A few weeks ago people using the online forum Reddit managed to drive up the stock price of an American company called Gamestop, which lost a lot of Wall Street investors billions of dollars. This worldwide news was on our screens for days and had a lot of commentators hailing a revolution for the stock market. With our guest Jamie Smith, we are going to delve into what happened, what it all means and how the education system can help prepare our learners for understanding the stock market. We a...
Feb 17, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 127
We are delighted to be joined today by Martin Illingworth. Martin is Senior Lecturer in English Education at Sheffield Hallam University and Associate with Independent Thinking. Martin is a consultant for The National Association for the Teaching of English and a regular speaker for Independent thinking. His first book ‘Think before you Teach’ urges teachers to reflect deeply on their motivation and reasons for being a teacher. His latest book ‘Forget School’ argues that if schools don’t respond...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 126
We are delighted to be joined today by Professor Rachel lofthouse. Rachel is a Professor of Teacher Education and Director of CollectivED at Leeds Beckett University. Rachel has 30 years experience as a teacher, teacher educator, writer and researcher, and is working weekly with students, teachers and school leaders as well as being involved in a range of European projects. She is passionate about professional learning that crosses boundaries, brings educators from different sectors together and...
Feb 04, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 125
#TeacherHugRadio @Edufuturists @TeacherHugRadio The Edufuturists launch show for TeacherHugRadio.com which aired on 31st January. In this special episode about the exam fiasco of the last 10 months we are joined by Lord Jim Knight, Laura McInerney, David Price OBE and Dr. Debra Kidd. After 10 months of dithering and delay in England on many political issues, one important decision that teachers up and down the country won't have missed is that surrounding exams. A Levels, vocational qualificatio...
Jan 31, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 124
We are delighted to be joined today by Paul Dix. Paul is an Award-winning Behaviour Specialist who has helped schools all over the world transform their behaviour policies. He is author of the book “When the adults change, everything changes” and leads the very popular Ban the booths campaign. Paul starts a new venture this coming weekend when his new radio station for teachers, Teacher Hug Radio, launches at TeacherHugRadio.co.uk. www.teacherhugradio.co.uk...
Jan 28, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 123
We are delighted to be joined today by Bob Harrison who has had extensive experience in schools and colleges as a teacher, lecturer, senior manager, principal and governor. Bob was recently shortlisted for the TES FE “Lifetime Achievement award” for services to Further, Vocational and Adult Education. You can join his following on twitter @bobharrisonedu
Jan 21, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 122
We are delighted to be joined today by our good friend, Al Kingsley, Managing Director of NetSupport Group. Al joins us to talk about educational leadership and learning during lockdowns and into the future. 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
Jan 07, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 121
Kenyatta Forbes is the former Edu Content Manager for Google for Education where she managed content across the Google Teacher Center, Chromebook App Hub, Google Certified Exams Level 1/2, and Google’s Edu Equity Initiatives. She now works as Great Lakes Senior District Manager - Adoptions for Nearpod and Flocabulary. Kenyatta spent two years working with Mozilla Foundation as a Community Manager stewarding the internet as a tool for innovation and learning globally. She previously worked as an ...
Dec 17, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 120
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ais8vbEeGcg We are joined in this episode by Bukky Yusuf and Mark Anderson. Bukky is a senior leader, science teacher and coach. She is also a Network Leader and coach for WomenEd & BAMEEd. She is a judge for The EdTech50 Schools, BETT Awards and serving as an Education Board Member for Innovate My School. She is a co-chair of the EdTech Leadership Group to support the Government’s EdTech strategy. Mark Anderson taught ICT and Computing for mor...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 119
We are delighted to be joined by Ben Owens and Adam Haigler from Open Way Learning - the co-authors of Open Up Education and pioneers in innovative education from the USA. Ben Owens worked as a mechanical engineer for a multinational corporation for 20 years before becoming a STEM teacher for 11 years in rural Appalachia. While at Tri-County Early College, he helped transform the school into one that has gained international recognition for its unique approach to community-facing Project Based L...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 118
We are joined by the brilliant Laura McInerney, a former teacher and editor of Schools Week, who has spent over 12 years on the frontline of education policy and interviewed over 60 top education names — from Dylan Wiliam to Carol Dweck to Amanda Spielman. Laura has keynoted at events such as The Education Festival, the Headteachers Roundtable Summit and the BETT show and since 2013, has been a columnist for The Guardian. She has written for other publications including The Observer, the New Sta...
Dec 03, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 117
We are joined by Mike Feerick, CEO and Founder of Alison.com. Mike is an internationally recognised and award-winning social entrepreneur. He is a key figure within the education industry and believes that free, accessible learning is the answer to many of the world’s problems and the solution lies within education. Mike started the business in 2007 as an avenue to increase employability for all. Alison is one of the largest, and first ever massively open online course (MOOC) provider. With 17 m...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 116
Watch the episode on Youtube We are joined by Davis Chen, VP of Engineering at Kneron, a San Diego based AI solutions provider. Davis spent 21 years at Qualcomm and was the former Taipei Head of Engineering. In his time there, he managed six business units including Mobile, IOT/XR, Compute, Connectivity, Auto, and Audio, and won eight Qualcomm Annual Achievement Awards. Davis has a Master’s Degree focused on Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. Kneron are passionate abo...
