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Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson chat about their recent writing collaboration to produce ‘A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy” for schools. The guide provides an overview of all the different parties in a school who should have input into any digital plans, outlines the questions that schools need to ask and gives loads of useful information and advice on how best to go about creating an edtech s...

Ben Whitaker joins Al Kingsley to discuss the new report ‘Gatekeepers in Technology’. Ben is a certified Google Educator, Trainer, Innovator and former Assistant Principal who has led training around the UK and beyond - in addition to being one of the Edufuturists. In his research for this report, he spoke to hundreds of people in schools and colleges who have great ideas about education and how t...

Henry Platten chats to Al Kingsley about classroom management tools for teachers to use in lessons. Classroom technology can be as clever as you like, but without tech knowhow or confidence, teachers may simply choose not to use it. Al gives a run-down of NetSupport School (developed with teachers, for teachers) and how its one-click functionality can help them become more confident in using class...

Henry Platten chats with Al Kingsley about the variety of functions that NetSupport's IT management solution, NetSupport DNA, offers schools - and how the product has evolved over time. Talking about the three areas that the solutions covers - IT management, classroom management and safeguarding - they highlight the main features of each and outline their benefits for teachers, technicians an...

Mark Anderson (ICT Evangelist) chats to Al Kingsley about their upcoming Digital Strategy Guide. Being conscious that for many schools, the purchase of new edtech starts with how much money is available that year, Mark and Al have worked together to create a guide for all stakeholders in a school to enable them to look at the bigger picture and formulate more long-lasting plans. Packed with inform...

NetSupport’s MD, Al Kingsley, chats to Henry Platten (founder of GoBubble and eCadets) about the Bett show and NetSupport’s plans for the upcoming 2020 event.  Rather than regarding Bett simply as a ‘trade show’, both agreed that it’s a fantastic event to meet peers, connect with customers and make new contacts. Al mentions that at last year’s event, NetSupport created a speaker zone on their stan...

The Westwood-with-Iford Primary School's student broadcasters interview NetSupport’s Al Kingsley. Al answers questions from the team about who/what was his inspiration when growing up; how he is involved in schools and education; how important edtech is in schools today; where to start when thinking up new product ideas - and many more!

Mark Anderson talks to Al Kingsley and Henry Platten about how to boost teachers' confidence when it comes to using edtech in the classroom. Al explains how NetSupport's classroom management solution, NetSupport School, has been specifically designed to give teachers a sense of control and a chance to develop their skills as they go - while Mark and Henry discuss the importance of sharin...

Al Kingsley, Henry Platten and Mark Anderson chat about CPD for teachers in the face of school budget cuts. What can schools and teachers do to maintain continued professional development when there's no spare money for it in the budget? Quite a bit, as it happens: from staff being given the time to share experiences with each other, inviting staff from other schools to discuss certain topics...

Henry Platten leads the discussion with Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson about the evolution of Safeguarding and eSafety. Al gives a run-down of NetSupport DNA's school safeguarding tools, explaining that they can highlight the key issues that need immediate attention. Context is key to enable them to distinguish between genuine issues and topics that may be being studied in class. Henry and Mar...

On the last NetSupport Radio broadcast of Bett 2019, Russell Prue spoke to lots of students from Birchwood Primary and Lanchester EP Primary Schools, including Joe and Fern from Birchwood School who had spoken in front of the audience about online safety – and Rachel and Annie from Lanchester EP School who had given a presentation about how to stay safe and protect identities on social media.

NetSupport Radio host Russell Prue had a very busy day 3 at Bett 2019, hosting and interviewing a range of Bett visitors as well as supporting the students from Westwood with Iford primary school in hosting their very own school radio show live from the NetSupport Stand.

Day 2 of Bett 2019 and Russell Prue was joined by a whole host of guest speakers on NetSupport Radio including Al Kingsley who explained what the new contextual-based Risk Index safeguarding feature is all about, Nic Ford from Bolton School who was discussing rollout tips for edtech, as well as Katie Henry and Mark Anderson who were discussing the two questions that you should ask before you buy y...

Our host Russell Prue had a very busy first day at Bett interviewing a variety of visitors and exhibitors at the show including Al Kingsley who summed up what’s happening at Bett 2019 for NetSupport, Tony Cann (founder of Promethean) who spoke about his new offering Learning By Questions, Craig from Viewsonic about moving into the IFP (Interactive Flat Panel), Sal McKeown and Anna Pedroza about th...

Al Kingsley is joined on NetSupport Radio by Henry Platten and Mark Anderson (ICTEvangelist) to discuss recent edtech activity as well as upcoming activity at Bett 2019.

Henry Platten talks to Kat Cauchi about NetSupport's observations and assessment app for EYFS and primary schools, ReallySchool. To learn more about what ReallySchool can do and how it can save you time in the classroom, head to www.reallyschool.com 

Guest host, Henry Platten, talks to Mark Anderson and Al Kingsley to discuss all things digital citizenship - with some student input from the Junior ICT Evangelists! The discussion encompasses all aspects of digital citizenship: from industry, to parenting and pedagogy. 

Henry Platten chats to Al Kingsley about supporting school governors. Al outlines a checklist of key points for schools to undertake with their governors at the start of a school year to ensure that everything can be covered. In addition, he explains the importance of having a comprehensive and up-to-date school website ahead of Ofsted inspections - and the role that governors can play in helping...

Mark Anderson and Al Kingsley explore how ReallySchool helps primary teachers and TAs meet Ofsted’s requirement to collect evidence of pupils' learning and progress.  The solution is for EYFS and KS1 and identifies and tracks pupils against their specified progress measures - providing teachers with a quick and easy way to capture learning as it happens, assess against national frameworks and...

Mark Anderson (ICT Evangelist) and NetSupport MD, Al Kingsley, chat about all things edtech including: learning research; how educational technology can influence teaching and learning; barriers to edtech use; the use of gamification in assessment tools; the learning possibilities created by AR and VR – and much more.

Mark Anderson joins Al Kingsley on NetSupport Radio to explore the tools that provide the broadest picture of a school's IT estate and how they can help to reduce costs. Plus, they take a look at tools teachers can use to support technology-enhanced teaching and learning.  They also chat about online safety and safeguarding; outlining the proactive features of  NetSupport DNA's Safeguard...

First broadcast on Saturday 27th January 2018 at 4pm. Our fourth and final NetSupport Radio LIVE show from stand D120 at BETT2018. Guests included, Al Kingsley, Prof Stephen Heppell, Myles Pilling, Jonathan Butlin, Kids Judge BETT

Our third NetSupport Radio LIVE show from stand D120 at BETT2018. Guests included, Al Kingsley, Juliette Heppell & James Clarke, Kevin Blacoe, Shonette Bason-wood, live in the studio Ian Rockey our special guest and the children from Lanchester EP Primary School and Birchwood Primary School.

Our secondNetSupport Radio LIVE show from stand D120 at BETT2018. Guests included, Al Kingsley, Tony Sheppard, Rick Cowell, Joe Moretti, Alex Jones, Dawn Hallybone, Chris Buyers and Martin Bailey.

First broadcast on Wednesday 24th January 2018 at 4pm. Our first NetSupport Radio LIVE show from stand D120 at BETT2018. Guests included, Al Kingsley, Henry Plattern, Mark Anderson, Young Folks from West Horndon Primary School, Ann Marie Christian, Al Metcalfe