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Meet Matt Warne. He is a Computing and IT specialist teacher who works for the RGS family of schools in Worcester, UK. Matt became an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2019 and this year he made the UK #edtech50 list as an educator making significant impact in the UK #edtech sector. Connect with Matt on Twitter 👉 @MattWarne 

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Welcome to the first episode in Breakfast Conversations first miniseries!

The COVID 19 virus has forced many cities to gear down and schools are suspended but the learning has to continue! What happens when a city with 7.4 million people close all its schools and online learning replaces the classroom?

That is what we are going to explore together in this miniseries about teaching and learning in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 during the COVID 19 epidemic.

The first teacher on our journey is Tim Evans a Expat who moved to the beautiful city of Hong Kong two and a half year ago.

TIM EVANS:

Tim Evans is the Educational Technology Coordinator at Stamford American School in HK.

Born and raised in rural Wales, UK. Tim now find himself as the Educational Technology Coordinator at Stamford American School Hong Kong.

Before making the move to Asia, Tim has had experience in school in his hometown in Wales and also 6 years at an IB school in Spain. Tim has a real passion for connecting, collaborating and working with educators from all over the world. Hr also bring this passion into the classroom, always looking for opportunities to connect his students with their peers around the globe. An avid tech enthusiast yes, but Tim also understand the power of technology as a tool to support learning, and not as a tool used with no true learning outcome identified.

In this episode we sit down with Emma Fourie from South Africa for a cup of rooibos tea. Emma is now implementing Genius Hour at her school and would love to connect with teachers that are working on similar projects to share expirations with you.

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PART 2 ✌️ - In this episode we sit down and have a espresso ☕️ with Joe Tong from Vancouver in Canada 🇨🇦.

In this second part Joe Tong are sharing his own experiences and his thoughts on how we as teachers can become better at creating inclusive cultures in school and our classrooms. 

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In this episode we sit down and a Nespresso espresso ☕️ with Joe Tong from Vancouver in Canada 🇨🇦.

In this first part you will hear how Joe Tong works with aspiring educators and give them the skills and confidence to teach inquiry based and create lessons for active and creative learners. We also talk about the importance of creating inclusive learning environments and about racism, anti-racism and diversity in general and the importance of taking care of yourself and your wellbeing as a educator and to teach that skill to other teachers and to the learners.

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In this bonus episode Jacob Woolcock turn the table and puts me on the spot and interviews me about the AppleEDUchat that I recently hosted about future scenarios for Education.

In this third and final episode of our 🇬🇧 ON TOUR series where we sit down with my great friend Poul Tullock. We pushed the record button right after we had a really wonderful English breakfast with 🥞 in Pauls own kitchen.

Poul Tullock is a truly inspiring educator, a great innovator and a fantastic friend and Paul Tullock got recognized as a Apple Distinguished Educator in 2017. Paul is a teacher who really wants to do a huge difference for those kids who need it the most.

Some of the topics in this episode:

• English Breakfast
• Questions from my son Adam
• The importance of kids thriving and fell comfortably as a foundation for learning and personal growth.
• iPad as a tool for making learnings independent and individualizing learning.
• How we can turn our PLN into true friendships.

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In this episode we sit down with Jan Embrechts from Belgium and drink coffee, a lot of coffee 🇧🇪

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In this episode we sit down and drink a protein shake together with Arcy Aguina from El Paso Texas. Arcy is a instructional technology specialist for El Paso Independent School District. 

Arcy is a leading expert on working with accessibility features for both deaf and visually impaired learners and her mission is to provided true equity and accessibility to all kids.

🍲 Menudo:

In this episode we sit down and drink coffee together with Philippa Wraithmell and she is currently working as a Digital learning specialist, leader and teacher in Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 at the Repton Abu Dhabi.

In this episode we sit down together with Emma Oxley-Simpson from Parklands Collage in Cape Town 🇿🇦

In this episode we get a cup of tea and sit down with Sebastian Funk a teacher and journalist who teaches physics and mathematics at the Villa Wewersbusch in Germany.

In this episode we get a cup of coffee and a swoopwaffle with Jacob Woolcock.

I this trailer episode you can hear my thoughts on motivation for creating this new conversation based podcast where a meet  with some truly inspiring and innovative teachers. The teachers in this first session are new Apple Distinguished Educators from the class of 2019