#128 – Schools Week LIVE on national computing, assessment and carpark capitalism gone mad
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This episode was recorded at The Edtech Podcast Festival 2018. You can register your interest for the next festival here.
What’s in this episode?
SCHOOLS WEEK LIVE recorded from our podcast festival with Catherine Murray, Digital Editor, and Jess Staufenberg, Senior Reporter, at Schools Week commenting on everything from school transparency to national computing success. A great peek into English policy and news for our international listeners, PLUS hear about how you can place computer science undergraduates from Imperial College London into your schools AND why Bob Harrison (further education and digital leader) is unimpressed with the Department for Education’s five point plan on where tech might help in education.
Finally, a mention for the new Institute for Ethical AI in Education (IEAIED), plus listener voicemail messages and how you can road-test the latest edtech review portal.
People
- Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech
- Kirsty Tonks, Principal Designate, Shireland Collegiate Academy | Twitter: @KirstyTonksSCA
- Malwina Koska, Inspiral Education | Twitter: @MacMalwa
- Dr. Anandha Gopalan, co-ordinator for the communicating computer science in the classroom programme, Imperial College London | Twitter: @DoCThirdYear
- Bob Harrison | Twitter: @BobHarrisonEdu
- Catherine Murray, Digital Editor, Schools Week Twitter: @CathMurray_
- Jess Staufenberg, Senior Reporter, Schools Week Twitter: @StaufenbergJ
Feedback
We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and questions! Record a quick free voicemail via speakpipe for inclusion in the next episode. Or you can post your thoughts or follow-on links via twitter @podcastedtech or via The Edtech Podcast Facebook page or Instagram. Don’t be afraid to reach out and talk to us on any of our social media platforms.
Quotes from this episode
“How many teachers read the Telegraph in the middle of August?”
References
- Full list coming soon. For now:
- Institute for Ethical AI in Education (IEAIED)
- Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham
- Global Education Technology event in Beijing
- Kirsty Tonks, Principal Designate, Shireland Collegiate Academy | Twitter: @KirstyTonksSCA
- Malwina Koska, Inspiral Education | Twitter: @MacMalwa
- Leave a voicemail for our podcast. It doesn’t have to be perfect. We can edit it down to within a whisker of its life! speakpipe.com/theedtechpodcast
- Contact Anandha about the undergraduate computer science programme via his email: a.gopalan@imperial.ac.uk
- Bob Harrison | Twitter: @BobHarrisonEdu
- Road-test LendED – an online portal called LendEd which is designed to help teachers identify and evaluate relevant EdTech products. Each product on the site is provided by a BESA member and every product is available for teachers to trial without obligation before they purchase. Notes from BESA below:
- Before you start
- This is an early prototype of the site and as such some of the functionality is not working.
- · We have disabled some of the menu items for that reason
- · There will be additional products added to the site before we go live
- · If you find something that isn’t working properly, please make a note and add it to your feedback
- What to do
- 1. Visit LendEd. Have a look around and try to find a product/service that would be helpful for your school http://bollandlowe.net/dev/besa-lended
- 2. Request a free trial – this site is not live so your request will not be actioned
- 3. Once you have looked through the site in detail, please complete this survey. It will take less than 10 minutes to complete. You can access the survey via a pop-up at the foot or the site, or directly at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LendED
- 4. Don’t forget to include your contact details at the end of the survey if you want to be added to our free prize draw to win £250 of vouchers of your choice. Entries close at 5pm on Monday 15 October.
- Catherine Murray, Digital Editor, Schools Week Twitter: @CathMurray_
- Jess Staufenberg, Senior Reporter, Schools Week Twitter: @StaufenbergJ
- Gulworthy Primary, Whitchurch Primary and Horrabridge Primary
- Catherine Murray
- Schools Week
- Jess Staufenburg
- Computer Science GCSE story
- British Computing Society (BCS)
- ICT GCSE
- Damian Hinds
- Nick Gibb
- National Centre for Computing Education
- Angela Rayner
- National Education Services https://schoolsweek.co.uk/budget-2017-100m-national-centre-for-computing-to-train-8000-new-teachers/
- Nicky Morgan
- 2015 White paper for Education
- Autumn Census
- Drew Povey
- Story re exclusions
- Educating Greater Manchester
- National Education Union
- Schools Week pay rise story coverage
- Amanda Spielman
- The Education Festival
- School Parking Fee story coverage
- Robert Halfon
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