The Edtech Podcast Schedule 1H17

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Bett Edtech Trends 3 -The state of UK and international Edtech in 2017

Caroline Wright, Director General, BESA Patrick Hayes, Director, BESAMark Chambers, CEO, NAACE Drew Buddie, ICT co-ordinator, Royal Masonic SchoolThe Dutch School at Bett with Lieke Conijn, Senior Commercial Attaché at Embassy of the Netherlands in LondonNick Madhavji, CEO & Founder, Joskos GroupFergal Kilroy, Head of Content, BettOut music, Action Jackson: Dream Big, Your Amazing

The state of UK and international Edtech in 2017Why broadband is still a critical issue for UK edtech take-upHow to get involved in the next Bett as a content contributor

All international and UK educators - early years through to higher edAll edtech and bluechip educational businessInvestors Consultants Government

26th March 2017

Wibbu Takeover - on mobile gaming and language learning

Dean Jacobs, CEO, Wibbu Jo Sayers, Head of Product, ELT JamSabrina Espasandin, EFL Teacher, Argentina & Spain

ELT innovations recent developmentsThe pedagogy and science behind language acquisition and retention International demand for ELTCase study of Wibbu on mobile gaming for language learning

All ELT and MFL teachers and educators Gaming sector and indies Investors Parents and wider teaching community Publishers

2nd April 2017

Bett Edtech Trends 4 - gaming, apps, coding, AR, and audio

Raul Gutierrez, Founder & CEO, Tinybop Inc.Alice Lacey, CEO & Co-founder, now>press>playEd Barton, CEO, CuriscopeSrinivas Mandyam, Founder and CTO, TynkerMark Overland, Head of Education, Primo Toys

Artificial reality and mobile apps to engage learners in biology The development of coding for computational thinking Why listening helps to enhance learning

All international and UK educators - early years and K-12All edtech and bluechip educational businessInvestors Consultants Government

9th April 2017

Oliver Beach Extra

Partnerships Manager at Kano, which empowers young people to create with technology. Prior to joining Kano, taught for four years in inner-city London schools and am an Ambassador of the Teach First programme.Governor of an Outstanding primary school and a regular contributor to the TES, Huffington Post, Telegraph and the Guardian. Also the founding advisor of a education charity which seeks to address inequity in opportunities for disadvantaged students, called Rocket Fund.

Why alternative funding mechanisms are needed Why do Oliver’s TES articles keep trending? What are Oliver’s biggest gripes?

All international and UK educators - early years and K-12All edtech and bluechip educational businessInvestors Consultants Government

9th April 2017

Bett Edtech Trends Extra - Publishing

Steve Connolly, Group Digital Director, Hodder Andrea Carr, Founder, Rising Stars Filippo Aroffo, Programme and Portfolio Manager SEM presso, McGraw-Hill Education

Is there such a thing as a traditional publisher? How have educational resources adapted over time? What’s the story behind Bett Lifetime achievement award winner Andrea Carr? McGraw-Hill’s interest in learning science

higher education primary education further education publishers edtech startups

16th April 2017

SXSWedu Special with David Bray

David Bray, Chief Information Officer, Federal Communications Commission - on Gov comms and ed

What is education in an exponential age? What are your recommended reads? What is leadership in a digital age? How can Gov remain meaningful to educators, students, parents and employees?

All international and UK educators - early years through to higher educationAll edtech and bluechip educational businessInvestors Consultants Government

23rd April 2017

1st birthday episode - extra

Featuring a mix of The Edtech Podcast listeners from around the world, plus me giving a look into The Edtech Podcast community and singing happy birthday…

Focus episode on The Edtech Podcast community looking at: Who are listeners areWhere they come from What they doWhich guests we’ve hadWho we’d like to have more of Who has sponsored A celebration of The Edtech Podcast community and listener base after 1 year

All international and UK educators - early years through to higher educationAll edtech and bluechip educational businessInvestors Consultants Government

23rd April 2017

SXSWedu 17 edtech trends - Higher Education and Moocs

Simon Nelson, CEO, FutureLearn Brian MacDonald, Director Residential Education, UCLA, Los Angeles, CADhawal Shah, Founder, Class Central Nikolas Jungaard, CEO, Score, Sweden

Is Higher Education innovating fast enough? What are the latest trends in online courses, corporate training and MOOCS?

