Bett 2019 News Bulletin 2019-01-22

January 22, 2019

Here are a couple more news items related to Bett.

Bett 2019, Education Show 2019 and Ed Tech Predictions: Free download

Three things in one place

I've collated my notes about Bett 2019 (tips and what to see), the Education Show, and the results of my Ed Tech Predictions survey into one PDF document. Grab your copy here:

http://bit.ly/TFBett19

Microsoft news

Microsoft recently announced some great improvements to its software. For example:

"We’ve added the ability for anyone to translate a page, or single word into another language, in real-time all within Immersive Reader."

More information here:

10 Learning Tools updates for the new year, including Translate and inclusive math improvements

Microsoft will be at Bett, on stand E300.

Recent book reviews

Review: Teach Fast

The book contains some interesting ideas.

A question of leadership

I have somewhat dichotomous views of this question of whether leaders make a difference, or much of a difference. I think my views can be classified as macro and micro.

Review: Making Good Progress?

Daisy Christodoulou carefully picks apart the pitfalls of various kinds of assessment, drawing on different subject areas to do so.

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Review: Principles and Practices of Assessment

There is plenty in this book to like.

Review: Effective Teaching: Evidence and Practice

Although this is a few years old now (2018), it has stood the test of time.

Review: One for maths teachers

This wide-ranging book takes in probability, fractals, astronomy, Babbage, Lovelace and a host of other areas and people.

Reviews: Two for History teachers

Two books on the Nazi era.

Review: One for English teachers

No book about the craft of writing seems complete without a stern chapter on the importance of eschewing adverbs and adjectives - but what to put in their place?

Review: The Great Formal Machinery Works: Theories of Deduction and Computation at the Origins of the Digital Age

If you’re of a mathematical bent this could be just the book to delve into.

Review: How to lie with statistics

Although this book is over 60 years old, it is remarkably apposite for our times -- and especially in the fields of educational research and assessing pupils' understanding and progress.