Using Research to Inform  Technology Adoption

'Research around effective uses of EdTech even before the Pandemic were widely in agreement that effective uses of education technology are underpinned by effective pedagogy. But that raises question, what does effective pedagogy mean? Whose pedagogy are we talking about? How well do we understand our own pedagogy?'

Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith (Founder of PedTech) PPedT 1a 

'So we've got a river in front of us. And if you get in the river, you can get swept off downstream quite easily by a shiny bit of kit or by a new idea that just pops up on Twitter or something like that. And it can take you off course from getting to the other side, which is where you have to get with those children. To me, I see PedTech as a bridge. A bridge that's stable. It's not one of the swinging bridges that I wouldn't go on. It's a nice stable bridge, in my head, and it gives me the support, but equally, it gives me all those planks of wood that take me over: bits of video, advice from others,  things to read, case studies, schools are already doing it that will share expertise, social media...'

John Galloway (Inclusion Consultant) & Carol Allen (Education Advisor for IT and Inclusion)