Nick started being his school’s technician in year 9, and has since been a Network Manager, a School Business Manager, working in HE/FE at Cardiff Uni and now JISC. Nick brings a new perspective to the podcast, talking about the difference between HE/FE, how he built his own solutions to Read more
IT Manager for large secondary school and general all round gadget lover Neil talks about what it’s like to be on the ground supporting tech in a large secondary school in Worcestershire – we talk recruitment, oopsie moments and lots more.
Mum, Accountant and Business Manager. Digital Improvement Lead and MIE Expert. Senior Leader of Governance with passion for Education – Kirsten has been instrumental in supporting her school achieve a digitial transformation like no other. Kirsten explains how this was achieved, the impact for teachers and students and what is Read more
Al Kingsley is well known in EdTech as someone who is always innovating, sharing and learning – Al has almost 45,000 followers on his twitter account, has written 2 books (Amazon.co.uk: Al Kingsley) around EdTech and Governance, has led NetSupport Group for 31 years, and is a MAT Chair, in Read more
We start off season 2 with a fantastic chat with Ben Dunford (Mr Dunford (@MrDunford) / Twitter and Ben Dunford | LinkedIn). A former teacher, founder of epraise.co.uk and now Head of Products at FireFly – Ben has a unique view on how technology can impact education and the important Read more
Meet Jordan, a 24 year old who is making a huge impact in edutech for his Primary School. Developing Systems and Solutions that make a huge difference to those who use the systems day to day. Find out more about Jordan here
Dr Paul Heery once gave me a job, and allowed me to start what became Lourdes IT. Now, he is a Trust CEO, Lead Inspector and has recently been voted onto the RSC Advisory Board. In this episode we explore his views on how edtech can support pupil outcomes, the Read more
Andrew Walls, Assistant Headteacher at the Sidney Stringer Multi Academy and studying for an MA in Cyber Security joins us to talk about the importance of support, teachers and leadership connecting and communicating to move schools forward, to protect, and secure over a wide range of threats.
In our second outing, and now that we are professionals(!) we catch up with Beth from Arbor – and enjoy a discussion around how the MIS landscape is changing in Education, what the driver for that is, the impact, and the future. We also find out how Beth is now Read more
In our first ever episode we meet Sam McNeill, from New Zealand who works for Microsoft. We talk all things EdTech, including the influence of the earthquakes on home learning, which Edtech tools Sam wishes were never in the classroom, and his favourite Microsoft EdTech tool and so much more Read more