Westchester Words: Education, EdTech, and Publishing

Mar 08 2024 47 ep. 17 mins 2
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Informed and informative conversations with experts about the topics that are impacting the Educational Publishing and Ed-Tech sectors, as well as the broader publishing industry. Covering a range of issues including operations, production, product development, content distribution, and more. Hosted by Westchester Education Services and Westchester Publishing Services.

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Accessibility in Educational Resources

Mar 08 2024 32 mins  
Emma Hudson, Content and Services Manager for Westchester Education, speaks to Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility at Taylor and Francis to discuss accessibility in educational publishing. This episode includes some of Stacy's own experiences as a visually impaired student, what it means to create content that is 'born accessible' and offers helpful tips about what publishers should

Applying a global perspective to improve English Language teaching

Sep 26 2023 12 mins  
Rebecca Durose-Croft and Jennifer Cole explain how a global perspective is beneficial when developing content to meet the specific requirements of English Language learners.

Content Design for Distracted Attention Spans

Jun 27 2023 24 mins  
Linda Secondari, Principal and Creative Director for Studiolo Secondari returns to Westchester Words to discuss how our attention spans have been distracted by the digital world we live and work in. She also shares how to design long-form content in a more visually appealing manner so it can better engage and maintain a reader's interest.

What is the Science of Reading?

May 04 2023 17 mins  
Jennifer Cole, Content Director of Literacy, Humanities and Languages returns to Westchester Words to provide an overview about Science of Reading, which many states are creating or enacting legislation on for their K-12 Education Instructional programs.

Helping Trade Associations with Their Publishing Requirements

Apr 13 2023 12 mins  
Tyler M. Carey provides an overview about trade associations, their specific publication requirements, and ways that packagers like Westchester Publishing Services can help them provide content to their members in the formats they desire and in a more efficient manner.

How BISG Membership Benefits Companies and Individuals

Mar 09 2023 21 mins  
Brian O'Leary returns to the Westchester Words podcast to tell us all the new projects BISG has been working on, how the organization provides information of value to companies and individuals throughout the publishing industry supply chain, and previews the topic/speakers for the annual meeting in late April

How Applying Culturally Relevant Principles Can Lead to Higher-Quality Educational Content

Feb 27 2023 14 mins  
Jada Bradley, Senior Editor of Culturally Responsive Education, and Kevin Schroeder discuss why it's important for existing and new educational content to include culturally relevant principles, and how Westchester Education works with publishers and ed-tech companies to ensure a high-quality outcome.

2023 Federal and State Education Funding Update

Feb 09 2023 12 mins  
In this episode, Jay Diskey, of Diskey Public Affairs, returns to Westchester Words to share a preview of the topics he will be discussing with Kevin J. Gray during the webinar, "2023 Federal and State Education Funding Update," hosted by Westchester Education Services on Thursday, February 23. Visit westchestereducationservices.com to register for this free session.

2023 Publishing Predictions with Kristen McLean

Jan 23 2023 23 mins  
Kristen McLean of NPD Bookscan joins us to discuss how book sales ended the year for 2022 and where she expects the U.S. market will head in 2023.

Streamlining Product Development with a Solutions Partner Network

Dec 20 2022 21 mins  
In this episode of Westchester Words, Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer of Westchester Education Services has a conversation with Gina Faulk of EdGate, and Johanna Wetmore from Evotext about how working with a vendor partner network that provides complementary product development solutions can offer education publishers and ed tech firms the ability to develop thei