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In this week's TES FE Podcast our very own Sarah Simons talks technology with City Guilds'  Managing Director Kirsty Donnelly at the first meeting of The Think Out Loud Club. At the event Tim Riches CEO of DigitalMe discusses how Mozilla Open Badges can motivate learning, Yousef Fouda Chief Technology Officer of Warwickshire College explains how Google Apps for Education have transformed communication at the college and Chris Brannigan CEO of Caspian Learning takes Sarah for a virtual reality ride on the Oculus Rift roller coaster. Practical advice for using new technologies in the classroom and beyond.  

In this week's podcast special, our very own Sarah Simons reports from the TES FE Awards and chats with the six nominees for The Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award 2014. They were as follows: • Ian Caunter, City College Plymouth• Mark Damon Chutter, Sussex Downs College• Tom Dowds, City College Brighton and Hove• Andrew MacLeod, The Manchester College• Monica Macleod, Forth Valley College• Richard Reid, Forth Valley College 

Join Richard Vaughan as he examines whether Ofsted is at a crunch point amid claims of "attacks" against the agency and tensions between it and the Department for Education at an all time high. We hear from Ofsted's director of schools Mike Cladingbowl, Jonathan Simons head of education at think tank Policy Exchange and headteacher and blogger Tom Sherrington to get their views on the issue.

In today's FE podcast our very own Sarah Simons discusses how colleges are responsive to their communities with Mike Hopkins, CEO of Middlesbrough/Gateshead College Confederation, Sarah Le-Good, Assistant Principal of Derby College explainshow to change the perception of young people in the community and FE expert Bob Harrison talks FELTAG; the Further Education Learning Technologies Action Group.

Join TES' very own Sarah Simons as she discusses motivational dialogue, the importance of mindsets and the power of the "first half hour". Tune in.

Join the TES' very own Sarah Simons as she talks vocational pedagogy with Professor Bill Lucas, Jayne Stigger and Dr Jean Kelly in yet another wonderful episode of the TES further education podcast.

Join Richard Vaughan as he talks to Amplify CEO and former New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein, Sherry Coutu, tech entrepreneur and board member of Raspberry Pi, LinkedIn and Cambridge University. He discusses coding and the new computing curriculum with Zach Sims co-founder of Codecademy and Mark Dorling computer scientist and teacher. And he talks about the future with ed tech guru Stephen Heppell.

Tune in to the latest TES FE podcast with our very own Sarah Simons as she speaks to Dame Asha Khemka on her life and career following her recent damehood, and she talks dyslexia with literacy specialist Ann Newling and dyslexia campaigner and actor Henry Winkler aka The Fonz.

Tune in to the final episode of the TES Further Education podcast in 2013, which also happens to be an Ofsted special. Join the TES' very own Sarah Simons as she interviews Ofsted's national director of FE and skills Matthew Coffey on the day the watchdog's annual report is released.

Tune in to the second of our special edition podcasts where we take an in-depth look at the latest PISA world rankings. We hear from Andreas Schleicher, the man behind the international league tables and education minister Elizabeth Truss, who is part of a department that is basing many reforms off the back of the PISA results. We caught up with Sir Michael Barber, a former adviser to Tony Blair, whose government was responsible for educating the students taking the tests. And, finally, we spoke to Pasi Sahlberg, who works for the Finnish government and who gave his verdict on Finland's poorer than expected performance.    

Join TES' very own Sarah Simons as she discusses her experiences from the Association of Colleges annual conference, she hears the views of three different college principals, and she explores what the future holds for the FE sector.

Join the TES' very own Sarah Simons as she talks to behaviour expert Paul Dix on how to manage mixed age classes. She speaks to Canadian teacher Kate Nonesuch, who gives advice about giving advice and, finally, hear what Sarah learnt about teaching from standing on the shifting sands of the Sahara Desert.

Tune in to the first of our TES special podcast, in which we discuss the First World War ahead of Remembrance Day and the war's centenary next year. We hear from John Blake who penned this week's TES cover story, where he argues that the war is no longer taught as an historical event, but rather a moral tale. We speak to Dr Catriona Pennell from the University of Exeter who is conducting a nationwide survey of how the war is taught in secondary schools. And, finally, we caught up with historian, author and headmaster Dr Anthony Seldon who has written a new book on the disproportionate loss suffered by public school boys in the Great War.

Join the TES' very own Sarah Simons as she talks to the 157 Group's Lynne Sedgmore about reflections and spirituality, Charlotte Forshaw from Wigan and Leigh College about being a new teacher in FE and, finally, Sue Crowley, chair of the Institute for Learning about CPD.

TES FE Podcast - Episode 4 - hosted by Sarah Simons