Nov 19, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 115
We are delighted to be joined by Amber Harper, the creator of Burned-In Teacher and author of Hacking Teacher Burnout. Amber is a Teacher Burnout Coach, she coaches educators to help prevent and/or recover from burnout, so that they can live happier, more fulfilled lives. Amber is driven by her desire to support teachers to ensure that this current career and this one life they have, is the best, most fulfilling that it can be. This is done through various mediums including her podcast, book, me...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 114
We are delighted to be joined by two pioneers in a brand new innovation, known as The Critical Engineer. Louise Jones is a regular guest on the podcast and is Founder of Cairngorm Futures & Director of Education Community and Partnerships at ThingLink. Paul Fagan is Head of Enterprise and Employability at West College Scotland and one of The Critical Engineer Founders. Find out more and sign up at https://www.criticalengineer.net/ for the upcoming events on January 21st | January 28th | Febr...
Nov 03, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 112
We are delighted to be joined by David Jones has over 30 years experience in FE/HE, most recently 16 outstanding years as CEO at Coleg Cambria. He stepped down in January to pursue a range of consultancy and non-exec roles. David was a key presenter at our New, Next or Never Normal roundtable in June to launch a report he compiled of the same name, which we will discuss today. We asked about how to figure out the changing world of further and higher education. David was appointed as a Deputy Lie...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 112
Watch the video of this episode at https://youtu.be/mamE9OR1k3o We are delighted to be joined by Liz Pemberton, known on social media and education circles as The Black Nursery Manager. She is super active in the EYFS setting. Liz has worked in Early Years for over 16 years but has had experience in secondary teaching (Health & Social Care, Childcare & Drama) and university lecturing. She is passionate about many things and will inspire us tonight to rethink our attitudes to race....
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 111
In this episode we are delighted to be joined by Debra Kidd. Debra has worked across primary, secondary, FE and HE settings and is the author of four books on education. She works internationally now, in and out of classrooms with children and teachers, exploring how to make learning matter. Watch the video of this podast here https://youtu.be/B98pPjC1P1E www.edufuturists.com
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 110
We have a really exciting episode today and we have the CEO of Texthelp Martin McKay. Martin founded Texthelp in 1996 to help people with communication difficulties. What started as a company focused on people with profound Speech and Dexterity Disabilities has become a world leading Education Technology company creating smart, inclusive software that helps people read, write, express their thoughts and share information more accurately & fluently – across all stages of life. His personal go...
Oct 04, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 109
All of our guests in this episode were involved in London Tech Week. Our first guest is Professor Mischa Dohler from King's College London. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Distinguished Member of Harvard Square Leaders Excellence. Our second guest is Gori Yahaya Founder and CEO of UpSkill Digital - a company dedicated to minimising the global digital skills gap. The thir...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 108
In this episode we are joined live by Professor Mick Waters. Mick worked at a national level with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority where he was Director of Curriculum.
Sep 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 107
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Sep 16, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 106
Watch the video of this epsiode now at https://youtu.be/qQpjf53ygMg www.youtube.com/edufuturists www.edufuturists.com
Sep 13, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 105
Watch the video of this episode at https://youtu.be/7vDmOM1Eeio Many of our guests and listeners have told us they want to hear the voices of the students to let us know how they think the future of education might look. So we listened! We are glad to be joined by students (and staff) from Cheam Common Junior Academy in Surrey, part of the LEO Academy Trusts. As an EdTech Demonstrator School, Cheam Common is now supporting the delivery of the Department for Education’s new national programme, pr...
Sep 06, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Watch the video of this episode https://youtu.be/jxkrTZCyEvA Many of our guests and listeners have told us they want to hear the voices of the students to let us know how they think the future of education might look. So we listened! We are glad to be joined by students (and staff) from Matthew Moss High School in Rochdale.
Aug 30, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 103
Watch the video of this episode at youtube.com/edufuturists In this episode we are joined by Gavin & John from Alpha Plus - an education service business that specialises in standards, assessment and certification. We first met Gavin at the Surpass Conference in Newcastle last year where we presented about the need for a look at digital assessment in schools & colleges. Alpha Plus are leading the way in helping to make this possible. You can find out all about them at https://www.alphapl...
Aug 22, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 102
Watch the video of this episode https://youtu.be/yBdLNxCZfbg In this episode we are joined by Eric Curts. If you are big user of Google for Education, then Eric needs no introduction. Eric is a tech integrationist and Google for Education Certified Trainer and Innovator. His famous blog ControlAltAchieve.com helps educators all over the world in their journey of using technology in the classroom. Eric has just released his new book, named after his blog Control Alt Achieve, which aims to help te...
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 101
Our guest today is Genelle Aldred. Genelle is a communications professional and has worked in media for over ten years. Genelle has most recently worked as a freelance newsreader for ITN. She has also worked for the BBC, ITV and ITN Productions, after gaining a Master degree in Broadcast Journalism. You can follow Genelle at @GenelleAldred
Aug 09, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 100
Our guest today is Andrew Strachan. Andrew was our first ever guest alway back on episode 1. Since then Andrew’s role has changed and we will be chatting to him about the work he is doing in the North East of England. You can follow Andrew on Twitter @MrStrachan_IT
Aug 02, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 99
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 r...
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 98
