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4 Pitfalls for Curriculum Publishing

MAT / Curriculum leads: are you looking to share your curriculum. Here are four pitfalls to avoid,  to make it work for your team, avoid risk and maybe even help your budget! My Four Publishing Pitfalls 1 – Reputational damage … Continue reading

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New Year, New Start

Today is the Jewish New Year, so it’s a perfect time for change. After three successful and  busy years at Pearson, I’m excited to announce that I’m moving on and taking my consultancy business up to the next level.  I’ll be … Continue reading

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Evolving Wonder

Video Conferencing is ripe for evolution and, fortunately, change is coming – and it’s wonder-ful. Video conferencing (VC) tools like Zoom, which have taken over our lives since the pandemic started, have been forced into the service of our many … Continue reading

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Three steps to a better EdTech strategy

In my role as Trustee for A New Direction, London’s  creative education agency, I wrote three guest posts  to help their community in creating better Edtech in the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector. I offered advice in the form of three steps: … Continue reading

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There Will be Blood – GDPR and EdTech

New EU regulations look set to bring some light into the often shady ‘Oil Rush’ in EdTech, drilling for data from our schools.  Individuals will have new and powerful rights to their personal data, and organisation will have to show … Continue reading

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Innovation is not what you think it is…

via GIPHY (Yes, this is a gif of me) Innovation means so many things to so many people that it means nothing in most contexts. This week, I heard my least favourite use of the word, in relation to EdTech. I … Continue reading

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What I know about Edtech. #3 – Bikes without Wheels

With 15 years of experience in the edtech sector, I’ve seen great examples and things go wrong. This is the third in a series, sharing suggestions for how to make great edtech. Don’t see users.          See … Continue reading

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What I know about Edtech. #2 – Lead or Follow

This post is the second in a series, giving tips for your next edtech endeavour. (Update: Thanks to Dai Barnes for his feedback on this post) It is possible to follow the majority of professionals or to lead (with the support … Continue reading

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What I know about Edtech. #1 – The 5xWhys

With 15 years of experience in the edtech sector, I’ve seen great examples and things go wrong. This post is the first in a series, giving tips for your next edtech endeavour. What I know about Edtech. #1 – The … Continue reading

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The edtech Pull Buoy

Keeping any collective (business, school, charity, family, or cooperative) afloat is a balance and coordination of limbs, harnessed to move forward. It’s a bit like swimming. Sometimes though, you are so busy keeping your head above water that, without help, … Continue reading

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