Julia Clouter from Scanning Pens shares her career-long experience of how technology can support inclusive approaches to supporting Literacy and the wider curriculum.

Inclusion from far and wide with Text help's Paddy McGrath covers a wide range of inclusive experiences. Ranging from the recently published PedTech Impact report, which Text Help and LGfL supported, to using AR to reveal unexpected outcomes with learners to exploring inclusions in the broadest sense in Belfast schools. It's a fascinating discussion that gives hope for a positive, inclusive future in education.

We join Jo Dilworth, Co - CEO of the Appeer Network and discuss innovative approaches to supporting autistic girls and women. We explore how to manage differences and support all learners consistently featuring examples of good practice with advice for parents as well as educational practitioners.

In this episode of 'The Included Conversation', we meet with Alice Lacey of 'Now Press Play' and explore the role of audio in education. Featuring examples from the LGfL Space Adventures resource, we discuss the role of audio to enhance, immerse and even possibly scare learners. Managed audio through the latest technology is explored ending with advice for teachers on how to incorporate the full potential of audio in everyday teaching and learning.

• In this edition, we meet up with long-term LGfL partners' Listening Books and explore the role of audiobooks and their place in an inclusive approach for all learners.

  
  

  
  

1.  Immersive technology or immersive content? Which are we talking about?

   In this episode, we explore the difference between immersive technology and content and how they interrelate, The potential for immersive approaches to teaching and learning are also explored and we find that solutions don't always need to cost a lot of money or require high technology! New technologies that allow learners to express themselves through the creation of immersive experiences are also discussed including a reference to the Discovery Education Sandbox AR platform.

   
   

   Apple Vision Pro is definitely NOT discussed though, as that was launched after this recording was filmed.

   
   

Award-winning senior leaders from Whitefield and FlakeFleet Primary School discuss their approaches to building truly inclusive school communities and openly share their achievements, challenges and aspirations for the future.

In this episode of the included conversation, we talk to Caroline Wright, Director General of the British Education Suppliers Association (BESA) about what inclusion means to her and within the context of her role at BESA. 

We look at how BESA helps supports the development of inclusive practice within the membership of the association and how the British EdTech sector has led the way in developing inclusive technology and content to support for all learners.

We identify how BESA has helped support the sector whilst upholding its own values whilst also supporting commercial success within the education sector for members.

We discuss how how BESA acts as an intermediary between government, the education supply sector and teachers in schools / colleges and what role do the BESA specialist groups have in promoting inclusion within and across all BESA members; and we even talk about BESA's role in relation to ensuring the efficacy of research into the effectiveness of EdTech products.