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SJ White

Yorkshire, United Kingdom

A visionary strategy and execution leader with over a decade of experience
driving digital innovation and commercial growth across the education and
EdTech sectors. Sammy's expertise is rooted in a unique blend of pedagogical
knowledge, commercial strategy, and operational excellence, enabling her to
function as a trusted advisor to teams. As a published author
and recognised thought leader, Sammy is committed to advancing personalised
education through technology.

Awards & Recognition
? Tech Professional of the Year - Women in Tech Awards 2025
? Computer Weekly Longlist Most Influential Women in UK Tech
2024/2025
? TechWomen100 Winner 2023
? Top 20 Global Thought Leader in Education 2023,

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Leeds, UK
Speaking Topics: Accessibility, Community, Education, Education Technology, Artificial Intelligence, mathematics education,

SJ White Points
Academic 10
Author 81
Influencer 0
Speaker 3
Entrepreneur 0
Total 94

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Media Experience: 6 years
Last Media Training: 01/03/2024
Last Media Interview: 12/12/2023

Areas of Expertise

AI 30.04
Culture
Digital Disruption
Diversity and Inclusion
EdTech 36.73
Education 36.60
Future of Work
Marketing
Mental Health
Personal Branding
Social

Industry Experience

Higher Education & Research
Professional Services

Publications

1 Academic Whitepaper
Advanced Practitioners during COVID, Thriving or Surviving?
Education and Training Foundation
July 29, 2021
This research was commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation in March 2021 to
explore how the COVID pandemic affected the ways in which Advanced Practitioners (APs) were
working and, particularly, if they were ‘thriving or surviving’.

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Tags: EdTech, Education

1 Article/Blog
Why evidence based Ed Tech is the path to student success
Genio
November 05, 2025
Why evidence-based EdTech is crucial for student success.

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Tags: EdTech, Education

1 Book
The A to Z of EdTech
Self
March 11, 2023
This book is a reflection on the mix of things make up EdTech. Sure we cover hardware, software, but we also cover file types and digital citizenship. I don’t always provide the answers (and in any case, many ‘answers’ are changing all the time). I ask questions to make you pause and think about what the answers are in your setting. The educator in the room is best placed to know what to do in the interests of students. The EdTech lead in any educational setting is best placed to apply some of this book’s thinking to their college or school.


SJ’s EdTech career shows how far self-starting can take you, which is a great message for this book. Her next step was to qualify as an accredited Google Trainer, Innovator and Coach. As a member of the first virtual Google Innovator cohort, SJ gained global experience in the challenges faced by educators stepping into an online world. She also holds Microsoft certifications, which has broadened her consulting practice with colleges and schools, and she continues her reflective practice as a certificated member of the Association of Learning Technology. In 2021, SJ was named in the UKEdTech50, in recognition of her work.

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Tags: EdTech, Education

2 Book Chapters
AMPLIFY LEARNING: AMPLIFYING AUTHENTIC LEARNING IN READING, WRITING, AND MATHEMATICS
EduMatch
January 01, 2023
Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative is a book series about integrating instructional strategies with EdTech tools to amplify learning written and compiled by educators throughout the world. Compiled and edited by two EdTech experts, innovators, and coaches, Matthew Rhoads and Becky Lim recruited K-16 educators from across the world to write a chapter of their area of expertise in integrating instructional strategies with EdTech tools to amplify their instruction and student learning.

Within the second book of the series of four books, Amplifying Authentic Learning in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics covers an assortment of reading, writing, and mathematic strategies integrated with a wide variety of EdTech for any classroom setting. By reading through each of these strategies and EdTech integrations, you will have a toolkit and repository of strategies that you can use to create any type of lesson within any classroom setting that can be used for students of any age and grade. Amplify your student learning and instruction by taking these practical and applicable strategies and integrations into the classroom and school by tried and true integrations from real educators who practice these strategies across the world.

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Tags: EdTech

Great FE Teaching
Sage
November 01, 2022
Professional learning and development by FE teachers, for FE teachers. Celebrating great teaching and learning across the UK's most diverse education sector.

This new title invites you into the minds and classrooms of FE teachers and encourages you to 'think side by side' with them.
*Brings together experienced teachers to profile their practice and share learning
*Offers a unique view into classrooms and into the practice of experienced teachers
*Enables readers to observe and reflect on the work of fellow professionals
*Opens up the discussion of what makes great FE teaching
*Profiles and highlights the great work and great teachers in FE

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Tags: EdTech, Education

1 Conference Publication
Asynchronous Learning for adults
Association of Learning Technology
September 08, 2021
Action Research presentation on creating community when educating adults online.

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Tags: EdTech

1 Speaking Engagement
Will AI shift the needle for Education
ADAPT Online
December 12, 2023
part of the Adapt online AI conference of 8000 delegates this session looked at the state of play for AI in education and future gazed as to what we can expect

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Tags: AI, EdTech, Education

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