UKEdChat 2021 Online Conference – Speakers

Presentation Title:
How to support young people and teachers who stammer
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Upto 8% of children will stammer at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, this will stay as a lifelong condition for 1%. People who Stammer are more likely to suffer from adverse mental health issues. My work is not for the 1% of people who Stammer but for the 99% of you that don't. You can make reasonable adjustments in your teaching that can make a huge difference to these kids.
Suited for: All educators.
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Writing a Myth with Children in 20 minutes
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I will demonstrate how to write a myth for KS1 children using a narrative structure and how to add descriptive detail.
Suited for: Primary educators.
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Using Adlerian Psychology to build resilience in times of uncertainty
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Teachers have faced a stressful year. In some way this sentence is true in any year, as the profession is synonymous with stress, but this year it particularly true. In my talk I want to share the work of Alfred Adler an Austrian psychologist who developed a philosophy of living that helps people to manage their emotions and seize control of their life when the unexpected happens. The talk will give a brief outline of his life, some of his ideas and a few examples of how they can be applied in educational settings.
Suited for: All educators.
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School Digital Strategy
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With the disruption to education, and an uncertain educational future ahead, it’s more crucial than ever that all school stakeholders can come together effectively to create a digital strategy that incorporates how edtech can be used effectively in-school and remotely.
Suited for: All educators.
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Why can't your students draw graphs?
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The importance of sequencing practical procedural knowledge to reduce the cognitive load in science classrooms.
Suited for: School leaders, SEN & Secondary educators.
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Try, Refine, Ditch
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What does research informed teaching mean?.
Suited for: All educators.
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The Ladder: Supporting young peoples' career ambitions
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The Ladder highlights the importance of developing broader thinking with regard to young people and their future careers. The Ladder shows how linking subjects to future thinking need not be cumbersome and WILL increase students' awareness of their skills, competences and lead to happier futures..
Suited for: All educators.
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How to get more Social Justice through education
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Practical strategies for school leaders and teachers to enable more social justice through education.
Suited for: All educators.
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Building Relationships with Students
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This talk will focus on the importance of creating and building connected relationships with school children to help build their resilience and independence while taking care of their academic outcomes. Although the practical ideas presented in this talk may seem simple and obvious, they are not simplistic. We all know the importance of building relationships with others; however, this is an opportunity to serve as a reminder of how to connect with our students. This talk will contain simple, practical, down-to-earth ways for educators to connect with students.
Suited for: All educators.
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Investing in SENCO wellbeing
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An overview of why SENCO wellbeing matters and some top tips to support SENCOs / SEND Leaders.
Suited for: All educators.
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The Power of Communication
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Difference between communication and engagement; Communication Channels; Communication Planning; Who, what why when and how; How do I measure success Communication without face to face.
Suited for: All educators.
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Reviewing your school’s vision, strategies and systems for disadvantaged learners
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Providing teachers and leaders with key areas to focus upon in reviewing and evaluating their schools vision, provision and strategies for disadvantaged learners..
Suited for: All educators.
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Why Primary Pupils Need Challenging Literature!
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I will present a rationale for challenging literature, past and present being at the centre of an English curriculum which gives opportunities for deeper learning ,richer reading and talk and more curiosity. I'll explore how using quality texts link with quality writing too.
Suited for: Primary educators.
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How mimicking real life scenarios in teaching and learning can support metacognition and motivate pupils
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This talk highlights • offering pupils the chance to engage in meaningful learning • how experiential learning impacts outcome • the importance of application of knowledge • valuing creativity in the process of learning.
Suited for: All educators.
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Introduction to AI for Young Minds
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The talk will be about different AI applications and activities that young minds can use and participate in.
Suited for: Early Years, Primary and Secondary educators.
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Recognising the Metacognitive Red Box in Teaching and Learning
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This talk presents the ideas of a Metacognitive Red Box and how the contents can hold teachers and learners back in fulfilling their potential (along with some tips on how to respond).
Suited for: All educators.
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Repositioning the doughnuts
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Exploring and developing sustainable well-being in schools.
Suited for: School leaders.
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Resilience is not the answer
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At a time when we increasingly talk about and fetishise resilience and how to cope, we really need to talk about what we can do to make meaningful change. This talk will focus on what we can do at our own hand and what changes we should be demanding.
Suited for: All educators.
