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Russell Prue recently caught up with Dr Neelam Parmar (@neelamaparmar1), Director of E-Learning at Ashford School, United Learning, ahead of her three Bett 2020 speaker slots at January’s show. 

Dr Parmar gives Russell an overview of her background in digital innovation, pedagogy and teaching and learning – plus an overview of each of her talks, which will cover the importance of having a digital strategy, the value of good communication between teams and positive technology use.

Eve Harper (Bett UK Event Director), Al Kingsley (MD of NetSupport and Chair of a Multi Academy Trust) and host, Russell Prue (Anderton Tiger Broadcasting), get together to discuss NetSupport Radio and Bett 2020.

From interviews with top education and edtech experts (including speakers from Bett’s theatres), music, chat and interactive slots, NetSupport Radio will be sharing the latest activity across the show. There’ll even be a showcase of student voice on the final day, with students from Westwood-with-Iford School’s broadcasting team doing their show live from the event!

Hear from Eve about Bett’s new zone format designed to help visitors more easily navigate the exhibitors available and find what they need – and to help exhibitors find the right customers too! There will be six themed areas, covering wellbeing; inclusion; SEND; future tech and trends; skills; and empowering teaching, learning and innovation. Plus for 2020, the Education Show is actually inside Bett itself (instead of running alongside); there will be more meaningful, in-depth CPD opportunities with partners such as Naace, TES, LGfL and so on – and more opportunities for leadership interaction with the new ‘hosted leaders’ programme, which is a targeted programme of meetings with qualified buyers and leaders. 

In the second episode of our new Five in Five series (where education specialists share five top tips about education-related topics all in five minutes) we are pleased to welcome Mark Anderson, ICT Evangelist (@ICTEvangelist).

Mark chats to Al Kingsley (@AlKingsley_Edu) and reveals some features of your existing technology that you can use in your classrooms. From Google Dice (to support analogue learning activities), ClassroomScreen.com (free interactive display), converting a photo of a data table into Excel, to creating an editable version of a PDF in Word and using the PowerPoint Presenter Coach, there's bound to be something that sparks your imagination!

Welcome to the first episode of our new Five in Five mini series, where education specialists share five top tips about education-related topics - all in five minutes!

In this first podcast, Al Kingsley (@AlKingsley_Edu) interviews year 5 teacher and Computing Lead, Adam Chase (@_geekyteacher), who shares five of his favourite apps to get Primary School kids started with coding...

Starting with the basics in BeeBot and Daisy and the Dinosaur and moving through Scratch and Hopscotch, Adam's recommendations lead children through simple concepts to applying the skills they've learned in different formats - perfect for setting them on the road to programming!

Radio broadcaster Russell Prue chats to NetSupport's MD, Al Kingsley, live at the National Education Show in Cardiff about their plans to team up again for NetSupport Radio at Bett 2020.

Russell and Al chat about the fact that, for the first time ever, NetSupport Radio (powered by Anderton Tiger) will be the official broadcaster of the Bett Show! 

There are always so many great things to celebrate about Bett and, this year, working directly with the organisers, NetSupport Radio will get a chance to showcase all the amazing things that take place, including interviews with the speakers from the main speaker stage and bringing student voice to the airwaves - plus much more! 

This is a special opportunity to reach an even wider audience than ever before, with people being able to listen live to the shows online each day. Roll on January 2020!

Radio broadcaster Russell Prue chats to Mark Anderson (ICT Evangelist) and Al Kingsley (NetSupport MD) live at the National Education Show in Cardiff about their new ‘Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy for Education’.

The guide is broken down into easy-to-read, manageable chunks – with top tips highlighting the key things to look at in the different areas to help schools make choices that have impact and provide real value.

Read it here: www.netsupportsoftware.com/digital-strategy/ 

Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson chat about their recent writing collaboration to produce ‘A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy” for schools.

The guide provides an overview of all the different parties in a school who should have input into any digital plans, outlines the questions that schools need to ask and gives loads of useful information and advice on how best to go about creating an edtech strategy that meets long-term needs, rather than just a short-term fix.

Get the full guide here. 

Ben Whitaker joins Al Kingsley to discuss the new report ‘Gatekeepers in Technology’.

Ben is a certified Google Educator, Trainer, Innovator and former Assistant Principal who has led training around the UK and beyond - in addition to being one of the Edufuturists. In his research for this report, he spoke to hundreds of people in schools and colleges who have great ideas about education and how technology can be a part of learning. He found that many of them were coming up against similar barriers, so he set out to find out the reasons why they were not being heard.

Read the full report here and learn some of Ben's recommendations for overcoming these obstacles to digital learning.

Henry Platten chats to Al Kingsley about classroom management tools for teachers to use in lessons.

Classroom technology can be as clever as you like, but without tech knowhow or confidence, teachers may simply choose not to use it. Al gives a run-down of NetSupport School (developed with teachers, for teachers) and how its one-click functionality can help them become more confident in using classroom technology, while taking advantage of the features included to create variety in their lessons. 

NetSupport School's flexibility means it can be easily employed in a multi-platform BYOD classroom - making tech use even more accessible for schools.

Henry Platten chats with Al Kingsley about the variety of functions that NetSupport's IT management solution, NetSupport DNA, offers schools - and how the product has evolved over time.

Talking about the three areas that the solutions covers - IT management, classroom management and safeguarding - they highlight the main features of each and outline their benefits for teachers, technicians and students. Al explains that NetSupport DNA has evolved over time and the company has worked directly with schools to co-produce and deliver the tools that they actually need to enable them to work in line with official guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education) - all at the right time.