Episodes
Heather Aird | The Skills Schools Forgot to Teach - Accessibility Hacks
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible Heather Aird. Heather is a dedicated advocate for inclusive education, skilfully embedding Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and assistiv...
Andy McLaughlin | Big Tech is Killing Creativity in Schools (And He Knows Why)
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible Andy McLaughlin. Andy is a highly respected Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen whose career path took a fascinating, "squiggly" turn - ...
Stuart Naismith | Viral Fail: When a School Assembly Science Demo Goes Fantastically Wrong
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible Stuart Naismith. Stuart is a multi-award-winning educator celebrated for his contributions to STEM education, despite holding no formal STE...
Jonathon Simons │ Why Schools Are "Frightened to Allow for Mistakes"
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible Jonathon Simons. Jonathon is an ex-Jewish Studies teacher who made waves with his decade-ahead digital education teaching techniques, and i...
Caroline Keep │ EdTech Hype vs. Reality: What’s Actually Effective?
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible Caroline Keep. Caroline is an award-winning Teacher, AI & Edtech Researcher, and Data Scientist. She is currently completing her PhD re...
Gary Jamieson │ This Teacher Took a Risk – Now 10,000 Kids Benefit Every Year
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible Gary Jamieson. Gary is the Schools Development Officer at the V&A Dundee, and is making a huge difference to learners all across Scotla...
Eilidh MacDonald │ Are Schools Killing the YouTuber Dream? Meet the Teacher Challenging the 9-3
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible Eilidh MacDonald. Eilidh is a primary teacher with eight years’ experience, currently working with P1–3. She is passionate about edtech, pl...
James Hood | Esports Is Teaching Kids Real-Life Skills Schools Can’t
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we are joined by the incredible James Hood. James has been a massive friend to Niall and Pam over the years and we’ve been huge fans of his work for a number of years. Jam...
Eric Curts | "AI isn’t here to do your job – it’s here to help you do your job better"
Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game 🚀 Today, we are joined by the incredible Eric Curts. Eric has been in education for 33 years, and currently serves as a Technology Integration Specialist for SPARCC in North Cant...