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Gamification in the teaching of coding & robotics
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Treating gamification as narrative rather than Points, Badges & leaderboards in Computer Education.
Suited for: Secondary educators.
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The academic value of the school library in inquiry learning
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Inquiry learning empowers students to become independent learners and critical thinkers. Collaboration between the school librarian and teachers not only provides students with access to quality resources but also introduces them to the set of skills needed to engage with the world beyond school. I will discuss how the process of inquiry supports students to develop self-confidence, voice and agency and how an inquiry framework enables students to learn these skills throughout their time at school.
Suited for: All educators.
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Reflections on practice co-created by experts and novices using video collaboration software
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This talk will discuss how our project works with students to trial the use of video collaboration software for enabling reflective practice. This software provides an opportunity to record behaviour and interactions in any practice-based setting. It is often used to capture classroom-based teaching and learning. Practitioners can then use the video collaboration tools to reflect on their own teaching, give peer feedback or gain feedback from a mentor or tutor. The viability of the software is explored within Initial Teacher Training (ITT) as students co-create video content with postgraduate education students.
Suited for: All educators.
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Cultural Capital....Whose Cultural Capital?
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What does it mean for schools to deliver Cultural Capital? This needs to be deconstructed to enable educators to think more deeply about what Cultural Capital actually means and what it stands for. The ultimate question is whose Cultural Capital are we talking about? Is it the Stormzy versus Mozart choice that we are making? Or is it more profound than simply a choice between modern and classical? popular culture versus tradition and the test of time? And where does a drive for a Govian model of Cultural Capital leave class, race, gender equality?
Suited for: All educators.
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Stories enhanced through essential everyday experiences
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Understanding the importance of building stories from within the everyday experience of the child to support access to literacy in a meaningful and accessible way for children with vision impairment or vision impairment and complex needs.
Suited for: Early Years, Primary & educators who support SEN.
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Make mentoring matter: Practical tips for mentors to utilise the Early Career Framework
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Using an Early Career Framework, the presentation will explore how mentors can interpret guidance in their everyday role as mentors. I will also examine the research to provide mentors with practical ideas for how they can best support their NQTs.
Suited for: Early Years educators.
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Why Stories Matter
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Pedagogy of stories and their usefulness as part of a teacher’s toolkit in terms of relationships, classroom management and curriculum design.
Suited for: All educators.
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Literature and Cultural Awareness in the MFL Classroom
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Literature is not just part of examination specifications; it is also a real window into the culture of the target language countries and a powerful tool to motivate all our students.
Suited for: Secondary and Further Ed educators.
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How technology is transforming subject leadership
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As the role of subject leader becomes more complex, how can we turn towards technology to help manage expectations.
Suited for: School leaders and primary educators.
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On a Journey Through the Learning Pit
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What the Learning Pit is and how it can be used to deepen learning.
Suited for: Primary and secondary educators.
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Retrieval, interleaving and spacing in practice
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We all know what retrieval practice, interleaving and spacing are but what does that look like in practice in our day to day lessons and in our schemes of learning? A range of practical examples will be shared in this talk.
Suited for: Secondary & Further Education educators.
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The importance of building effective learning relationships and how to meet learners needs
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Teaching is a full-on job but front and centre is the need to build effective learning relationships. Building those relationships means meeting a set of essential needs.
Suited for: All educators.
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Top ideas for EdTech in Blended Learning
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About the use of technology to enhance education beyond the classroom to enhance learning. Looking at pitfalls, success and how to implement in schools with limited budgets and resources.
Suited for: All educators.
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Authentic leadership or how to be a Professional Human
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I will talk about how we find the balance, as educators and leaders, of being both professional and human. I will also explore how taking time to reflect on our motivations is essential, so that we can ensure that we are acting with integrity and from a place of values.
Suited for: All educators.
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Teaching and learning with Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder
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TBA.
Suited for: All educators.
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Understanding the teenage brain and how to work it into your teaching
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Human beings and our students in particular are inherently selfish (an important survival skill), understanding more about how the teenage brain works has for me been a game changer. Although there is quite the array of complicated language, there are simple findings that can be used for all lessons. I will be sharing my findings from reading texts from Daniel Kahneman, Malcolm Gladwell, Steve Peters 'Chimp Brain', Nicola Morgan and Matthew Syed. Knowing and understanding how the brain works will help us as teachers to control our 'chimp brains'. More importantly, we can use this understanding to develop strategies in teaching PSE, life skills, revision, behaviour management and intervention.