Higher education professionals Further education professionals Educational content and course developers and trainersGovernment Edtech Start ups Consultants Investors

30th April 2017

SXSWedu 17 edtech trends - investment, start ups and accelerators

Matt Candler, Founder + CEO, 4.0 SchoolsChina Gong, Investor, Reach CapitalPhil Kim, Co-Founder, Michelson Runway EdTech Accelerator | President, The Michelson 20MM FoundationMayra Lombera, Director, Strategic Initiatives, The Michelson 20MM FoundationAvi Warshavsky, CEO at MindCETT.T. Nguyen Duc, VC, Pearson Affordable Learning FundTomoko Haneda, Afrel Co. , Ltd. on behalf of Edtech Japan

Where is money currently being invested into edtech? What are various accelerators/incubators focusing on and why? How does edtech differ from Vietnam to Israel to Japan to the USA?

All education professionals and teacherpreneursStart up ventures Government BluechipsConsultants Investors

7th May 2017

SXSWedu Special with Ted Fujimoto

Ted Fujimoto, President, Landmark Consulting Group, Co-Chair of Right To Succeed

How do you scale innovation? What’s wrong with most schools? Why is charter schoolvs. district school the wrong argument? What’s the chronology for success? Why is music so exciting for learning?


14th May 2017

SXSWedu 17 edtech trends - K-12

Nina Rees, President and CEO, National Alliance for Public Charter SchoolsAnthony A Owen, State Coord of Computer Science, Arkansas Department of EducationMichael Cohen, The Tech Rabbi, EdTech trainerAlex Rosenthal, Editorial Director, TEDed

What are charter schools? What are the current discussions around education and school choice? How did computer science gain status in Arkansas? How can design thinking interest students and educators? What’s next for TEDed after millions of YOUTUBE views?


21 May 2017

SXSWedu Special with a Norwegian chatbot

Geir Sand Nilsen, VP New Business, EdTech Foundry

What are chatbots? Why are they of interest in the context of educational institutions? Why chatbots can learn from every interactionWhy chatbots still need humans


28 May 2017

SXSWedu 17 edtech trends -literacy, language, culture and innovation

Dr. Shlomy Kattan, Senior Director at XPRIZEMatt Keller, Prize Lead, Global Learning XPRIZEMark Nagurski, Co-Founder, MakeMaticTricia Edwards, Head of Education, Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center For The Study of Invention And InnovationMaggie Mitchell Salem, Executive Director, Qatar Foundation International

What are the global educational problems of our time? How is Elon Musk and others seeking to find the best solution to these problems and then scale? Why do we think innovators look a certain way? Why more Arabic speakers and language teachers matters


4 June 2017

Randi Zuckerberg episode

Randi Zuckerberg is a New York Times bestselling author; the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media; host of "Dot Complicated" on SiriusXM, and Editor-in-Chief of Dot Complicated, an online community helping us navigate and "untangle" our wired, wonderful lives. Randi also served as a mentor on Oxygen's show "Quit Your Day Job," and currently serves as executive producer of "Dot.," based on Randi's recent children book, which premiered on CBC and Sprout Fall 2016.

Randi appears regularly on NBC's the TODAY Show and CNBC, and has also been seen on CNN, Good Morning America, Fox Business, Bloomberg News, and ABC's World News. She is a Tony Voter, as well as a correspondent for the 2016 Tony Awards and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Randi was recently appointed as a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum, and is part of the Tech Committee for the American Theatre Wing.

Addressing the tech skills gap Key research findings including the deficits of applied and hard tech skills in the current workforcePredictions for the future of technology and how to prepare students to meet real-life technology demands in the workplace.


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