Insights with NetSupport - Bett 2024 edition: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) with Paddy McGrath

Insights with NetSupport – Bett 2024 edition: Becky Keene – Minecraft, AI and eSports in education

Welcome to this special Bett 2024 episode of 'Insights with NetSupport'!

In this interview, NetSupport’s Head of Education, Mark Anderson, sits down with Becky Keene, Director at i2e and a former teacher and school leader, to talk about our current attitude to AI in education and how it may change over time, the benefits of Minecraft and how to get started with it in the classroom, and some of the benefits of eSports for students.

00:00 – Introduction 

00:25 – Becky Keene introduction

02:38 – What useful applications of AI are you seeing?

06:17 – Bloom’s 2 sigma problem

08:11 – Ideas to get started with Minecraft

11:17 – Where can teachers find out more information about Minecraft?

12:37 – Where can teachers get Minecraft CPD training?

13:23 – eSports: the lowdown!

14:45 – Where can we find out more about eSports?

Connect with Becky

X: @BeckyKeene

Instagram: @BeckyKeeneEdu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckykeene/ 

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Insights with NetSupport – Bett 2024 edition: Digital literacy and A.I., with Byron King

Welcome to this special Bett 2024 episode of 'Insights with NetSupport'!

In this interview, Byron King, Deputy Head Teacher at Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School, talks to NetSupport’s Head of Education, Mark Anderson, about digital literacy and the effects of A.I. on education.

0:00 Introduction
0:54 How did you come to be in the role you are today?
1:53 AI: is it all it's cracked up to be?
3:19 How can we ensure students use AI safely?
5:04 Digital literacy and AI
7:36 Is literacy or oracy more important for prompt drafting?
11:06 Equity of access
12:25 Wrap-up

Connect with Byron

X: @kingcantsing

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/byronkingjhb

Substack: https://byronking.substack.com/

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Insights with NetSupport – Bett 2024 edition: Effective digital teaching in an international school, with Ivan Langton

It’s another Bett 2024 episode of 'Insights with NetSupport'! This time, we hear from Ivan Langton, who is Head of Computing and Digital Literacy Coordinator at The Sultan's School in Muscat, Oman.

Ivan talks to NetSupport’s Head of Education, Mark Anderson, about the importance of context and cultural sensitivity in education around the world, how he uses ChatGPT and helps students to do so too.

00:00 - Introduction
00:41 - Ivan's Bett highlights so far
01:18 - A shoutout for the Arabic version of classroom.cloud!
01:31 - The importance of context and cultural sensitivity in education around the world
04:07 - Working with colleagues in Oman
06:22 - How Ivan uses ChatGPT in his role
10:08 - Raising teachers’ EdTech confidence
10:56 - AI and Excel uploads, plus student feedback
12:53 - EAL students and helping them to use AI effectively
15:56 - Wrap-up

Connect with Ivan

·       X: @misterel

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-langton-815a4a27/

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