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#137 - What does the UK Education Secretary have in store for Edtech?
Category: Education
Duration: 01:05:59
Publish Date: 2019-01-31 02:37:08
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Thank you to Cool Initiatives for sponsoring this week's episode. Check out their competition, and chance to win £10k, here. 

What's in this episode?

Hello everyone, this week we listen into the UK Ed Secretary's plans for edtech, plus the creative brains behind Scratch on the early days of computers, a teacher and the institute of imagination on hands on learning, a new club for edutainment toys, and an insanely enthusiastic digital media FE teacher on collecting masters and delving into research on AI, our emotions and learning. Enjoy! 

People

  • Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech
  • Damian Hinds, UK Education Secretary and MP for East Hampshire | Twitter: @DamianHinds
  • Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at MIT Media Lab, author of Lifelong Kindergarten, and founder of the Scratch Team | Twitter: @mres
  • Shafina Vohra, Teacher of A Level Psychology at the London Design & Engineering UTC | Twitter: @ShafinaVohra
  • Annie Duffield,  Head of Marketing and Communications, Institute of Imagination | Twitter: @annieduffs
  • Ben Callicot, Founder, Toy Pioneers Club
  • Ian Hurd, Media & Creative Arts Teacher

Show Notes and References  

Check out https://theedtechpodcast.com/edtechpodcast for the full show notes.

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