In this penultimate episode before our annual summer break, we are joined by some very special guests for a roundtable discussing staff wellbeing and mental health. We are joined by Dave Scholes from Six Connections, who are doing some unbelievable work in a variety of sectors to support positive conversations. They also partnered with us for the Edufuturists Awards 2021 and 2022. Find out more about them at: https://www.sixconnections.co.uk/ Sean Whitehead and Miriam Sechere joined us from That...
Jul 19, 2022•58 min
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Jul 19, 2022•3 min
Frances Valintine CNZM is a passionate educator and technologist who is focused on challenging the traditional education structure and its ability to fully prepare the generations of tomorrow for the changing world. For over 20 years she has been dedicated to shifting education and business practice to develop the capabilities and mindsets needed to respond to the future of work and industry and ensure a thriving Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2013 she founded The Mind Lab, a unique offering designed ...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 184
On this episode we are joined by the 2022 winner of the Edufuturists Outstanding Achievement Award sponsored by C-Learning. Sugata Mitra is a world leading educational innovator. Professor Emeritus, NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India (Retd. 2019) Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Former 2012) Visiting Professor, MIT Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA Winner of the Dewang Mehta Prize for Innovation in IT, 2003 Winner of the first ever USD...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 183
Nick is co-founder of Invisible College and author of The Jungle Gym – a newsletter that helps its readers build a more fulfilling career by integrating work and life. Rockwell also works for Invisible College, he is the creator of Starship Guild and is a web3 entrepreneur. Invisible College is a learning Dao founded to onboard builders & creators into Web3. Holding at least one Decentralien NFT, will give you an all-access pass to the courses, programming, and community at Invisible College...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 182
Hezki Arieli, an internationally renowned strategic educator, grants his readers a front-row seat to observe and experience the evolution of 'old schools' into Innovative, Creative, Excellent (I.C.E.) Learning Hubs in his 2021 book, The Future of Education. A practical, experiential, and detailed road map, presenting the rationale and action plans that will allow the education system to make a giant leap in all its components, bringing it back in the game and in line with the constantly changing...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 181
Melissa McBride is the CEO of Sophia High School, and Co-founder of Sophia Technologies. With over 18 years of teaching and educational leadership experience in top schools in Canada, London (UK) and in the Middle East, she is a forward thinking leader with a passion for creating innovative schools designed to meet the needs of the learners of the 22nd century. Artific is the founder of Oasis Metagames. He builds worlds and immersive VR experiences in Somnium Space. Ultra Lord is a web3 builder,...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 180
Nicholas Ferroni is a revered high school teacher who mentors his extremely diverse students with deep personal commitment and care. Nick teaches History and Cultural Studies in his hometown, and helped found his school’s GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance” and The Feminist Club. Named as one of the '100 Making A Difference' and having developed the 'Teach the Truth' campaign, Nicholas was named 'Upstander of the Year' by HRC and a 'Champion for Change' by United Nations Women. He is an outspoken voice ...
May 20, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 179
The Tech Rabbi aka Michael Cohen is an American educator who is a self-confessed Web3 fanatic. He cares about NFTs • Blockchain • DAOs • Crypto • Metaverse and writes blogs, books and articles about these in education. He is also the host of The Non-Fungible Teaching Show (https://twitter.com/NFTeachingShow) on Twitter Spaces and is a sought-after consultant and speaker. Find all his work at https://linktr.ee/thetechrabbi Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all pa...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min
We are joined by Mae Yip and Sam Hornsby, the creators of ERIC - https://www.meet-eric.com/ ERIC is an award-winning career exploration platform designed for 16-25 year olds interested in the creative industries. Sam & Mae were both inherently creative thinkers and the career resources and tools they had access to never resonated with them. It was always too corporate focused. They created ERIC to shake things up and allow the new generation of creatives to access career guidance, at the tou...
Apr 28, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 177
Patrick (Paddy) McGrath is Head of Education Strategy (EMEA) for the amazing Texthelp Group. Texthelp (www.texthelp.com) is the leading provider of assistive software to both Education, Corporate markets worldwide. In this episode, we look at Universal Learning Design amongst other important elements of the classrooms of today and tomorrow. This episode is sponsored by VIZOR IT. VIZOR integrates with the Google Admin Console to keep track of your Chromebook inventory and repairs. For an exclusiv...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 176
In this episode, Ben & Steve chat about leadership, growth & wellbeing. Loads of content about values, community and people. We would love to hear your feedback too - contact us on info@edufuturists.com or DM us on socials. Important Info will be coming soon about the Edufuturists Awards 2022 - you will be able to register and then nominate worthy winners for the online event on 30th June 2022. Watch this space!! Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all pas...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 5 min
We had a great chat just the 3 of us about leadership in education and got into some fascinating discussions about coaching, mentoring and staying curious. Are you struggling to manage your school’s Chromebooks and looking for a solution? VIZOR integrates with the Google Admin Console to keep track of your Chromebook inventory and repairs. For an exclusive Edufuturists offer for 20% off for your first year, go to https://www.vizor.cloud/edu Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturis...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 174
Gavin Cooney is a co-founder and CEO of Learnosity – an SaaS company that provides cloud-based assessment infrastructure to the learning industry Are you struggling to manage your school’s Chromebooks and looking for a solution? VIZOR integrates with the Google Admin Console to keep track of your Chromebook inventory and repairs. For an exclusive Edufuturists offer for 20% off for your first year, go to https://www.vizor.cloud/edu Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check o...
