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In this episode, Martin is joined by Jacob Woolcock. It's time for the 2020 WWDC Keynote draft! Jacob and Martin pick items both obvious and obscure, in the hopes of predicting what Apple will announce during the week. This episode marks the first in a new series and a new name. Follow Jacob on Twitter Download the scorecard here Follow Jacob’s YouTube Channel Theme music - Happy Marimba. Download here

In this episode, Martin is joined by Jakob Esben Hansen to talk about the the Future of learning - education is the next sector to become disrupted. (So let’s do it, before somebody else does it.) Jakob has a background in industrial design and interaction design and a master degree in IT and has been teaching Design, Entrepreneurship (innovation) and coding for nearly 10 years. He helped to start Denmark’s first High school that was fully based on Challenge Based Learning. Now working freelance (The Friendly Disruptor). In this episode we discuss the following points: Jakob is taking some time out of the classroom right now to think about the future of learning and education. 1a: Jakob was at a birthday last weekend ... 95 years old. We spoke about the changes that he has witnessed. What kind of new technologies and changes (e.g. climate change) are our kids going to experience before they retire? 1b: Future scenarios for education. (Dark and bright) 2. Challenge Based learning as one of the possible ways to become more future focused in education. 3. Everyone Can Code. Jakob is traveling to Ukraine in the weekend to give some Swift coding workshops. 4. Jakob has a podcast, Breakfast Conversations | 1:1 with amazing educators from around the world. - we discuss his WHY for making that podcast. A lot of the support, adivce and ideas we find are on Twitter using #AppleEDUChat. You can follow Jakob here Listen to his podcast Breakfast Conversations Download Links: Student App Showcase Swift Playgrounds App Journal XCode App Journal Learn to Code 1 and 2 Download the Anchor app here Follow me on Twitter Exit the Premises by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (Learn More)

In this episode, Martin is joined by Eoin Hughes to talk about what excites hI’m about iPadOS from a creativity and productivity point of view. This episode was recorded in June before the Public beta was released, and it’s interesting to see his Perceptions.  Learn more about iPadOS here A lot of the support, adivce and ideas we find are on Twitter using #AppleEDUChat. You can follow Eoin here Download the Anchor app here Follow me on Twitter Exit the Premises by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (Learn More)

WE”RE BACK!! Welcome to Season 3. In this episode, Martin is joined by Jacob Woolcock to look at iPadOS and the features we are most excited for in the classroom. Each of us takes a turn and picks their top choice. Top 5 features for the classroom. What are yours?🏆 Here are our picks: Round 1 Jacob - Apple Pencil screenshot instant markup Martin - Mouse support Round 2 Jacob - ARKit 3 people recognition Martin - Files updates Round 3 Jacob - Auto tab closing in safari Martin - New Markup tool pane Round 4 Jacob - Copy/Paste finger gestures Martin - New home screen layout and Today Widgeta Round 5 Jacob - Font Manager Martin - Updated Reminders app Bring out your dead Jacob - 50% app size. Smaller apps, more space Martin - Shortcuts integration (🔔) Wish list iCloud folder sharing - bring it back? A lot of the support, adivce and ideas we find are on Twitter using #AppleEDUChat. You can follow Jacob here Download the Anchor app here Follow me on Twitter

In this episode, Martin is joined by Miriam Walsh to do the 1st ever EDU Chat fantasy draft for iOS 13. 5 choices each with a custom bingo card to match. First person to win, well, nothing much will happen except they can say that they are the first draft winner. 🏆 The full draft list: Dark mode  Emoji categories (Mi) Smart camera features for night photos (Mi) Safari auto desktop version of websites (Ma) Font management without profiles (font management settings) (Ma) Low battery features (Mi) Watch feature  - new apps (pill reminder, cycle tracking) Apple Pay cash outside the US (Mi) Reminders is to get a new interface, expected to feature a grid layout with sections for tasks (Ma) Safari download manager (similar to iCab) (Ma) Better 3rd party integration in Files New multitasking features and cleaner widgets Three finger swipe to undo, multiple finger swipe to select Multiple window support for apps on iPad (Ma) Multiple windows of the same app (iWork side by side) Accessibility features that include mouse support  (Mi) Improved iPad homescreen layout iPad external display support for macOS 10.15 (sidecar) You can play along using the Edu Chat Bingo card which you can download here A lot of the support, adivce and ideas we find are on Twitter using #AppleEDUChat. You can follow MIriam here Download the Anchor app here Follow me on Twitter Exit the Premises by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (Learn More)

In this episode, Martin is joined by Lyndsey Balfe to talk about using Schoolwork to manage pupil created work. Lyndsey has recently moved to a new school and has spent a lot of this academic year implementing managedIDs and managed classes. The essential question we ask is: ’How can these apps alleviate staff fears of losing control when using technology?’ Learn more about Apple Schoolwork here Learn more about Apple Classroom here A lot of the support, adivce and ideas we find are on Twitter using #AppleEDUChat. You can follow Lyndsey here Download the Anchor app here Follow me on Twitter

In this episode, Martin is joined by Mat Pullen to talk about Developing a culture of support within schools. Both know each other well and have developed a friendship that stems from mutual experiences in using iPad to enhance Teaching and Learning. The essential question we ask is, “How can we fully support schools looking to develop real, effective change using technology?” A lot of the support, adivce and ideas we find are on Twitter using #AppleEDUChat. You can follow Mat here Listen to the podcast Mat and Martin cohost; Last Night Recap here You can find Mat’s ‘So you want to....’ series here Apple Education tweet on Earth Day Download the Anchor app here Follow me on Twitter

In this special episode, Martin is joined by Rachel Smith to talk about Podcasting with pupils. The episode coincides with hosting the latest #AppleEDUChat instalment on Twitter. You can read a summary of the chat here You can follow Rachel on Twitter here Listen to her Pupil created Podcast here To learn more about getting started with Podcasting in class, download this guide Download the Anchor app here Follow me on Twitter

Welcome to Part 2 of this Special iOS only Lifestyle Episode. Following Part 1, I’m joined by #ADE2019 new inductee, Chris Galley. I was really pleased to share this episode with him and found his experience and insight in using iPad, really quite refreshing. I hope he joins me again.  I spoke about my iPad homescreen layout in the episode, you can view it here If you’d like to take part or ask any questions to keep the conversation going, you can follow me on Twitter

Welcome to the new EDU Chat Podcast. Following my request on twitter I’m joined by 2 guest hosts for this special episode on living an iOS Lifestyle.  The chats were quite lengthy so it has been split into 2 parts. Part 1 is my friend and Last Night Recap cohost, Kurt Klynen. Kurt and I discuss his current work setup and how he gets things done.  You can follow me on Twitter here