Celebration, Ambition Inspiration

Edtech UK Celebration Ambition Inspiration

Welcome to this first edition of the Edtech UK Community Magazine.

The Edtech UK magazine seeks to celebrate, inspire and be ambitious about the role digital learning can play across education.

The Edtech UK Magazine is for everyone in the world of Edtech across the UK, whether practised in edtech or new to using technology to support teaching and learning.

From teachers and learning support assistants, to leadership and technicians in schools. To hear from charities and grassroot groups, to individuals and teams. Supporting edtech start-ups and app entrepreneurs to working with and understanding the global companies in this space.

Edtech UK Magazine is a bridge between the different faces of our sector and a voice for us all.

We’re learning too and want to listen and shine a spotlight on the success of this vibrant and diverse sector.

Our first issue has been guided by the input of leaders, teachers and businesses who wanted to reflect on what happened and what we learned during the pandemic.

This first issue is also supported by a diverse range of advertisers prepared to invest in this community magazine. We thank them for their faith in building the sector.

We’d thought about a magazine when the 2021 Edtech50 first appeared as a full-on glossy production last February, and like many, delayed plans for another time.

It was a time of tragedy; but a triumph of everyday heroes

We want to reflect the hope and optimism across education. But we’re also realistic about the many pressures we all face.

The growing edtech sector has to continue to inspire confidence, support teachers’ well-being and explain those real areas of promise and impact. We have to work and behave as the crucial sector we already are. Really listening to teachers and pupils is a good starting point.

It’s been a pleasure and a challenge to work on this production over a matter of weeks, with the new Edtech UK team or Nic Ponsford, Joy Voysey and Michael Pearce. We hope it’s a good and informative read.

I’d welcome your comments, feedback and input.

Ty Goddard, Chair, Edtech UK Ty@ednfoundation.org www.edtechuk.org