Digitize Fully Charged Podcast

About Digitize Fully Charged Podcast

Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast – where Scottish humour meets digital transformation. Hosted by Pam Currie and Niall Ridgway, we’re here to spark real conversations about how technology is shaking up classrooms, schools, and local businesses across Scotland (and beyond). ⚡ What We Talk About We don’t do buzzwords for the sake of it – instead, we explore what really matters: ✅ AI in education – from writing dinosaur adventures with Copilot to saving teachers hours each week. ✅ Practical EdTech – the websites, tools, and sound systems (hello, Coomber nostalgia!) that actually get used in real classrooms. ✅ Digital strategy for schools & small businesses – how to make tech work for people, not the other way around. ✅ Human moments – like Niall’s dog Goose barking mid-episode, or guests sharing the sparks that got them started. All in a friendly, down-to-earth style that makes even the trickiest topics feel accessible. ✏️ Why Listen Real voices, real stories – from teachers, local business owners, digital specialists, and the occasional surprise guest. No jargon zone – just honest chat, practical ideas, and the odd laugh. Local to global – rooted in Scottish education and business, but with insights anyone can use. Community spirit – join us and other curious minds on socials @DigitizeCrew. 🔌 Stay Fully Charged Subscribe for fresh episodes that won’t talk down to you. Follow @DigitizeCrew for behind-the-scenes clips, live streams, and moments you won’t hear on air. Visit wearedigitize.com (https://wearedigitize.com) for extra content, podcast links, and more. 🚀 Plug in & join the chat Whether you’re a teacher looking for digital tools, a small business owner exploring AI, or just someone who loves a good conversation about how tech shapes daily life – you’re in the right place. Subscribe now. Stay fully charged. And let’s see where the spark takes us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Digitize

Category

education · education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Oct 2024

Latest episode

11 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Aug 2026

   Daren White | How AI Saved a Teacher 3 Hours in 6 Minutes

   Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. In this episode of the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, hosts Niall and Pam sit down with their good friend and award-winning educator, Daren White! If you’re passionate about the intersection of tech and teaching, Daren is a name you need on your radar. With over 25 years in the classroom and 15+ years in senior leadership, he currently supports as the Academic Technologies Lead for a prominent UK Multi-Academy Trust. Daren has dedicated his career to a clear mission: blending sound pedagogy seamlessly with technology to remove learning barriers for every student. As a certified Canva Trainer and Google Champion, Daren travels the UK and international stage delivering energetic keynotes, practical workshops, and high-impact coaching. His contributions to digital innovation in education have earned major industry recognition—including a spot on the 2021 #EdTech50 list, the Skills Development Champion Award at the 2023 Edufuturists Awards, and a Silver Award for Digital Innovator of the Year at the 2023 National Teaching Awards. On top of all that, he’s the author of the hit book, What’s Their Why?: Exploring Motivation and Engagement in Learning. Hit play to hear Daren, Niall, and Pam dive deep into practical EdTech strategies and the future of digital learning! Chapters 📚 00:00 – Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged podcast 00:43 – Meet Patrick Hickey: Surviving a 107,000-Word PhD 03:55 – Lived Experience: Prosthetics and Teacher Identity 05:14 – Overcoming Invisible Disability Challenges in Schools 07:24 – Psychological Tricks to Finish the Journey 10:18 – Confessions of a Former "Non-Techy" Teacher 12:07 – The Golden Rule: Don't Use Tech for Tech's Sake 13:38 – Pandemic Pivot to the Google Inclusive Trainer Journey 16:44 – True Inclusion: Making Difference Completely Invisible 18:17 – The Stigma of Separate Assistive Technology Budgets 21:35 – How AI Reinvigorated Educational Technology 22:20 – Debunking the Myth of "Digital Natives" 24:12 – Personalising Learning and Cutting Planning Time 27:14 – Minimising Clicks: The Zero Learning Curve of AI 29:09 – Building Community at the Google Champion Symposium 30:30 – The Reality of Irish Teacher Career Breaks 33:13 – Driving and Thriving with Notebook LM 35:22 – Bypassing Traditional Search for AI Conversations 40:10 – Ditching 19th-Century Exams for 21st-Century Problems Got a question for us? Drop us a message, or check out our dedicated podcast website at https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/ (https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/) We’re so excited to introduce you to our world via the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast. Each week, we’ll bring you top-tier guests, curate new and exciting tools for you to try, and answer your tech-fuelled questions so that you leave feeling fully charged and ready for action. Subscribe and turn on notifications for the show, and, if you'd like to stay up to date with shows and more, follow us on social media @DigitizeCrew and check out the wearedigitize.com (http://wearedigitize.com) website. Daren White: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ranga_edu/), LinkedIn, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/darenwhite/) rangaedu.com (http://rangaedu.com), Daren’s Book - What’s Their Why? (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BSG8CCCP) Digitize: Website (http://wearedigitize.com), Podcast page (https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/digitizecrew/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DigitizeCrew), X (https://x.com/DigitizeCrew), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@digitizecrew), LinkedIn (https://uk.linkedin.com/company/digitizegloballtd), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@DigitizeCrew) Podcasts: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1DWhx9UobeTWKr3MT6zcFX), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitize-fully-charged-podcast/id1775938826), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmhWHk6kIcDOt-JXNtcr1IC3Jg2BuXo5Q), Amazon Podcasts (https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/30d908ae-f8a3-4fa4-bf68-d5a13aebbeb6/digitize-fully-charged-podcast), Deezer (https://deezer.page.link/LJRm6GNoX3rJuLEe8) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   23 Jun 2026