Suited for: Primary educators.
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Presentation Title:
Self-Care as a Pathway to Professional Well-Being
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Educators are burning out at an alarming rate. When this happens, not only are we unable to serve our students but also, we lose connection with the spark that brought us to education in the first place. While counter-intuitive to most educators, learning to prioritize our relationship with, and care for, ourselves is proving to have a significant impact on educators' ability to stay engaged and effective in their roles. It is vital for educators to learn how to take care of themselves so that they can have the impact they desire on their school communities.
Suited for: All educators.
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Leading with impact
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For middle and school leaders, explaining the ways that we can make a difference.
Suited for: All educators.
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Well-being
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How to take care of yourself when you are a teacher.
Suited for: Primary educators.
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The ultimate Humor Equation to Augmenting Students' Engagenemt in Class at all levels
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Of late, it is becoming challenging, at times, to get students fully engaged in the teaching-learning process be it face-to-face, or online. This simple technique will enable teachers, educators, and practitioners to easily use an equation combining three main elements namely humor, student, and the lesson's content to capture students' attention and thus redirect his/her focus on the lesson.
Suited for: All educators.
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Top Applications and Programmes for Interactive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
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The session will provide an overview of some of the programmes that can be used to increase interactivity into both synchronous and asynchronous online learning sessions for Higher Education. The session will look at Creating interactive asynchronous activities: including Formative learning tasks through Genial.ly and Argument Building discussion boards through https://www.kialo-edu.com/, and How to Create Interactive Non-linear presentations and annotated documents through Genial.ly..
Suited for: Higher-education educators.
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Assessing the potential to teach
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Using applied psychology approaches in teacher selection and recruitment.
Suited for: All educators.
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Effective teaching - avoiding the perils of seductive detail
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As teachers we want to make our delivery interesting and memorable. So we add anecdotes, interesting images or jokes. But research suggests that the inclusion of unrelated 'seductive details' can inhibit learning. This is even more relevant now, with the increase in online learning. The presentation will introduce the concept and tell you what you can do about avoiding this in your teaching.
Suited for: All educators.
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Using dialogue to teach good habits of thinking
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How to improve the quality of classroom discussion to encourage better quality thinking and questioning from students.
Suited for: All educators.
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Risk and reward: taking on a failing school
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School improvement in a failing school. The balance of keeping existing schools triggered whilst taking capacity to improve a failing one is a risky business and delicate balance to achieve. I’d like to speak about both the risks and the rewards of this situation.
Suited for: School Leaders.
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Blended learning is here to stay!
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The pandemic opened up a wealth of new tools and rapidly accelerated their adoption into traditional teaching. In this contribution, I will share the edtech toolbox I will keep beyond Covid-19. These consist of free, easy-to-use and no-fuss websites and apps that have proven to improve students’ engagement and intrinsic motivation. I will share concrete examples as to how digital tools can help build camaraderie and positive relationships in both a socially distanced and remote class setting. Lastly, I will present how video recordings of class content eased my workload and how a combination of online and offline work in a station rotation lesson can support teachers to give frequent, detailed and individual feedback to their students.
Suited for: All educators.
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Presentation Title:
Early Childhood Education - Lost in Translation
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A brief reflection on Early Childhood Education today.
Suited for: All educators.
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Passport to the world: Decolonising the curriculum in MFL
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Offer your pupils a virtual passport out of lockdown and dare to explore the wider French, Spanish and German speaking world. When teachers and learners explore the beautifully diverse world around them, rich cultural conversations can’t help but happen. Allow Suzi to reignite your passion, globalise your curriculum and transform your existing SoW.
Suited for: All educators.
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Current affairs in your curriculum
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Evidencing the benefits of developing young peoples' understanding of, and interaction with, current affairs. -Giving practical teaching ideas for topics such as protest/ US 2020 election/ climate change with links across KS2 and KS3 curriculum.
Suited for: Primary and Secondary educators.
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Algebra Tiles and using manipulatives with older grades
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A look at how we can use manipulatives with older students to help make their understanding of algebra more visual and meaningful.
Suited for: Secondary educators.
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Personal lessons derived from remote education
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The skills we develop making us more efficient in our role both as students and teachers.
Suited for: All educators.
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