1. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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08:30am | Registration
Settle in & find out how to make the most of today’s festival.
9:15am | Kick Off Performance
Local students
9:20am | Welcome to The Edtech Podcast Festival
Sophie Bailey, Host, The Edtech Podcast Festival
Plenary
9:40am | The power of polymath
Dr Jess Wade, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
10:00am | Learning by Making
10:20am | Explore!
Time Educator
Workshops
Makers Yard Makers Yard Stage Edtech
Workshops
Live! Podcast Stage
Open to all Running all day –
sign up on site
Open to all
10:30 Edtech in English
Find out how
innovations are
transforming language
Edtech efficacy
clinic
Dr Alison Clark-
Wilson,
Legal
priorities
Matthew
Johnson,
The Edtech Podcast in conversation with Debate Mate
Podcast, Hundred & special guests
Sophie Bailey talks with Jessica Spencer-Keyse, Head of Global
Research, Hundred, School21 representatives, Adebayo Odusola,
2. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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teaching, learning and
assessment.
Justin Walthall and
Helen Allen,
Cambridge
Assessment English
EDUCATE, UCL
Institute of
Education
Associate,
Cooley LLP
Programme Director, Debate Mate Podcast and local Sixth
formers Malika, Edil and Sungna about bringing “real world”
opportunities to young people
11:00 Switchover break & networking in the hallway of innovation and makers yard
11:10 Communicate
effectively
Anna Kyrk, Head of
Curriculum
Development &
Project Based
Learning, Primary
Oracy at School 21,
Newham
Making is for
everyone!
Kate Mulcahy,
The Reach Out
Makerspace, The
Invention Rooms,
Imperial College
London
Putting the learner
first
Jamie Brooker, Co-
Founder, We Are
Human / Kahoot! &
Tim Moore, We Are
Human
Hiring &
Retaining
Talent
The TES Podcast
Ed Dorrell, Deputy Editor, TES, reviews the weekly news with
The TES Podcast team and a special guest
11:40 Switchover break & networking in the hallway of innovation and makers yard
11:50 Educator/Senior
Leader E-Learning
Drop In Clinic
Open to all and run by
WomenEd leader
Neelam Parmar…
Come and air your
current challenges on
Primary School
Lightning CPD
Engaging using
YouTube
Primary
Computing
What do you think
innovation is?
Workshop on the
everyday-ness of
innovation & how to
use it in your work.
Jessica Spencer-
Keyse, Head of
Incorporate
Learner
experience
Design
Zahra
Davidson,
Co-founder
& Director,
The Teacher Toolkit Podcast
Ross Morrison McGill, Founder, Teacher Toolkit talks to guests
about saving teacher time
Rory McGrath, Deputy Headteacher, New Wave Federation
James Bowen, Director, NAHT Edge – The NAHT Podcast
Laura McInerney, TeacherTapp
3. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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digital leadership or
ask how to develop
your digital leadership
skills. Gain new
approaches and
troubleshoot with help
from attendees and
workshop leaders.
Dr Neelam Parmar
Director of E-
Learning, Ashford
School
without
Computers
Values based
Digital
Citizenship
Paul Wright,
Lead Practitioner
Designate in
Computer
Science,
Innovation and
Edtech lead,
Aureus School
Global Research,
Hundred
Enrol
Yourself
12:20 Switchover break & networking in the hallway of innovation and makers yard
12:30 Play-based
Learning
Lego Education
Learning
through Making
pi-top
Real World
Digital Skills
Edtech in Science
“Join Cambridge
Assessment, with
colleagues from
Cambridge
University
Press, as we discuss
how digital learning
materials support
great teaching and
Walk on
the left side
of the
escalator
Richard
Taylor,
Media
Taylor
4. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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Hobs Studio &
Guests
Digital
Parenting
Lounge
Come and pick
up some digital
parenting skills,
tips and tricks &
ask as many Qs
as you want.
Immersive
Auditory
Learning
Workshop
Tips from Now >
Press > Play
add value in the
classroom.
We’ll also show you
how we made our
excellent Resource
Plus for Science, as
well as share exciting
teaching and learning
ideas applicable
across all subjects.”
