What does a book on vocabulary have to do with teaching Computing? Believe it or not, Closing the Vocabulary Gap has some useful information and insights for the ed tech teacher. Read on for the review, and how you can enter a prize draw to win a copy of the book.

The next issue of my newsletter, Digital Education, is almost ready. Here’s a list of what it contains. One of the features is a prize draw to win a copy of Closing the Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley. Woohoo!

Join us for what is looking to be a great conference: discussion, debate, disagreement — what more could one want?! Read on for details.

Shadow IT is the name given to the situation in which employees use their preferred software rather than the officially-approved software. This article is written from a business perspective, but I’ve included it here because I think it highlights many of the issues involved, and provides an interesting perspective. Much of what is said could be applied to an educational environment.

A response by Damian Hinds, the Education Secretary for England and Wales, to a question about introducing new policies prompted me to write this article about innovation.

How can you tell whether news reports of new research in ed tech are accurate? I’ve created an 8-point infographic for this, based on my own work in this area. Read on to find out more, and how you can get hold of it.

I spent part of the recent holiday on the newsletter pages of this website. This article details the changes.

Is adopting automation always a good thing when it comes to ed tech?

There’s nothing wrong with automated marking. Indeed, there is much to commend it.

Just before Bett 2018 I invited ed tech companies to suggest what was likely to be on the horizon in 2018, and what the main challenges would be. Now that we're over three months into 2018, how are those predictions standing up to scrutiny?

If you want to make a good impression on teachers, here's what you should bear in mind when giving a talk.

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