Another really informative episode on EdTech Shared. In this episode Richard Purcell  talks about his experience of dyslexia in school and university and how it impacted his learning. He speaks first hand about the power of assistive technology in education and how it can support students. Rich explains how CareScribe and its two software products were born, going over the use cases for university clients. He discusses the impact of the pandemic and the benefits of the hybrid learning model. Richard Purcell is the co-founder and director of Bristol-based assistive technology company, CareScribe. Richard is an NHS doctor and entrepreneur, working to develop innovative assistive technologies designed to promote and enable accessibility and inclusion in education and the workplace. CareScribe is an assistive technology company based in Bristol, UK , Caption.Ed and TalkType, are used by thousands of people worldwide daily in education and the workplace.

In this episode, Neil Emery talks about how to use digital signage in schools to help share success, ethos and having impact. Where to locate them, who your audience is and how to select content to maximise that impact.  Neil Emery has been working in education for over 15 years supporting well over a 1500 schools. As an Apple Education Trainer his work took him all over the world including The Baltics, Middle East and Europe. He has even run a number of education technology projects in the Amazon RainForest. Now director and founder of TrilbyTV the ‘#1 Digital Signage Platform made for Education’ his passion is making sure schools and colleges gain the most from their technology purchases. 

In this episode of EdTech Shared, Patrick McGrath, Head of Education Strategy at TextHelp talks about Universal Design for Learning and unpicks the what, why and how we learn and how this can be made inclusive and equitable through use of technology.  Educator, international speaker, blogger, podcaster, Honorary Fellow at UU and Head of Education Strategy at the Texthelp Group, Patrick is passionate about ensuring that technology has a positive, meaningful and sustainable impact on teaching & learning through a focus on inclusion, accessibility and universal design. Find Patrick online @TH_Patrickm or www.pmcgrath.me