Edufuturists

Our guest today is Caroline Keep. She is Director of Spark Makerspace at Penketh High School in Warrington where she also teaches Physics. She has extensive experience before going into teaching in engineering, environmental science and social media.  In 2014 she co-founded the first #Makefest , Liverpool Makefest at Liverpool’s Central Library Festival to promote the uses of technology for education and showcase innovative and developing practices. She has published ground-breaking educational research on maker education for over 8 years.  Caroline was the 2018 TES Awards Teacher of the year,  a member of EdTech50 and recognised as part of BIMA100 in 2019. She is a GenderCharter Champion at GEC and Create Education Ambassador for 3D printing. She tweets @Ka81.

Watch the video of this episode at https://youtu.be/nBD94WhKzBA Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, author, attorney, blogger and teacher. She currently teaches Spanish and a course on emerging tech that covers AR/VR, artificial intelligence, coding, gaming, digital citizenship, video animation and more.  She is the president of the ISTE Teacher Education Network and serves on the leadership team for the ISTE Mobile Learning Network. At ISTE19, she received the Making IT Happen Award and a Presidential Gold Award for volunteer service to education. She’s a Buncee Ambassador, Edmodo Certified Trainer, Nearpod PioNear, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and Google Certified Educator.   Rachelle is the author of In Other Words: Quotes That Push Our Thinking, The Future Is Now: Looking Back to Move Ahead and Unconventional: Ways to THRIVE in EDU and Chart A New Course: A Guide to Teaching Essential Skills for Tomorrow's World. She’s a contributing author to several books including Education Write Now, Volume 3; several volumes of the Edumatch book Snapshot in Education . Rachelle is a regular blogger for Getting Smart, Defined Learning, District Administration, NEO LMS and STEM Org with Newsweek. She also has a podcast ThriveinEDU.

Watch the video of this episode at youtube.com/edufuturists Vikki is the National Head of EdTech and Digital Skills at the Education and Training Foundation (ETF). She joined the ETF in 2018 from Epping Forrest College where she was Head of Digital Literacy, Voice & Innovation. Vikki is French and has been living in England since 1987. She initially worked as a freelance illustrator and taught graphic design and illustration at South Thames College. In 1993 Vikki acquired her first Apple Mac, Wacom tablet, colour printer, Adobe suite and scanner, as she could foresee the impact such technology would have on the creative industries and education. From then on, she pursued her interest in the exploration and embedding of digital literacy and capability into her life and course delivery. In 2008, as a keen technology early adopter, Vikki decided to refocus her career on change management and digital capability where she has worked since and was awarded a personal EdTech50 award in March 2018. Vikki has been at the forefront of designing the ETF's EdTech Strategy and developing and delivering the ETF’s digital teaching support including the development of the Digital Teaching Professional Framework, the competency framework for teaching and training practitioners across all parts of the Further Education (FE) sector, the EdTech50 2020 award winning Enhance Digital Teaching Platform. You can follow Vikki on twitter @vikkiliogier

Watch the video of this episode at youtube.com/edufuturists Alex has worked in education for a decade. After starting out as an English teacher in a London comprehensive, he completed his MA at the Institute of Education before joining Teach For All, a growing global network of organizations working to ensure that the next generation fulfil their potential.  His book ‘Natural Born Learners’ is a user's guide to transforming learning in the twenty-first century. The comedian Ruby Wax described it as ‘a manual on how to successfully grow a kid’s brain' and the General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders  Geoff Barton described it as 'One of the most optimistic, thought-provoking, and ambitious educational books of recent years'.  Alex is the creator of the recent BBC Radio 4 documentary series ‘The Learning Revolution’. In this series he investigates the future of learning and teaching, artificial intelligence and lifelong learning. You can follow Alex on Twitter @AlexfBeard

Watch the video of this episode at youtube.com/edufuturists Summer has been working in education for over 16 years. She’s been a teacher, education leader, policy maker, advocate and facilitator of learning for students and professionals across every system and sector in Australia and works to ensure teachers have every support they need to succeed and thrive.  Summer has expert knowledge in learning experience design, design thinking, middle years schooling and environmental education, Summer has taught in schools across Australia & the USA, taught Master of Teaching units at Sydney University and delivered global projects with teams including Education Changemakers, The Global Education Taskforce on SDGs reporting to the United Nations, IDEO’s Teacher Guild and AITSL.  Summer has also delivered professional learning for audiences across Australia and the globe including Middle Years of Schooling Association, American Middle Level Education, ISTE, Northern Territory Government, Victorian Government, Zoos Victoria and TEDx. You can follow her on twitter @EduSum 

