Matthew Piddington’s Post

As today is International Day of Education, please take the time to read this really interesting blog from Matthew Piddington, VP Services at Westcon-Comstor. Matt highlights the importance of education and why this adds to not only your company's profitability but also increased country GDP!

Following a very interesting network day with ECSDN I’ve returned to a previous reflection; how do we best arm our early years graduates to engage in the politicall elements of our sector. A short reply would be to have a module devoted to it. However is this perhaps too reductive? Political awareness, influence and understanding is deeply nuenced and contextual. It, therefore, perhaps would be best expressed as a “lens” to consider the themes in our current modules through. If so, how much content, discussion and reflection should be given to it? #PreparingForNextYear #EarlyYears

🌟𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐂𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭! Our esteemed, Dr. Rachel Book, joined forces with Dr. Kecia Ray and Steve Mildner for a riveting panel discussion on 'Optimizing Solutions to Access Funding.' The key takeaway? Both K12 and Higher Ed institutions share striking similarities in optimizing funding strategies. By collaborating with partners, we can co-create tailored solutions that evolve over multiple years, ensuring sustained success for educational institutions. #INSTcon24 #LincolnLearning

New Blog Alert! 1EdTech’s Department of Education Contributing Members in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are working to leverage 1EdTech interoperability standards to create inter-state course equivalencies and share educational resources that align with the various state standards across state lines.  Read more about the collaborative effort in the newest 1EdTech blog https://lnkd.in/eTN8NPUA

The 2023 New Tech Network Impact Report is here! Download it today and learn about New Tech West, a network school, where the staff recognizes that school change is not a “one size fits all” approach, and notes how the NTN coaches serve as thought partners and how they can work together with a focus on continuous improvement. https://lnkd.in/gzkV3wvK

Join our upcoming webinar to hear how Randolph-Macon College managed the challenges of new tech implementation, all while improving their on-campus processes and preserving faculty trust. #Watermark #HigherEd #EdTech #webinar

In her Illuminate article, 'O brave new educational world' (page 21), Myvanwy Carr, Head of Year 10, reflects on the technological advances we're experiencing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. She explores how she has navigated her fear and understanding of these technologies, and how they impact teaching and learning. To read the article, visit: https://bit.ly/48uQOtE #watchsuschangetheworld #pymblelc #pymbleinstitute

🙏 Thanks for all your feedback from this post https://lnkd.in/ezJ6WD5q We have now collated all responses into this document, https://bit.ly/RDHScotland attempting to summarise last year's Removing Digital Headaches RoundTables & Conversations.  Anything missing or incorrect❓ 🙏Thanks to the wonderful Media students from ESMS - A unique family of independent schools for boys and girls for creating this amazing summary of our Scottish roundtable on personalising learning with 1:1 👇 ✅ Save the date for the next #RDH 20th and 21st March Cardiff, Wales 🙏Thank you everyone who has contributed to the last year in any way and especially. Kai Vacher, Al Kingsley and Mark Steed for chairing and supporting along with Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith, Matt Jessop, Dan Fitzpatrick, ty golding, Catherine Place Gary Henderson, Katherine Howard, Alex Dave Olly Lewis Irfan H Latif FRSA Ian Stuart, Simon Luxford-Moore, Vaughan Connolly PhD, Willoughby Niki Lee, Will McNeil, Adam Brigham msplab Dave Coplin, Baz Nijjar, Prof. Abha Sharma, Anshul Sonak, Nick Dennis, Dan Sivak, Darren Wallace Martin Byrne Mark Fitzsimons Simon Hool Getech Anthony Simpson Stuart Walker Intel Corporation Chris Gerrard John Stow Lindsay West,  And Jill Byrne for media. #developingdigital with #pedtech Thanks to Avantis who are printing the summary document which it will be available on their stand at #BETT24 ✅ Here are all the links to previous sessions https://lnkd.in/dWb24k38 ✅ Here are some of the quotes from students. "We come to school to learn and to be with our friends" "What I value most about school is my interactions with other students and my teachers" We've been talking to teachers about the obstacles that interfere with them developing relationships to make that more effective. ❓How do we develop the confidence and the competence in the use of technology to be able to remove digital headaches and improve the quality of experience for the whole learning community ❓

Randolph-Macon College introduced new tech to support them in solving current problems and meeting future challenges. Learn from their success in our upcoming webinar. #Watermark #HigherEd #EdTech #webinar