   Matthew Wemyss | Chatbots vs. Teachers: Who Really Controls the Modern Classroom?

   Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we meet Matthew Wemyss! Matthew Wemyss is an international educator and author known for his human-centred approach to artificial intelligence in schools. As Assistant School Director at the Cambridge School of Bucharest, he leads projects that integrate AI into teaching, learning and school strategy. With more than a decade in education and several years focused on AI, he helps teachers and students use technology responsibly and creatively. He has written accessible handbooks on AI in education and is recognised by organisations such as ISC Research and Edufuturists for his practical insights. Matthew’s work blends curiosity, empathy and innovation, aiming to ensure that AI supports rather than replaces the human connection at the heart of learning. In this episode, Matthew Wemyss reveals how he completely transformed his school's curriculum by deploying bespoke AI chatbots as interactive, boundary-pushing teaching assistants. He dives deep into the controversial realities of student data governance, explaining why free AI tools are a massive legal trap for classrooms and how his school built an airtight system for real-time safeguarding. Chapters 📚 00:00 – Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast 00:45 – Meet Matthew Wemyss: From Stoke to Bucharest 03:15 – Dual Pathways and the British School Overseas Inspection 06:20 – The CSB Campus: Repurposed Factories and Airplane Construction 09:40 – Lean EdTech: Integrating Immersive Worlds Safely 12:55 – Culturing Literature: Teaching Dickens to International Students 16:10 – Infrastructure Hurdles: Managing VR and Portable Routers 19:00 – Rewriting the Year 7 Curriculum for the AI Era 21:45 – Creative Prompting: The Cosmic Cereal Project 24:30 – Chatbots as Buddies, Not Bosses: Guiding Student Code 27:50 – The Romanian System: High-Stakes Transcripts vs. the UK 31:15 – AI Guardrails: Why AI is Strictly Used for Interim Feedback 34:40 – Digital Necromancy: The Ethics of Chatting with Historical Figures 38:05 – The Privacy Trap: Walled Gardens vs. Free Consumer AI 41:20 – Real-Time Safeguarding Alerts and Backend Triggers 44:55 – Outro: Matthew’s Teacher Handbooks and Policy Guides Got a question for us? Drop us a message, or check out our dedicated podcast website at https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/ (https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/) We’re so excited to introduce you to our world via the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast. Each week, we’ll bring you top-tier guests, curate new and exciting tools for you to try, and answer your tech-fuelled questions so that you leave feeling fully charged and ready for action. Subscribe and turn on notifications for the show, and, if you'd like to stay up to date with shows and more, follow us on social media @DigitizeCrew and check out the wearedigitize.com (http://wearedigitize.com) website. Matthew Wemyss: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewwemyss/), Website (https://www.inanded.com), Matthew’s Books (https://www.inanded.com/books) Digitize: Website (http://wearedigitize.com), Podcast page (https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/digitizecrew/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DigitizeCrew), X (https://x.com/DigitizeCrew), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@digitizecrew), LinkedIn (https://uk.linkedin.com/company/digitizegloballtd), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@DigitizeCrew) Podcasts: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1DWhx9UobeTWKr3MT6zcFX), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitize-fully-charged-podcast/id1775938826), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmhWHk6kIcDOt-JXNtcr1IC3Jg2BuXo5Q), Amazon Podcasts (https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/30d908ae-f8a3-4fa4-bf68-d5a13aebbeb6/digitize-fully-charged-podcast), Deezer (https://deezer.page.link/LJRm6GNoX3rJuLEe8) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   26 May 2026

