030 : Season 2 Finale
Round up of the computing and Edtech season. Plus how to get your school involved in season 3.
029 : Peter Cansell my resident education expert
Peter shares his thoughts about season 2 and gives his insights into how teachers can implement them in their school.
Peter has been in education professionally for 35 years, teaching in middle schools in Oxford, doing advisory work, teaching higher education and as a Primary Headteacher at Harwell Primary School. He retired from that post in September 2014, but has continued as Chair of OPHTA (Oxfordshire Primary Headteachers’ Association), was elected to become Chair of the National Network of Chairs of Headteachers’ Groups in June 2014 and was delighted to have become a NAPE council member this year, serving on the editorial board for Primary First. In January of 2015 he co-founded the Oxford School of Thought, an independent education think tank. He is a trustee and chairs the management committee of another charity, Full Circle, which is well regarded for its ground breaking intergenerational work.
028 : Bonus SATs Special
The week before SATs – Mark talks about how to make each child feel special and understand what they have achieved.
What are the 2 things you can do today to make a difference for a lifetime?
027 : Improve communication, engagement and feedback with a branded app for your school.
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026 : At 9 years old Arnav Sharma won the Tech4Good People’s Award 2016.
• Finalist, BT Young Pioneers Award 2016
• Winner, Tech4Good People’s Award 2016
• Winner, Tech4Good Winner of Winners Award 2016
Aged just nine years old, Arnav Sharma studied the cause, diagnosis and effect of asthma and came up with a solution; the AsthmaPi kit. Using a Raspberry Pi hooked up to a range of sensors it helps anyone living with asthma and is particularly useful to anyone not sure about the diagnosis of asthma.
Using email and SMS text message alerts, patients receive prompts to take medication and reminders for review visits, and the accompanying booklet makes it easy to understand asthma.
Arnav started with two Raspberry Pis and added a Sense Hat, MQ-135 Gas Sensor, Sharp Optical Dust Sensor and an Arduino Uno – which he programmed using Python and C++.
https://www.tech4goodawards.com/finalist/arnav-sharma/