Craig is host of the brilliant Ignite Edtech podcast, which has recently hit the 50 episode mark. He is also digital consultant to schools around the world as well as being a former teacher and expert speaker for educational innovation. 

We discuss: 

• A background to Craig’s career and relationship with edtech so far;
• inspiring vision statements he has come across in terms of schools and their relationship with technology;
• the diffusion of innovation model and why Craig starts with it in many of his presentations;
• platforms that best support student creativity for the likes of video, design or audio production
• from an English or language learning standpoint, tools Craig likes that can supplement students’ reading and writing at primary or secondary level;
• And finally his feelings about equitable access to learning across the world

A massive thanks to Craig for both his consistent insights via his own podcast as well as the one he shares with me. All of his suggestions can be found below: 

Links: 

• Ignite Edtech Consultancy
• The SAMR model
• WEF future of jobs report
• Everett Rogers’ diffusion of innovation model
• Seesaw - student platform for creativity and feedback
• Spaces - student platform for creativity and feedback
• Loom - video creation platform
• Peardeck - add on for Google slides
• Buncee - creativity tool for students to demonstrate their understanding
• Grammarly - AI-powered writing assistant
• Boom writer - writing platform
• Book creator - platform for students to create their own interactive books
• Moat - enhances communication and provides parents with an insight into school activities.
• Common Lit - reading platform to develop students literacy
• Babel - foreign language learning app
• Duolingo - foreign language learning app
• Education perfect - digital teaching and learning toolkit designed for differentiation, student engagement, feedback, and assessment.
• Immersive reader - a free tool that uses proven techniques to improve reading for people regardless of their age or ability.