   Patrick Hickey | Stop Making Pupils with AEN Feel Different: An Invisible Inclusion Call to Action

   Welcome to the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast, where we energise listeners, spark inspiration, and top-up your tech-game. Today, we meet Patrick Hickey! As a primary teacher, EdTech consultant, and PhD researcher, Patrick blends his unique lived experience with cutting-edge digital tools to completely redefine inclusive education. By swapping stigmatising, separate devices for green-screened language lessons and AI-personalised learning on shared devices, he proves first-hand that smart digital innovation makes difference completely invisible while guaranteeing absolute classroom engagement for every child. Got a question for us? Drop us a message, or check out our dedicated podcast website at https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/ (https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/) We’re so excited to introduce you to our world via the Digitize Fully Charged Podcast. Each week, we’ll bring you top-tier guests, curate new and exciting tools for you to try, and answer your tech-fuelled questions so that you leave feeling fully charged and ready for action. Subscribe and turn on notifications for the show, and, if you'd like to stay up to date with shows and more, follow us on social media @DigitizeCrew and check out the wearedigitize.com (http://wearedigitize.com) website. ⚡️ Patrick Hickey: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hickey-8a9019104/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hickey-8a9019104/) ⚡️ Digitize: Website - http://wearedigitize.com (http://wearedigitize.com) Podcast page - https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/ (https://digitize-fully-charged.podcastpage.io/) Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitizecrew/ (https://www.instagram.com/digitizecrew/) Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DigitizeCrew (https://www.facebook.com/DigitizeCrew) X - https://x.com/DigitizeCrew (https://x.com/DigitizeCrew) TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitizecrew (https://www.tiktok.com/@digitizecrew) LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/company/digitizegloballtd (https://uk.linkedin.com/company/digitizegloballtd) YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DigitizeCrew (https://www.youtube.com/@DigitizeCrew) ⚡️ Podcasts: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1DWhx9UobeTWKr3MT6zcFX (https://open.spotify.com/show/1DWhx9UobeTWKr3MT6zcFX) Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitize-fully-charged-podcast/id1775938826 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digitize-fully-charged-podcast/id1775938826) YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmhWHk6kIcDOt-JXNtcr1IC3Jg2BuXo5Q (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmhWHk6kIcDOt-JXNtcr1IC3Jg2BuXo5Q) Amazon Pods - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/30d908ae-f8a3-4fa4-bf68-d5a13aebbeb6/digitize-fully-charged-podcast (https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/30d908ae-f8a3-4fa4-bf68-d5a13aebbeb6/digitize-fully-charged-podcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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• Heather Aird
• Andy McLaughlin
• Stuart Naismith
• Jonathon Simons
• Caroline Keep

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YouTube views

35,057

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

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Quality

35

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

0

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