The EdTech Hour

#011 - Lessons From The Frontline With John Cowell

This week is a slightly different format. Daley catches up with John Cowell for a freeform chat about the state of education technology today. John is Head of Computing at an independent school in the North West of England. He’s also an Education Technology Consultant working in schools all over the UK to help them transform their approach to learning. Show highlights: - Student independent learning – why making teachers uncomfortable is a good thing in the classroom - How possible is it to blend student independent learning with ‘exam factories’? - To what degree should tablets be pervasive in the classroom? What is the ideal blend with handwriting? - How relevant is critical thinking at A Level? - How aligned is high achievement and high levels of self-motivation? - Sway and Office Mix – two of the coolest tools for teachers that barely any of them know about - How disrupted has Further Education been and how disrupted will it be? - 25 years after polytechnics got their royal charter: is a ‘degree a degree’ now?

#010 - Nurturing Young People's Potential With Nathalie Richards

For Episode 10 of the podcast, we welcome Nathalie Richards from Edukit. They're a social enterprise that help schools raise attainment by offering instant online access to development programmes for pupils aged 5 to 19 Show highlights: - Learn how young people can all realise their potential - How the Premier League frames its basic skills programme to engage young people - Why schools need outside help to engage all of their pupils - Why a lot of pupil premium spend isn’t ‘new money’ - Why we need to focus on engaging intervention - The importance of understanding that pupils from all backgrounds need support to achieve their full potential www.edtechhour.co.uk - www.facebook.com/edtechhour - www.twitter.com/edtechhour

#009 - The University Library Redefined With Eleanor Giles

Episode 009 of the podcast lands with a couple of great edtech startups out of The States; Panopen (https://panopen.panopen.com/) and Ellevation (http://ellevationeducation.com/) - a company just 5 years young that's just been financially backed by Steve Jobs' Widow and Mark Zuckerberg. We also cover off some big changes in Higher Education regarding Apple technology, why Google is all giddy about the Internet of Things and what the hell EdTech has to do with social capital. This week's guest, joining Daley from the University of Leeds' mega new Laidlaw Library, is edtech PR guru Eleanor Giles rom Mantis PR.