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In this episode, Martin is joined by Jacob Woolcock. It's time for the 2020 WWDC Keynote draft! Jacob and Martin pick items both obvious and obscure, in the hopes of predicting what Apple will announce during the week. This episode marks the first in a new series and a new name.

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In this episode, Martin is joined by Jakob Esben Hansen to talk about the the Future of learning - education is the next sector to become disrupted. (So let’s do it, before somebody else does it.) Jakob has a background in industrial design and interaction design and a master degree in IT and has been teaching Design, Entrepreneurship (innovation) and coding for nearly 10 years. He helped to start Denmark’s first High school that was fully based on Challenge Based Learning. Now working freelance (The Friendly Disruptor).

In this episode we discuss the following points:


Jakob is taking some time out of the classroom right now to think about the future of learning and education.
1a: Jakob was at a birthday last weekend ... 95 years old. We spoke about the changes that he has witnessed. What kind of new technologies and changes (e.g. climate change) are our kids going to experience before they retire?
1b: Future scenarios for education. (Dark and bright)
2. Challenge Based learning as one of the possible ways to become more future focused in education.
3. Everyone Can Code. Jakob is traveling to Ukraine in the weekend to give some Swift coding workshops.
4. Jakob has a podcast, Breakfast Conversations | 1:1 with amazing educators from around the world. - we discuss his WHY for making that podcast.

A lot of the support, adivce and ideas we find are on Twitter using #AppleEDUChat.

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In this episode, Martin is joined by Eoin Hughes to talk about what excites hI’m about iPadOS from a creativity and productivity point of view. This episode was recorded in June before the Public beta was released, and it’s interesting to see his Perceptions. 

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WE”RE BACK!! Welcome to Season 3.

In this episode, Martin is joined by Jacob Woolcock to look at iPadOS and the features we are most excited for in the classroom. Each of us takes a turn and picks their top choice. Top 5 features for the classroom. What are yours?🏆

Here are our picks:

Round 1

Jacob - Apple Pencil screenshot instant markup

Martin - Mouse support

Round 2

Jacob - ARKit 3 people recognition

Martin - Files updates

Round 3

Jacob - Auto tab closing in safari

Martin - New Markup tool pane

Round 4

Jacob - Copy/Paste finger gestures

Martin - New home screen layout and Today Widgeta

Round 5

Jacob - Font Manager

Martin - Updated Reminders app

Bring out your dead

Jacob - 50% app size. Smaller apps, more space

Martin - Shortcuts integration (🔔)

Wish list

iCloud folder sharing - bring it back?



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In this episode, Martin is joined by Miriam Walsh to do the 1st ever EDU Chat fantasy draft for iOS 13. 5 choices each with a custom bingo card to match. First person to win, well, nothing much will happen except they can say that they are the first draft winner. 🏆

The full draft list:


Dark mode 
Emoji categories (Mi)
Smart camera features for night photos (Mi)
Safari auto desktop version of websites (Ma)
Font management without profiles (font management settings) (Ma)
Low battery features (Mi)
Watch feature  - new apps (pill reminder, cycle tracking)
Apple Pay cash outside the US (Mi)
Reminders is to get a new interface, expected to feature a grid layout with sections for tasks (Ma)
Safari download manager (similar to iCab) (Ma)
Better 3rd party integration in Files
New multitasking features and cleaner widgets
Three finger swipe to undo, multiple finger swipe to select
Multiple window support for apps on iPad (Ma)

Multiple windows of the same app (iWork side by side)


Accessibility features that include mouse support  (Mi)
Improved iPad homescreen layout
iPad external display support for macOS 10.15 (sidecar)

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In this episode, Martin is joined by Lyndsey Balfe to talk about using Schoolwork to manage pupil created work. Lyndsey has recently moved to a new school and has spent a lot of this academic year implementing managedIDs and managed classes. The essential question we ask is: ’How can these apps alleviate staff fears of losing control when using technology?’

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