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Good quality classroom resources are vital for learning. Andrew Hammond, Senior Director: Learning and Community from Discovery Education, talks about the importance of authenticity, the thinking behind the company’s new Experience platform and how it addresses the thee “I’s” of intent, implementation and impact.

NetSupport is back once again at Bett 2020 and its MD, Al Kingsley, chats to Russell Prue about what visitors can expect to see on stand NL44 (NetSupport Radio, Speaker Zone, product updates, a little blue pig – and more!), his initial reactions to the new zoned approach of the show and what he’s looking forward to seeing at the event…

Listen back to NetSupport Radio’s live broadcast from Day 1 of Bett 2020! 

Host with the most, Russell Prue, gets the low-down on the Bett show experience with NetSupport’s MD, Al Kingsley; talks to Will Few from the Internet Watch Foundation about the progress it is making in its mission to stop inappropriate child images appearing online; and chats to Kat Cauchi and Gary Perkins from ReallySchool (primary observation and assessment solution) about the product’s recent development and their hopes for a Bett Award win - plus much more!

Kat Cauchi, Product Manager for ReallySchool and former Primary School Teacher at Dogsthorpe Infant School, joins Al Kingsley on NetSupport Radio to discuss activities at Bett 2020.

Presenting at Bett in NetSupport’s Speaker Zone on Friday 24th January at 1pm, Kat will be discussing her “Top 5 tips for saving time in the primary classroom,” and will be evaluating how certain tools such as ReallySchool can help save precious time – as well as also covering more general tips that anyone can try to help reduce their workload.

Helping to develop the ReallySchool app, Kat is also excited to hear from customers about what tools they like the most, what challenges they currently face and how ReallySchool can be developed further to support those needs.

Dr Ger Graus OBE and Global Director of KidZania, talks to Russell Prue on NetSupport Radio about KidZania and his upcoming talk at Bett 2020. 

He explains, “It’s KidZania’s 20th birthday and we now have 30 cities for children globally, with a plan for another 20 or so in the next 10 years. KidZania is a city for children aged 4-14, where they can practice, think, dream and aspire about the world of work.”

As an immersive world with 80,000 square feet of aeroplanes, operating theatres, television studios, radio stations, football stadia, and so on, Dr Ger Graus asserts that the most important thing is that once you enter KidZania, the children are in charge. 

At Bett 2020 on Thursday 23rd January in the main arena at 12:30pm, Dr Ger Graus will be discussing ‘Building a Creative Approach to Social Mobility,’ This stems from global research by KidZania and the OECD and highlights the need to differentiate between schooling (i.e. children being taught) and education (i.e. experiences and learning by doing).

We’re now several episodes into NetSupport Radio’s Five in Five series, where education experts give us a quick insight into their specialist area by sharing five quick tips – all in five minutes (or thereabouts).

The latest episode sees Al Kingsley speaking to eSafety Adviser, Alan Mackenzie.  Alan chats to Al about his five top tips for teaching online safety to students:

1. Concentrate on the positives (to prevent students switching off) but introduce some negatives. 
2. Be careful with rules-based education such as “Don’t talk to strangers” or “Don’t share personal information” etc. These types of statements are unrealistic and lack any context.
3. Keep it real: if you want positive impact, talk about the spaces they are in and the games/apps they are using.
4. Never victim blame: Using examples of a serious incident and then asking questions such as “What did he/she do wrong?” comes across as judgemental.
5. Keep it engaging: By talking about the things they are using, students will open up and ask questions on things that may be affecting them.

Dr Alison Clark-Wilson joins Russell Prue on NetSupport Radio to discuss her roles, education passions and talk at Bett 2020.

As a former school maths teacher, teacher trainer and researcher, Alison is currently working at University College London, using existing research to support edtech entrepreneurs in understanding whether what they are developing is going to have the desired impact – as well as teaching them how to generate their own research.

Alison explains, “So many people are having to make decisions on which edtech to bring into their professional practice or learning – and how do you know which to choose? At the heart of this question is the research and evidence which we need to get better at both generating and understanding, so we can make some sensible decisions.”

During her talk about ‘The Billion Dollar Edtech Question: Can We Prove it Works?’ at Bett on the Professional Development stage on Thursday 23rd January at 11am, Alison will cover what people think research evidence is all about, the formats and contents different people need to make better decisions – plus, some practical tools and insights.  

Tony Sheppard (Head of Services at GDPR in Schools) features on NetSupport Radio’s Five in Five – where education sector experts share their five hints or tips on a chosen topic.

Tony discusses with Al Kingsley his five tips for keeping data safe:

1. Know who is responsible for data protection
2. Be clear on what should or should not be on show at parents’ evenings 
3. Identify who can be the school’s DPO – all schools need one and they must be independent without any conflict of interest
4. Be aware of the data that your school has - and the tools that can help you protect and manage it.
5. Understand what counts as a data breach – and the golden rules around what to do if you think your school has one. 

Adam Chase, a Y5 teacher and Computer Lead at Bury LA, joins Al Kingsley on NetSupport Radio to chat about activities at Bett 2020.

Presenting at Bett in NetSupport’s Speaker Zone on Friday 24th January at 2pm, Adam will be discussing the topic, “Deepening understanding of computing”.

Adam explains: “It’s in the vein of the unplugged learning – which has always been associated with the programming side of things. Where I’ve been applying it for the past couple is years is hardware, software, how to think like a computer and the processes of how all these areas work together.”

Kat Cauchi (ReallySchool Product Manager and a former primary school teacher at Dogsthorpe Infant School) features on NetSupport Radio’s Five in Five – where education sector experts share their five hints or tips on a chosen topic. 

Kat discusses with Al Kingsley her five tips for engaging parents in primary schools and recommends:

1. Using technology to your advantage when keeping busy parents in the loop about their child’s learning
2. Making a list of which student’s parents you want to connect with at the start of term (making it easier to continue throughout the rest of the year)
3. Greeting students and parents in the mornings to give parents an opportunity to see you 
4. Calling out reminders for things children need to tell their parents about (as a back-up to slips that can and do get lost)
5. Having difficult conversations face to face to allow parents to respond directly and work on the issue together. 

Find out more about ReallySchool classroom assessment and journals here : https://www.reallyschool.com/