Watch the video of this episode at youtube.com/edufuturists In this episode we are joined by David Price OBE. We were last joined by David on Episode 42. It was so full of amazing dialogue, especially discussing David’s book, Open: How We Will Live, Work and Learn in the Future, an Amazon bestseller.  As we are sure all will agree who have read this or listened to him speak, David is a brilliant thinker and author specialising in how organisations learn, innovate and make themselves fit for the future. He is a highly sought-after public speaker, entertaining and educating audiences around the world, in business, education and the public sector. In 2009, he was awarded the OBE for services to education.  He consults and advises corporations, governments and education leaders on preparing for future shifts in work, leisure and the digitally connected world. He is passionate about helping people fulfil their true potential and we will be discussing his newest book, set for release later this year, called We’ll Figure It Out: Mass Ingenuity and The Power of Us. He tweets @DavidPriceOBE 

The the video of this episode at youtube.com/edufuturists We are joined by Professor Stephen Heppell. Stephen's portfolio of effective large scale projects over three decades, have established him internationally as a leader in the fields of learning, new media and technology A school teacher for more than a decade, and a professor since 1989, Stephen has worked, and is working, with learner led projects, with governments around the world, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, with schools and communities, with his PhD students and with many influential trusts and organizations. Stephen has been awarded the Royal Television Society's Judges Award for Lifelong Services to Educational Broadcasting, the prestigious BETT Award for Outstanding Achievement in ICT Education and the UK's NAACE Award for Lifetime Achievement in educational technology.  Microsoft have described him as "Europe's leading online education expert" and Bournemouth University stated that "Professor Stephen Heppell is a world expert on contemporary learning, specialising in online education and learning spaces". As I like to say, we could talk all night about Stephen’s credentials, so we’ve included more in the description below in Youtube. You can follow Professor Stephen on Twitter @stephenheppell

This episode is in partnership with our good friends at https://www.texthelp.com   Watch this episode as it aired live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/edufuturists Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Subscribe on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/edufuturists/id1347592880 Send us a message https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message   Eilidh is currently Education Support Officer for Digital Learning in the South East of Scotland. Working across 5 local authorities, Eilidh utilises both G Suite for Education and Office 365 tools within her work.  Eilidh is a Google Certified Trainer, and has supported hundreds of practitioners across the UK on their journeys with G Suite for Education.  She is also a Google Certified Innovator, having attended the Sweden 2019 innovator academy in November with the noteworthy Steven Hope.  Eilidh and Steven recently supported the Google for Education stand at BETT 2020 focusing on Accessibility.    Eilidh started off her career as a primary teacher in Aberdeen in 2013.  Her school piloted Chromebooks, which sparked Eilidh’s interest in digital technologies and, in particular, G Suite for Education.  Through trial and error, Eilidh discovered ways in which technologies could be used to support learners at different stages.  As a teacher, Eilidh attended training on Texthelp’s Read & Write toolbar, Fluency Tutor and Equatio.  This opened her eyes to the world of assistive technologies and the importance of utilising technology appropriately to meet all learners’ needs.   Eilidh progressed to the role of Education Support Officer for Learning Technologies in Aberdeen in 2018, further developing her knowledge of digital technologies across both primary and secondary settings.  Eilidh supported schools across Aberdeen to utilise technologies before making the move to Edinburgh in 2019 to take up her current role. You can follow her on twitter @MissEMckay

Watch this episode as it went out live on YouTube https://youtu.be/4YwUrwHnBO8 Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Subscribe on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/edufuturists/id1347592880 In today’s episode we are joined by Michael Quigley, a passionate member of the BNI networking group. Michael Quigley holds BA (Hons) 1st class degree in Drama & English from Chester University and an MA in English Language & Literature from Manchester University, as well as a, PGCE from Edge Hill.  He is a former primary school teacher with experience of coaching and leading. This is coupled with his passion for fitness and wellbeing. He is a member of BNI Zeus, a business networking group in the north west of England, where he is a keen networker and supporter.  Michael is the founder and director at Kataholos, a Lancashire based company that grows people through leadership development, training courses and products. His first book, Kataholos: Guidelines for a wholisticwholistic happy life was released in November 2018. He tweets @_kataholos

Watch the live recording video https://youtu.be/lLSxLUIgZ2k Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Subscribe on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/edufuturists/id1347592880 Kavin is a Cambridge-educated, Dad of 2 kids, passionate about developing "soft skills" in the next generation. He quit his job leading the UK division of an Education publishing company to found www.KidCoach.app: a conversational tool that empowers parents to help their kids think more creatively and analytically, while developing social and emotional skills - all at home. This focus on soft skills is really important to Kavin and why he set up kidcoach, having been inspired like many of us by Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk. The premise is simple cards with a skill focus - a question with guidance for parents/coaches and some prompts if stuck.  You can connect with him on Facebook or LinkedIn. You can find out all about Kavin’s work at kidcoach.app. He tweets @KavinWadhar