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In this episode, Kat Cauchi is joined by Oliver Wright (@OliverSlt) whi discusses stepping up teaching and stepping into new roles.

Oliver is the sector manager for Senior Leadership at Twinkl. His role is to develop links with and content for leaders in school. He lives in Sheffield and before joining Twinkl, taught in primary schools for over 20 years. His experience ranges from large city schools to small Peak District schools, including 8 years of headship in two very different schools. He has led on a wide range of developments from curriculum design, use of new technology and improving teaching and learning to improving engagement with parents and large-scale building projects. He’s also been a school governor, a specialist leader in education and been involved in initial teacher training. 

You can follow Oliver Wright on Twitter at @OliverSlt 

Kat Cauchi is the Product Manager of ReallySchool - a solution for early years and primary from NetSupport . She is also a former primary school teacher, member of the Global Equality Collective   Technocamps  GiST role model, and Global EdTech author.

Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu! 

In this episode, I talk with teacher and Head of Computing, Al Metcalfe. A secondary school teacher of more than 20 years with a heritage of innovation and entrepreneurialism, Al shares his #TipTopTipsEdu around all things Computing. Alongside this, he also talks about a solution he has created to support and act as a companion to the teaching of Computing and ICT at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5: Deliver Computing 360. 

Passionate about Computing and inspiring young people with routes into employment via their learning in the subject, Al responded to the following questions with lots of sage approaches and advice. Here are the questions I posed:

1. What are your top tips for the teaching of the Computing curriculum at KS3?
2. What tips can you offer that help address some of the issues facing Computing as a subject?
3. What top tips would you suggest would be helpful to a primary school teacher in preparing Year 7 students for their learning in KS3?  
4. What top tips can you offer to Computing teachers for the delivery of the subject in a pandemic?
5. As someone who has developed a solution that seeks to support the teaching of Computing, can you share why you developed the solution?

Kat Cauchi is joined by Kate Sturdy who discusses how she uses pupil voice in her planning and how this has been embedded across the school.

Kate is a Key Stage 2 Curriculum Lead in North Wales and Year 5 (soon to be Year 6) teacher with over 14 years teaching experience. She has presented for GwE about her journey to SLT, lectured for Bangor, Chester, and Leeds Beckett University about the new curriculum in Wales, and is currently working on assessment with the Welsh government. Kate is passionate about using creativity, pupil voice, and technology in the classroom.

You can follow Kate Sturdy on Twitter at @k8KES8 

You can follow Kat Cauchi on Twitter at @ReallyschoolK - If you are interested on coming on the show or have a topic suggestion, send me a DM to Kat! 

Kat Cauchi is the Product Manager of ReallySchool - a solution for early years and primary from NetSupport . She is also a former primary school teacher, member of the Global Equality Collective   Technocamps  GiST role model, and Global EdTech author.

Craig Kemp (@mrkempnz), Co-Founder of @EduSparkWorld, Global EdTech & Digital Transformation Consultant and Host of @edtech_podcast, joins Al Kingsley (@AlKingsley_Edu) to discuss “Transforming teachers’ and leaders’ professional learning in schools”.

Al Kingsley chats with Andy Gough, CEO of e-Quality Solutions about technology's role in contributing to equality, inclusivity and mental wellness, and removing barriers to learning in education, employment and life – especially for students with disabilities. 

Andy explains in particular how the Learning Labs arm of his business has evolved to cater not only for university students as part of their DSA allowance, but also as a learning portal for wider online learning.

You can watch the discussion here:  https://youtu.be/bGnvG4XNpEE

This July, the 10th episode of the ‘Check it out!’ show is offering new education solution/service providers to take to the floor and showcase their offering to educators.

Each guest will get five minutes to showcase their solution LIVE – providing a burst of inspiration for schools.

You can also watch the show back here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZAGr1eQn0


Interested in entering for an opportunity to be featured? https://www.netsupportsoftware.com/showcase

Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu!

In this episode, we are joined by former Primary school teacher, now Product Manager of ReallySchool, Kat Cauchi. With a number of accolades to her name such as being a member of the Gender Equality Collective, a TechnoCamps GiST role model and an author for the Global Edtech team, Kat’s work and sharing in the wider education community is worthy of checking out! 
 
A positive role model for education on social media, Kat is passionate about connecting, collaborating and supporting other educators on social media, and can regularly be found sharing ideas around Early Years, Primary, wellbeing, mindfulness and more.

With a laser-focus on supporting teachers in Early Years and Key Stage 1, I thought it only right to ask Kat for her top tips around these areas and so there are the five questions I asked her:

 1.    What are your top tips for closing out the school year?

2.    What are your top tips for fun end-of-term activities that still link to learning?

3.    Do you have any top tips to ensure a smooth transition from Reception to KS1 or KS1 to KS2?

4.       Anxiety can be a big issue for our youngest learners –  do you have any top tips to help with this issue?

5.    We recently collaborated on the EYFS Periodic Table... could you share just FIVE must-follow EYFS educators from that table and any tips for engaging on Twitter?

