Edufuturists

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 

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 Abdul Chohan is the Director of ThinkSimple Ltd. The organisation works with school leaders and Ministries of Education to develop operational efficiencies and innovative learning approaches in education using mobile technology.  Abdul is a former teacher of 20 years and is the Co-founder of a primary free school in Bolton, UK. He is also a former Principal and CEO of a multi academy trust based in the UK. He is known for his pioneering work on mobile based learning at Essa Academy, Bolton, UK. Since then he has worked with a number of international educational organisations as well as devising learning strategies based on mobile technology platforms.  His programmes focus on the idea of ‘Changing Beliefs’ through ‘Simplicity and Reliability’ and have extended beyond the traditional school environment to impact families and the wider communities that the schools serve. More recently he has published a paper on ‘digitising effective feedback’ published in the Chartered College journal. Follow him on Twitter @abdulchohan

Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Subscribe & watch episodes live at https://www.youtube.com/edufuturists We are joined by Bob Harrison, who has had extensive experience in schools and colleges as a teacher, lecturer, senior manager, principal and governor. He has worked with Head teachers and senior leaders in developing leadership skills for the National College of School Leadership, was the adviser to DfES on the FE Principals Qualification,was Digital/e-learning adviser for the DfES Standards Unit and was the lead on Digital Futures for the Building Schools for the Future Leadership programme where he designed and delivered the programme at National level for several local authorities He is a Board member of the UfI Trust, a £60m charity supporting innovative developments in the use of technology for teaching, learning and assessment in further vocational and adult education. He is a Judge for the BETT Awards, TES FE Awards, Learning Remained awards, E-Assessment awards and the EdTechUK awards. Bob was recently shortlisted for the TES FE “Lifetime Achievement award” for services to Further, Vocational and Adult Education. There is more information on his website www.setuk.co.uk or join his following on twitter @bobharrisonedu

On this episode we are delighted to be joined by the E-Sports Teacher James Fraser-Murison. James studied at Roehampton uni and currently in his 16th year teaching. James has worked in four large sixth colleges having taught English and media a level and BTEC. James has been a teaching and learning coach, deputy head and now a director of learning at Queen Mary’s college Hampshire teaching on level 2 and 3 courses. He is a Google level 2 trained (, keen proponent of ILT to help achieve results, father to one amazing son called Noah and self-proclaimed esports teacher! Lesser known facts about James are he has a 200m swimming badge, cycling proficiency test passed first time and once drove into a stationary skip at under 7 mph. He can also play the first three bars only of Smoke on the Water on a guitar. James can be found on twitter at @Fraseresports