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For school & subject leaders, School in the Fast Lane seeks out some of the elephants in the class or staffroom such as: schools using social media for parental engagement and what's on your walls in school & who cares? Episodes created by Blippit founder John Bidder whose latest project is Blippit Boards helping subject leaders champion their subject!
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#16 Headteacher Rachel Tomlinson's school was struck by ransomware. Here's her story.
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The reason for making this episode is an important one and that is to help at least one school, maybe yours, ensure that it takes the steps needed to avoid the total disruption and stress of being hit by ransomware. Don't be lulled into thinking it'll not be you because you've got backups, the latest antivirus and so on. As Rachel says later on in …
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#15 The remarkable Alan November in conversation about sharks, resilience, critical thinking, remote teaching & more (all platforms version)
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Let me introduce you to, or maybe as it is for me, 'welcome back', Alan November the veteran educator and a leader in transforming teaching and learning, With a depth of knowledge about all things education, stemming from his work travelling the world to meet with educators, Alan's unmistakable tones are a treat to tune in to in this extended episo…
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#13 Chris Evans of Virgin Radio interviews Headteacher Sarah White from Coates Lane Primary School
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Here's a special 'School in the Fast Lane' episode featuring the interview of primary Headteacher Sarah White speaking from the heart and to the heart of her school parent community. This interview was aired on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, 27/1/21 Virgin Radio. All rights reserved by Virgin Radio, Sky and applicable artists & recording labels.…
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Podcast Trailer: Aimed at teachers, Heads and anyone else working with children in schools, welcome to ‘School in the Fast Lane’
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#12: It’s good to talk. Record & leave a message?
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Here’s an invitation to you as a school educator to record your own contribution to the podcast. To do this visit https://anchor.fm/blippit/message , create your own account when you’re done and send it in. Listen for more details. Thanks!
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What's the vibe in your school? What story are the walls telling? A huge fan of display, John makes the case for a new bit of easy tech that might just be what you didn't know you needed! This one is for subject and school leaders in particular. To leave a message use the button below or use this link anchor.fm/blippit/message By the by, this episo…
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#10: Pros and cons for systems of learning in lockdown for schools
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Linked to recent funds for school implementations of the big two, Google and Microsoft, the broad pros and cons of approaches are reviewed here by John Bidder (@Getloggedin)including: MS Teams, Google Sites & Classroom, Moodle (& Darwinism!), Facebook and school websites at primary and secondary level. John talks about different effects of choices …
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#9: What social media school updates can work best after a break like Christmas?
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Sharing some tips about what works when you go back to school and start talking to parents and the community again via social media. We'll do an additional episode about humour soon!
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#8: Ambition! Flakefleet Primary Headteacher Interview
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A guest chat (12/18) with Headteacher Dave McPartlin from Flakefleet Primary in Lancashire whose school is going for the Christmas No 1 with their song 'Light Up'. Hear their now global social media story so far #daretodream **Pre-order is available at the time of this podcast recording from all major platforms, single goes live on streaming servic…
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#7: Can a school 'dip its toes' in social media? [Archive].mp3
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If you think you're heading, or have headed down already, towards a path of tokenistic social media use for communication at your school, you might find this episode useful featuring lessons learned & action to take.
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#6: What about the school website if we're using social media? [Archive]
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Here's an archive episode that deals with one of the most commonly asked questions from Heads about what happens to a school website when social media is used by school & how the two can fit (School in the fast lane).
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#5: Why use social media for school comms? [Archive]
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Here's an archive episode that deals with one of the most commonly asked questions from Heads. (School in the fast lane)
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#4: Parents behave differently with school on FB
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This fourth episode takes you through why worrying about parent behaviour shouldn't be a barrier for you using Facebook for your school. (School in the fast lane)
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This third episode is about how can your school values be your guide on social media & how relevant is your school website to parents these days? (School in the fast lane)
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This second episode focuses on the value of a 'smile' in schools using social media parental engagement. Say CHEESE! You're listening to (School in the fast lane)
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This is the very first episode of the 'school in the fast lane' series! I'm unpicking the barriers of adoption for schools wanting to use Facebook to engage parents and the community. Senior School Leadership Team members and teachers I'd love to hear from you.
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