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

In this episode, Gemma Kenny talks about how we tackle what is in the news with children, depending on their age and development stage. Gemma shares content and advice for teachers to help them start these often difficult conversations. Gemma is a Primary School and Special Education Needs Teacher from Sydney, Australia.  After teaching in Australia, Sweden and United Kingdom she saw varying approaches to technology use in the classroom. Gemma saw the power technology had to enhance learning opportunities for all students and began applying it in many areas of her own teaching. Gemma is now a Producer and Curriculum Specialist at Discovery Education and is using her background of teaching to support her fellow teachers embark on their own digital teaching journeys.  She has experienced first-hand the challenges of discussing distressing global news with children and understands the difficulty in these conversations.  You can find Al at www.AlKingsley.com and Linda at www.digilinlearning.com 

Ryan Evans catches up with EdTech Shared at BETT to give us his backstory on what inspired him to digitally transform a special needs school. This encompassed helping teachers shift their pedagogical and technological practices to help students access well known digital tools to support future forward learning for all students.

The story of the development of IncludEdu is lovely because it ties in with Ryan’s own personal development as a Google Innovative Educator and the idea of creating teacher platforms that global communities can use to support the needs of all learners accessing their own schools curriculum. Ryan is a former Head of Faculty and ICT teacher from Carmarthen in West Wales. A Partner Technologist for Google at Aspire 2Be, a Welsh based Learning Technology Company that are the only Apple, Google and Microsoft PD Partner in Europe. Ryan is a Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, Apple Professional Learning Specialist and Microsoft Certified Educator and his #VIA20 project reflects his passion for inclusivity in learning. You can follow Ryan on twitter here or find out more about the "free" framework Include.edu here https://includedu.online/ You can find Al at www.AlKingsley.com and Linda at www.digilinlearning.com 

Linda catches up with Tim Clarke on the expansion of Cornerstone primary school in the UK.

The digital development of his school is one of the examples of how his staff have pulled together as a team to drive the development of a learning community, focused around their core values.

Tim  is Headteacher of Cornerstone CE Primary in Hampshire (UK) and has been teaching and learning for over 25 years. Cornerstone is a Microsoft Showcase School: and focuses on 'learning always and all ways'.

Tim is an MIE Expert, an MIE Master Trainer, and a Microsoft Certified Educator.

He blogs about educational leadership and learning at timjumpclarke.wordpress.com

Cornerstone is focused on 'Growing an Inspirational Learning Community.'

They define this as:

• Together, inspiring a love of learning;
• Encouraging and empowering partnerships;
• Nurturing a Growth Mindset.

  You can find Al at www.AlKingsley.com and Linda at www.digilinlearning.com 

James Fraser-Murison catches up with EdTech Shared at BETT to give us a 10min taster on the incredible growth of the Esports in education community and how he has developed a successful Pearson BTEC curriculum to teach students the skills needed to access this fast growing global vocation.  James is a national award winner of Innovation, Esports Director at Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke & National Trainer for Pearson for the esports BTEC. James has presented as a speaker at the Festival of Education, BETT, EGX and NASEF mentor. He's the manager of the esports team, the QMSamuari and current NASEF mentor. James's other role is the business development manager and esports educational consultant for Yoyotech who build esports gaming arenas around the UK. 

May 2021 saw the UK’s first-ever sixth form esports floor open based on grants and funding of 300K which James helped raise and personally oversee the build of.

James is an avid computer gamer, especially with his son Noah. Loves Thai food and Netflix (in that order) and passed his cycling proficiency test on the first go 😉. He’s been in education for 17 years, mostly at management level and is luckily enough to be asked to speak about all things esports and education across the globe.

Connect with James on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/FraserEsports You can find Al at www.AlKingsley.com and Linda at www.digilinlearning.com 

A fab episode where Philip Birchinall talks all things immersive education.   Phil has been an educator and award winning EdTech innovation leader for almost 30 years, developing and bringing high impact content into the classroom, most recently at the forefront of immersive technologies such as augmented and virtual reality. He is senior Director of immersive content at Discovery Education.  You can connect on Twitter with Phil at https://twitter.com/philbirchinall You can find Al at www.AlKingsley.com and Linda at www.digilinlearning.com