31 - Laura White - Education Research and Digital Observation

Laura has worn a lot of hats: Firstly as a teacher in Religious studies and Philosophy, while also studying for an Ed.D and working as a freelance consultant and speaker. Laura is currently transitioning out of full time teaching to work as a consultant and we discuss this and many other things in a wide-ranging discussion, including talking about:

1. Laura’s career so far
2. Doing research while teaching
3. Laura’s research
4. Digital observation
5. Being a coach at the Google Innovator Academy
6. What it’s like to study for an Ed.D. The differences from a PhD, workload and more
7. Moving full time to be an education consultant - how to start as a consultant and a speaker at conferences
8. Digital equity 

 

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Laura White on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-white-a9b0832b/?originalSubdomain=uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkteachtech

Web: https://www.thinkteachtech.co.uk/

 

Dan Taylor on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE

Web: www.appsevents.com

 

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