On the 29th March, Fiona Aubrey-Smith, Bob Usher, Phil Hedger, and Shareen Wilkinson presented to a packed audience at Bett Academy live at the 2023 Bett show at Excel in London. The presentation featured insights from the latest research into the impactful use of EdTech in schools and featured real-world exemplification from across the LGfL EdTech Hubs Programme and from LEO Academy Trust.

Remote learning during the pandemic forced technology use on many in new ways and at a time of great institutional and societal pressure. Many lessons were learned and sometimes forgotten as we emerged back out of lockdowns in the new ‘normal’ which for some was reverting to previous pedagogy and for others they consolidated on the gains made during lockdown.

In a post pandemic world, this advice remains and is worth revisiting as school budgets tighten further.

Key questions are:

• Are we really making the most of what technology we already have in school?
• Is it really right to feel constrained in terms of developing our pedagogical approach and effective adoption of technology if we are unable to invest in new technology?
• To what extent have we effectively explored the potential of the technology that we already have in schools and to what extent does an investment in reflecting in our pedagogy pay off?

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Watch the whole presentation here.