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Canopy Live
Speakers

Andrew Caffrey

CEO, Canopy

Google Certified Innovator & Trainer

Google Sites is so much more than a website building tool or a staff intranet. Coupled with Canva for brilliant, entry-level graphic design, it can be a transformative tool for students' creative portfolios. Media, Art, Photography, Music, Performing Arts, Apprenticeships - they can all present beautiful work in an accessible way to showcase to parents, exam boards, universities and employers. This session will showcase some great examples and help you get to grips with the tools.

Ben Whitaker

Educational Consultant, Round Pegs Square Holes Ltd

Google Certified Innovator, Trainer & Coach

A frank and open discussion about what it means to struggle with you mental health and how you can support staff and students within your school to manage their mental health.

Cat Lamin

EdTech Consultant

Google Certified Innovator, Trainer & Coach

Learn how to use Google Data Studio to make data analysis reports more meaningful for the user. You will learn how to design an interactive report and how to add customisable filters for users to find the data that impacts them. This might be filtering the report to show a department level or to find an individual student. You will also learn how to share your report with staff in a school or a college.

Darren Simons

Head of TEL Innovation, Suffolk New College

Google Certified Innovator & Trainer

How one Multi-Academy Trust approached the challenge of developing digital skills in a purposeful and organised manner.

Graham Macaulay

Director of Innovation and Growth, LEO Academy Trust

Google Certified Innovator, Trainer & Coach

Get energised and connect with the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity).

Jessica Tyerman-Marsh

Director of Digital Learning, Canopy

Google Certified Innovator

Take your children beyond the 4 walls of the classroom to explore the world using Geotools. Ideas for using MyMaps, Google Earth and Arts and Culture in lessons.

Katie Wells

Head of Digital Learning, Prep Schools Trust

Google Certified Innovator & Trainer

Join Paddy from Texthelp and explore how to use the new OrbitDoc extension to do so much more with PDF worksheets, booklets, papers, textbooks and assignments. Explore accessibility, drawing & annotation tools, commenting, feedback and research tools - learning how to build interactive and actionable PDFs, fully  integrated into the Classroom workflow. From quick marking and effective feedback to creation, collaboration, completion and of course accessibility, discover ways to make PDFs great for teachers and amazing for pupils. Join us and take PDFs to the next level!

Patrick McGrath

Head of Education Strategy, Texthelp

Take the opportunity to explore the power of Soundtrap as a podcasting tool. Tell a story and illustrate it with sound and music to add colour and atmosphere. Rearrange your narrative, layer sounds and create atmosphere with a few clicks of a mouse. Soundtrap for Education empowers students and teachers to explore creative sound recording in all subjects, for all ages and ability levels. A web-based tool so you can access it from anywhere and at any time.

Paul M. Farrell

EdTech Consultant, C-Learning

Google Certified Innovator & Trainer

Find out how to train your students and teachers at their own pace and earn open badges for their Digital Passports! We will hear examples from current users for how they successfully implemented digital training with staff and students.

Reuben Robertson

Teaching and Learning Lead for EdTech, Blackburn Central High School

Google Certified Trainer

We will explore the need for connection and how to create spaces for students and staff to connect online. Exploring the work of Dr Lou Mycroft with a digital lens we will provide examples of how communities can be created and thrive digitally.

Sammy White

Educator, Harrogate College

Google Certified Innovator, Trainer & Coach

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