edtech Podcast.
The Loughborough London campus opened 6 months ago and the course focus on Design Innovation, Digital Technologies, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, and Media and Creative Industries make it a perfect fit for the communities involved in education technology.
'Flipped learning and launching a new tech school'
Tweet us https://twitter.com/PodcastEdtech
Be our FB friend and leave a voicemail via messenger: https://www.facebook.com/The-Edtech-Podcast-552680798233211/
Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-edtech-podcast/id1107282759?mt=2
What's in this episode?
Sample quotes
Further reading:
Loughborough University London to host The Edtech Podcast Launch Party!
Delighted to announce the venue will be Loughborough University London.
Last few educator tickets available via eventbrite.
#edtechpod
Loughborough University is ranked as a top 10 university for research excellence, with almost 66% of the work of Loughborough’s academic staff judged as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. This year Loughborough University topped the Times Higher Education Student Satisfaction survey; an interview focusing on Loughborough Universities UX strategy was released on episode 10 of The Edtech Podcast.
The Loughborough London campus opened 6 months ago and the course focus on Design Innovation, Digital Technologies, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, and Media and Creative Industries make it a perfect fit for the communities involved in education technology.
'Back to School'
What's included in this episode?
Quotes:
ON THE FEAR OF BACK TO SCHOOL: ‘That anxiety and dread…the beginning of another school year.’
HOW TO COPE: ‘It’s about finding strategies that bring the joy of teaching back to you.’
SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND TEACHERS: ‘it’s impossible to explain in words the freedom that teachers have in summer holidays’
EXAM RESULTS: ‘Every time it’s results day or results night i have the same feelings i had when i was opening my own brown envelope. you work with those students for so long and worked so hard with them…and they’ve worked so hard!’
LIFE-LONG LEARNING: ‘Before I was a teacher, I was an adult education junky.’
ON TEACHMEET: ‘‘It’s just an incredible movement’
Further Reading:
St. Martin in-the-Fields, Brixton, London: http://www.younglambeth.org/organisation/st-martin-in-the-fields-school-for-girls.html
Teacher Toolkit: http://www.teachertoolkit.me/
WomenEd: http://www.womened.org/
Teach Meet London Boat: https://storify.com/PodcastEdtech/teachmeet-london-boat-tmlondonboat
City Lit: http://www.citylit.ac.uk/
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What's in this episode?
Ron Reed, Exec Producer, SxSw Edu on the Microsoft/Mac Book conundrum when you have Bill Gates speaking at your event (3:28)
Interview with former NYC public school teacher Monica Burns @classtechtips of classtechtips.com on placing the task before the app and promoting deeper learning with technology.
Engaging methods and tools for using scannable technologies like virtual reality, QR codes and augmented reality within the classroom in an accessible way ‘beyond the headset.’
What are the opportunities and risks of an open educational resources policy?
Content creation tools which demonstrate student understanding
Monica’s journey from chalk boards and overhead projectors to training on tech
How to engage in ‘disruptive education’ whilst also ‘respecting the process’ and time needed for change to happen; which models are modernising education?
Extra reading and resources:
Monica’s Book on Scannable Technologies: http://buff.ly/2bw9tNa
Virtual Reality:
Nearpod: https://nearpod.com/nearpod-vr
Google Cardboard: https://vr.google.com/cardboard/
Lit World: http://www.litworld.org/wrad/
ISTE: http://www.iste.org/
Apple Distinguished Educator: http://www.apple.com/education/apple-distinguished-educator/
Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/users/monica-burns
Vote for The Edtech Podcast sessions at SxSw Edu! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/68776 and panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/68856
UK Teachers: Check out NESTA's teacher innovation workshop (they want teachers to give feedback) here: http://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/teachers-we-need-you
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
Have a good week everyone!
On EdTech exporting opportunity
What's in this episode?
Audio recording of The Department for International Trade webinar on exporting opportunities for EdTech
Featured speakers Tom Sapsted, International Trade Adviser, Department for International Trade (4.00m); Sophie Bailey, The Edtech Podcast (6:00m); Vipul Bhargava, Education Technology and Independent Schools, Department for International Trade (18:00m); Aldo de Pape, Founder, TeachPitch (34:00m)
Overview of 5 main areas of UK Edtech Success - STEM & Coding, Online Learning & Tutoring, Educator Focused Services, Student Focused Services and Literacy & Creativity
Areas which need innovation focus identified through the DfE Workload Challenge survey of 44,000 teachers
Overview of 6 international regions, the Department for International Trade identify as opportunities to create impact through EdTech
Considering the international schools presence in China and the UAE
Case study example of an EdTech company exporting globally - what works, what doesn’t and how to de-risk working with local partners
Information on The Dubai Futures Accelerators programme; Hong Kong’s quality Edu Fund for e-learning; the Education is Great campaign; the WISE accelerator & Silk ventures opportunities
Contextualising China’s huge EdTech spend
Education resources via Alibaba
Sample Quotes:
ON CHINA: ‘EdTech spend in China is bigger than the overall UK education budget.’
ON INVESTMENT: ’Hong Kong has a quality edu fund for e-learning of £157m.’
ON TEACHPITCH: ’We focus on disambiguation of the Internet when it comes to learning material.’
ON THE TEACHPITCH DEV TEAM: ‘We are blessed to have an all female Dev. team’
ON SAVING TEACHERS TIME: ‘The 3 areas identified as priority after surveying 44,000 teachers were marking, planning and resources and data management.’