Mar 31, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 173
In this episode Ben, Dan and Steve have a follow up conversation to episode 167 and explore how Web3 could disrupt education. Are you struggling to manage your school’s Chromebooks and looking for a solution? VIZOR integrates with the Google Admin Console to keep track of your Chromebook inventory and repairs. For an exclusive Edufuturists offer for 20% off for your first year, go to https://www.vizor.cloud/edu Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 172
#Web3 #Bitcoin #Blockchain #Decentralisation Bob is the founder and CEO of Salad Technologies. After starting his career as a pilot and aeronautical performance engineer at Qantas Airways, Bob co-founded the digital production company responsible for The Green Way Up, a twelve-part television series commissioned by National Geographic and distributed through Netflix. The program followed Bob and his fellow engineers as they journeyed across the Australian continent in a vehicle powered by a wast...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 171
In this episode we have two powerhouses of education who have written an epic book ‘About Our Schools’. Join us for our chat with Sir Tim Brighouse & Professor Mick Waters. 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
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 170
We are joined by Dean and Jeff from VIZOR. VIZOR integrates with the Google Admin Console to keep track of your Chromebook inventory and repairs. For an exclusive Edufuturists offer for 20% off for your first year, go to vizor.cloud/edu Jeff is a Sales exec from the North American offices working out of Atlanta and Montreal. Jeff works daily with School Districts throughout the US, which is the majority of Vizor customers. Dean leads marketing for VIZOR and will represent VIZOR’s features. Any q...
Mar 03, 2022•26 min
Nicolas Cole is 4x Top Writer on Quora, founder of Digital Press and has over 50M+ views on Substack. We are delighted to be joined by this pioneer in social writing. Watch this episode on Spotify and on YouTube 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
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 169
Levi Belnap serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Merlyn Mind. As a serial-entrepreneur, Levi has led the creation of innovative new technology ventures within existing organizations and as independent venture-backed startups. Prior to joining Merlyn Mind, Levi was the VP of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Wyzant. At Wyzant, Levi led the creation of new business opportunities to bring Wyzant’s marketplace of 80,000 expert tutors to more students. This included a breakthrough n...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 168
In this episode Dan and Ben discuss Web3. What does it mean, why is it different and what are the potential opportunities? Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter Check out all past episodes and find out more Subscribe on iTunes
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 167
Mark is the UK's leading authority on teaching for mastery. He has trained over 2000 schools in mastery models for schooling in the UK and overseas. A leading figure in mathematics education, Mark has led many large-scale government education initiatives, both in the UK and overseas. Mark was a Director at the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) and has also been a school leader, an Advanced Skills Teacher, a school inspector and a teacher trainer. He founded an...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 166
In this episode Ben, Dan and Steve discuss their desire to learn how to survive, how a life of learning fits in with having children and the evolution of their relationship as Edufuturists.
Jan 27, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 165
So we are delighted today to be joined by Ed Kirwan, CEO and founder of Empathy Week
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 164
Tonight’s episode is a collab. We are delighted to be joined by Phil, Andy & Dave, also known as the Talking Cod lads from the podcast Talking Cod. You can subscribe to the Talking Cod podcast on your podcast app.
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 2163
We are delighted to be joined by Jo Maher, Principal & CEO of Loughborough College, and former senior leader at Boston College and Reaseheath College. With a background in sports psychology, Jo has worked with athletes from grassroots to Olympic standard and with professional sports teams, alongside her work in education. She has been a Youth Commissioner for the Learning and Work Institute, a Trustee of the Skills Education Group and was lead psychologist for World Skills Team UK. Jo has re...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 162
We are delighted to be joined by May Jue, who is currently a program manager at Google for Education (she has been at Google for 6+ years now!) and leads the Trainer and GEG programs. She was born and grew up in Hsinchu, Taiwan and moved to California when she was 12. May then graduated from UC Berkeley with a business major and education minor and worked in finance for a few years before becoming a high school math teacher in San Jose, California. During her off hours, May loves to spend time w...
Dec 17, 2021•58 min
Lord Jim Knight is back to discuss some of his newest projects. Jim works in education, medtech and as a legislator, now as a Director of Suklaa Ltd. He is a founder of XRapid, enabling diagnosis of malaria and asbestos fibres using iPhones. As a UK government minister his portfolios included rural affairs, schools, digital and employment. He was a member of Gordon Brown’s Cabinet 2009-2010, before joining the Lords after the 2010 General Election. He is also a visiting Professor at the Knowledg...
Dec 07, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 160
We are delighted to be joined by Alice Keeler. Alice is the author of a number of books, including 50 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom and Teaching with Google Jamboard: 50+ Ways to Use the Digital Whiteboarding Tool. She has over 179 000 Twitter followers (@alicekeeler) but still teaches in the Math classroom in Kansas and is a mum to 5 children. Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Subscribe on iTunes https...
Dec 02, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 24159
We are grateful today to be joined by Andrew Strachan. Andrew has spent a decade in secondary education holding roles as a Head of Department, whole school IT lead and Assistant Headteacher, in addition to working as a Technical Project Manager in a service delivery industry prior to entering the teaching profession. Andrew’s current role is Director of Digital Strategy with Emmanuel Schools Foundation. The Emmanuel Schools Foundation is a geographically dispersed trust of 6 large secondary scho...
Nov 25, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 158
