Edtech Innovators

This week, we speak to: - Lauren Sanchez Gilbert, the CEO of BellXcel - BellXcel is the engine for youth programming. Youth program providers can access time saving digital tools so they can spend less time dealing with program logistics and paperwork, and more time focused on what truly matters most – elevating the potential of youth. - David Foster from ADSP.AI about his work integrating AI into management information systems (MIS).

- Craig Kemp about Chat GPT.

This episode features Nihad Cehic discussing how Vibbl make use of audio feedback. Also, Kirsten Thompson talks about Chat GPT in education. Nihad is the CEO of Vibbl and Kristen is Consultant & Director of Tech & Data, T4 Education

Find out how and why Tom Reynolds @TheEdenMethod went from a disengaged student with #Dyslexia to building one of the most original #edtech  English T&L platform, Eden Fifty One.

Riipen are a 6-year-old education technology company on a mission to eliminate graduate underemployment by reducing the skills gap for those about to enter or re-enter the workforce. Riipen is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Riipen is the leading technology platform for higher education institutions providing work-integrated micro-experiential learning to their students. Over the past two years, we have supported 60,000 students on 225+ campuses to work with over 10,000 employers. Riipen has partnered with Emerge Education as part of the recently announced HE sector-wide programme, Learning and Teaching Reimagined, with Jisc, Universities UK, and Advance HE (press release here). The partnership will focus on how universities and employers can collaborate at scale with technology, informed by an action group of senior leaders from HE and the corporate world led by Nick Petford, V-C University of Northampton. Company Highlights: Experiential Learning Partnership with Royal Bank of Canada announced in October 2019 and moving into Phase II in September 2020 $2.6 Million dollar Experiential Learning Partnership with the Business-Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) announced in June 2020 Raised over $7.5MM in funding and over $1.2MM in Government Funding Over 60,000 student experiences generated in the past two years Active on over 225 post-secondary campuses across North America, The UK, and Australia 10,000+ employers in the Riipen community 300% annual recurring revenue growth Rapidly expanding user base globally About Shawn: Shawn is the Director of Operations (formerly Director of Operations & Customer Success) and is a member of Riipen's executive team. Previously, Co-founder and Managing Director at Future Project (an international student recruitment consultancy, sold in 2016). Law degrees from the University of Toronto and the University of Sussex. About Thomas Thomas is a member of the US and UK Academic Sales teams at Riipen. A graduate from the University of Sussex and King's College London, Thomas was previously a UK secondary school teacher and online learning instructor.

What do early career teachers need to consider as they enter the teaching profession at an unprecedented time? This episode contains an interview with Patrick Ottley O'Connor, the Head Teacher at Westhoughton High School and former Executive Principal of North Liverpool Academy & the Northern Schools Trust.