In a fantastic episode with, quite frankly, so many ideas and takeaways, I think it’d be useful for those who teach beyond Early Years and Primary phases. 

If you’re interested in checking out the 82 people on the Early Years Periodic Table, you can find the post with the original resource, plus an interactive PDF, right here. 

You can follow Kat on Twitter: @ReallySchoolK.

 Prefer to watch? You can watch the podcast here:
https://youtu.be/IC6_JLY1Biw

Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu! 

In this episode, we are joined by Hong Kong-based educator, Tim Evans! Originally from Wales, Tim is now the Educational Technology Coordinator at Stamford American School in Hong Kong. As an Apple Distinguished Educator, Microsoft Innovative Educator and Google Certified Innovator, Tim is always on the look-out for the latest technology that can support teaching and learning, and he is passionate about connecting, collaborating and sharing with others. Having spoken and led learning at several events around Asia and as an author on the Global Edtech team, Tim understands the importance of sharing experiences and learning from peers (especially in the ever-changing world of technology!) so he is a perfect guest to have on #TipTopTipsEdu. 

 With so many great experiences throughout his career, in this episode, Tim draws upon his vast experience and shares lots of ideas around the following five questions:

1. As someone who helps coordinate ICT in your school, in Primary you look at cross-curricular opportunities. How do you go about finding cross-curricular opportunities for embedding ICT and Computing and can you share some examples of where this has been successful?
2. As someone who works in a school where Google Workspace for Education is your core ecosystem, what tips would you give someone new to Google relating to teaching and learning to help them hit the ground running?
3. Jamboard is a relatively recent tool to the arsenal available from Google – can you share some tips for its use?
4. You share quite a few tips and ideas on social media… What got you into that and do you have any tips for others who might like to follow in your footsteps?
5. It’s almost the end of the academic year – how do you go about closing things down with edtech in your school and subsequently preparing for next year? Do you have induction? How do you keep work in Google Classroom available for next year and ensure that students still have access to all of their examples of learning?

 As someone who helps coordinate ICT in your school, in Primary you look at cross-curricular opportunities. How do you go about finding cross-curricular opportunities for embedding ICT and Computing and can you share some examples of where this has been successful?

It’s almost the end of the academic year – how do you go about closing things down with edtech in your school and subsequently preparing for next year? Do you have induction? How do you keep work in Google Classroom available for next year and ensure that students still have access to all of their examples of learning?

Watch the episode back here:

https://youtu.be/DBkE5lvXGWE

Al Kingsley sits down with Brianna Hodges (@bhodgesEDU) to discuss edtech opportunities in a post-pandemic landscape. As an education consultant and with a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Instructional Design and Technology, Al asks Brianna if we have an opportunity to hit the reset button for school technology or if the reset only applies to pure pedagogical or societal opportunity. Brianna also explores the impact gaps based on grade level and offers her top 3 tips she is advising districts to do in the coming school year. 

You can watch the discussion here: https://youtu.be/io_Xt-px_Kg

Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu! 

 In this episode, we talk with Apple Distinguished Educator and Apple Professional Learning Specialist, Paul Tullock. A former Primary educator, Paul has led on digital learning in his schools, supported many beyond his school walls and is known on social media for his great sharing, ideas and community building amongst educators who use Apple products in their classrooms. Now working with Jigsaw24, Paul is a passionate advocate for accessible learning and pedagogically informed approaches to using technology in the classroom. 

A passionate advocate for impactful approaches and leaving gimmicky tools at the door, in this episode Paul shares many great hints, tips and impressive ideas for the effective use of technology in the classroom.
In the episode, Paul responded to the following questions and shared some great approaches. Here are the questions I asked Paul: 

Teacher confidence has always been a big issue for tech adoption, what strategies have you found useful for supporting teachers?

1. If it’s quick wins and tips for use, what TipTopTipsEdu have you got for those teachers lacking confidence to help them with teaching and learning?
2. Accessibility to learning is a big issue for students and teachers - what tips have you got for helping teachers to make resources more accessible?
3. Engagement is a poor proxy for learning but as we’ve seen the last 12 months, it is key that learners are engaged in the learning process - what tips have you got using technology that can help to engage pupils in their learning?
4. Do you have any further tips for teachers that you haven’t shared yet that viewers might find useful?
5. Bonus question - if we had an edtech Room 101, what would you put in there?! 

Paul shared a wide variety of tools and resources in his responses. Here are some of those that he mentioned:

 Apple Clips

Microsoft Office Lens

This Girl Reads (podcast)

Seesaw

Anchor FM

 You can follow Paul on social media at @MrTullock.

Also be sure to check out the episode on Youtube.