Andrew Field and Liz
Duncombe
(Cambridge
International)
Victoria
Stephenson
(Cambridge English)
Emily Clarke and
Tessa Perrett
(Cambridge
Exams Publishing)
Eileen Dessaso
(Cambridge
University
Press)
5. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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1:00pm | Lunchtime & Delegate Networking Options
Time to grab some lunch and meet your fellow festival attendees for your chosen lunchtime activity:
1. 1:1 “ed” and “tech” canoeing in the River Lea for 30 minutes with Moo Canoes
2. Mindfulness session for educators, entrepreneurs and everyone else run by Holistec and Now>Press>Play
3. Meet the authors. Come & exchange ideas with some of our pop-up book shop authors
4. Take some time out in our outdoor areas before the session kicks off again
Time Educator
workshops
Makers Yard Makers Yard Stage Edtech
Workshops
Live! Podcast Stage
Open to all Running all day Open to all
2:15pm Do’s & Don’t of
Edtech for
Impact, an SLT
Perspective -
Pecha Kucha
Bruce Wilson,
Education
Technologist,
United Learning,
Michelle Thomas,
Exec CEO, New
Wave Fed
Ian Dunn, Deputy
VC (Student
Experience),
Coventry
University
Hackney
Council &
FlatIron
Making education
more equitable
Have a go at
Video
AR & VR in
education
LGFL interactive
“have a go”
session with
Dawn Hallybone
Online Safety &
SEND Support
Dawn Hallybone,
LGFL
How to fund
edtech
Jan Matern,
Emerge
Education
The LSE IQ Podcast in conversation with The Times
Higher Education Podcast
Tom Williams, Film and Audio Team Manager from the
Communications Division of London School of Economics
and Political Science is in conversation with Sara Custer
Digital editor, The Times Higher Education to talk about the
power of podcasting: how, why, and what to do next to create
an award winning educational podcast.
6. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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2:30pm Switchover break & networking in the hallway of innovation and makers yard
2:40pm Edtech for Maths
Join OCR,
Cambridge Maths,
and MEI to explore
exciting ways to
support
computational
thinking in the
classroom.
Gemma Hewitt
(OCR)
Lynne McClure
(Cambridge Maths)
Terry Dawson and
Tom Button (MEI)
How to save
yourself time
Rory McGrath
(Deputy Head,
Shacklewell)
The Edtech Podcast
The Apprentice? Isn’t Alan Sugar the most anachronistic boss
figure going? This LIVE recording looks at how alternative
post-secondary pathways and vocational technologies are
making a difference. In discussion with Euan Blair, CEO,
WhiteHat, UFI, Rosie Holcroft
Senior Manager – Regeneration, LLDC, Hackney Council,
ADA College.
3:10pm Switchover break
& networking in
the hallway of
innovation and
makers yard
Switchover break & networking in the hallway of innovation and makers yard
3:00pm Hackney Primary
& Secondary
Schools: how does
edtech fit into
7. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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school
improvement?
Jonny Davey,
Computing and
ICT Lead, Hackney
Learning Trust
3:30pm Switchover break
& networking in
the hallway of
innovation and
makers yard
Switchover break & networking in the hallway of innovation and makers yard
3:40pm Assessing digital
tools for research
schools
Andy Samways,
Director of the
Teaching School &
Director of the
Research School,
Samuel Academy
Research School
What’s “working”
in edtech?
A special launch
with Michael
Forshaw, Innovate
My School with a
focus on school
leaders
Relationships,
PR,
Marketing &
You
Anna Pedroza
Play Based Learning Research
Lego Education with Cambridge University
4:10pm Switchover break
& networking in
the hallway of
Switchover break & networking in the hallway of innovation and makers yard
8. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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5:15pm MeetUps & Drinks
Time for a drink, some nibbles and get to know some of the more active communities in education and edtech.
Choose from:
1. Education and Edtech Media
2. International Education & Edtech - sponsored by Navitas
3. Investors, Incubators & Accelerators
6:15pm Plenary & Pitches
6:15pm A word from a special guest
innovation and
makers yard
4:40pm Edtech Hacks –
Cambridge Town
Hall Q and A
Andrew Nye and
Evelina Galaczi
(Cambridge
Assessment
English)
joined by all
presenters from
previous three
sessions
Helping children to
be creators not
consumers
Cassey Williams,
Woodberry Down
Primary School
The Edtech Podcast
In discussion with guests on technologies which are changing
our world, including how we learn, and what to do about it.
9. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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6:30pm: Pitches kick-off
3 minute pitches of high-impact edtech in the following areas. Feedback from judges including learners, educators, investors and long-term sector
commentators.
Content for the “netflix generation”
Tools for parents & learners direct
Tools for teacher CPD
Adult lifelong learning
Actually really AI in education
21c skills development
Tools for the underserved
Tools for literacy and the arts
Tools for maths and science
Tools for systems change & saving teachers time
7:30pm | Thank you and Wrap
7:30pm – Late | The Edtech Podcast Festival Party
Join us locally - and possibly on a boat – for a wrap party with some special touches.
All Day
Pop Up Book Shop from the Wellcome Collection
10. Plexal | Saturday 22nd September
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