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Revealed: the teachers and schools on the EdTech 50 list
Over the past 18 months, schools have been thrown into a world of virtual classrooms and, teachers and pupils alike were forced to adapt quickly.
The situation forced education to look at its digital skillset and, thankfully, there was a huge range of pioneers in the sector ready to step up.
Many of those leading proponents of edtech were featured in previous versions of the EdTech 50 list, an annual celebration of the people, projects and products that are enhancing teaching and learning in our schools through technology.
Today, this year’s Edtech 50 list is revealed.
Among those featured are Coran Jones, who newly qualified as a teacher last year and is now a Microsoft master trainer for schools, and the late Chris Leach who “used his ingenuity to develop lessons to make learning fun for students”. Mr Leach sadly died earlier this year.
Ty Goddard, chair of Edtech UK and the Edtech 50 judging panel, said: “Edtech as a tool for school and college improvement had been ignored for too long.
“Covid taught us all so much about what is important across our communities and public services. Schools stayed open, teachers used new tools for teaching – adopted by many literally overnight.
“We had never seen such spend, investment or adoption of education technology across our education estate. We need to reflect whether all this investment was timely, understood and an investment for the long or short term.”
Drew Buddie, a learning technologist, nominated the late Chris Leach for his ability to make learning complex concepts fun for pupils.
He said: “This nomination is for Chris Leach, who sadly passed away in March 2021 after a devastatingly short battle with cancer.
“Gifted teachers are those who use their ingenuity to develop lessons that make learning fun for students.
“In my experience, there can be no teacher who exhibited this more than Chris Leach.
“Computing is littered with sometimes abstract or complex concepts that young children may struggle to grasp or to fully understand.
“Chris had an uncanny knack of being able to come up with brilliant ideas that made the learning of these topics so much fun for children.”
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