Further Reading & Resources
Tom Sapsted, International Trade Adviser, Department for International Trade
Sophie Bailey, The Edtech Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-edtech-podcast/id1107282759?mt=2&ls=1 theedtechpodcast@gmail.com
Vipul Bhargava, Education Technology and Independent Schools, Department for International Trade Vipul.Bhargava@mobile.ukti.gov.uk
Aldo de Pape, Founder, TeachPitch
Links to The Dubai Futures Accelerators programme; Hong Kong’s quality Edu Fund for e-learning; the Education is Great campaign; the WISE accelerator & Silk ventures opportunities
TenCent: http://www.tencent.com/en-us/at/abouttencent.shtml
TenCent Education Prize: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/1951037/grandmothers-life-lessons-inspire-tencent-co-founder-launch
Alibaba Education Portal: https://www.techinasia.com/alibaba-and-peking-university-launch-chinese-moocs
'Connecting past, present and future learners'
What's included in this episode?
What employers are looking for in students and young people
Find out about a Linked In pilot project with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority which uses ‘big data’ to understand student pathways in the Greater Manchester area
Connecting past, present and future students - ‘Sending the elevator back down to the next generation’
LinkedIN’s resources for teachers - resources, knowledge, communities - and how these areas are developing
China as the fastest growing country on LinkedIn
Why LinkedIN has moved on in student perception from ‘facebook to old people’ to a useful resource
How do Universities use the ‘big data’ of LinkedIN to map student journeys after graduation?
LinkedIN for teachers and universities
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Interview Quotes:
ON SOFT SKILLS: ‘educational qualifications; in many ways are no longer providing the level of discernment that employees are looking for’
ON PROJECT MANCHESTER: ’It’s a good demonstration of working with a range of people to leverage our data for insights into a community or career sector.’
STUDENTS ON LINKED IN: ’It could be around ideas for career options or it could be to find people who might be able to help you.’
ON HAVING A LINKED IN PROFILE WHEN YOU WORK AT LINKED IN: ‘It’s not as if there are profile police coming around to your desk everyday.’
TEACHER FAMILIARITY: ‘‘Teachers - they’re not the strongest demographic on linked in yet, but certainly very important to us. We need the teachers onboard.’
CHINA: ’China is our fastest growing country at the moment’
ON LINKED IN: ’Presenting yourself effectively is not new; networking is not new’. We are just an enabler really.’
ON 400m USERS: ‘We have a lot of data and insight into different career paths’
ON UNIVERSITIES: ‘If you’ve got 100,000 alumni on linked in; how do you leverage that as part of your branding? It’s huge!’
Further Reading:
PROJECT MANCHESTER: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pioneering-linkedin-project-to-change-the-face-of-recruitment-in-manchester
MICROSFT/LINKED IN DEAL: http://news.microsoft.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin/
UCL ON LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/edu/ucl-12682
CHARLES HARDY: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/charleshardy @charleshardy
Thank you to supporters including BESA, NAACE, ASU GSV, BETT, EdtechEurope, EdTech Exchange, Edspace, Emerge Education, WomenEd, Education Technology & University Business and many many more!
What's in this episode?
Sample quotations:
ON Janet: ‘you can connect to it everywhere in the world.’
ON INTERNATIONAL INTEREST: ‘we do a lot internationally and we’d like to do an awful lot more’
ON OPEN ACCESS: ‘In open access the UK is probably there in the lead.’
ON EDTECH IN FE AND HE: ’Using Edtech in Further and Higher Education; the UK has a long way to go.’
ON JOINING BEST PRACTICE: ‘‘There is a lot of great practice individually in the UK, but nationally theres more we can do.’
ON LEARNER SPACES: ‘‘What’s the best practice in learning spaces.’? ‘How do you bring people in virtually into your classrooms.’?
Date for your diary this week!
Free UKTI webinar on UK EdTech Exporting. I'm speaking and you can register here:
Further Reading:
Jisc: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/ https://twitter.com/Jisc
Janet: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/janet
EDUROAM: https://www.eduroam.org/
JISC COLLECTIONS: https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Support/Jisc-Banding/Affiliate-member-bands/Museum-libraries-/
GÉANT: http://www.geant.org/
NRENs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_research_and_education_network
Send your comments, questions, feedback to @podcastedtech theedtechpodcast@gmail.com
Thanks & see you next time!
What's in this episode?
Outcomes of tour of ten countries and 2 years work looking at education innovation
Why education is local, not global
Why storytelling is so essential; getting the buy-in of parents and students
The power of gamified education
Why EdTech is not just about the consumption of content, but the creation of content
Why education innovation needs the language of teachers and of business
Why low-tech education innovation needs showcasing vs. VR, AI and hype terms
The opportunity of EdTech for special educational needs
Creating a clear brand around French EdTech - implications for start-ups
Addressing the silos of education
Creating impactful low-hype EdTech
How Svenia and Audrey met at business school and realised they learnt more through ‘doing’ than attending ‘learning classes’. How they applied this to education innovation more broadly.
Most memorable part of the tour spent : South Africa with Green Shoots Education
Quotes:
On next steps in Audrey’s career: ‘I don’t think working for the ministry (of education) would be the solution.’
On liking/disliking school ‘I think I loved it.’ ‘I really want to go back into teaching at some point.’
On collaboration: ‘You need people who speak both languages - the one of the teachers and the one of the business people.’
Reading and Resources:
The Edtech World Tour & Liberte Living Lab
http://www.edtechworldtour.com/#report
https://liberte.paris/
http://www.edtechworldtour.com/#partners
EdTech Europe: http://edtechxeurope.com/
French MOE: http://www.education.gouv.fr/