How to get the most out of ISTE17 (and other conferences)

June 23, 2017

I was recently interviewed by Vicki Davis, aka Cool Cat Teacher, for her 10 minute teacher podcast series. We discussed how to get the most out of #iste17 or any other conference you might be attending.

Find out the 'killer question' that you must ask while you're at a conference.

Here's the blog post: http://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-ways-get-iste17/

Or listen to it here:

Here's the 10 Minute Teacher podcast on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/10mt-10-minute-teacher-show/id1201263130

For the duration of ISTE, ie until midnight BST on 28th June 2017, the price of the book has been reduced to £0.99 or $0.99 or equivalent (plus VAT where applicable) -- a third of the usual price.

Click the book cover to go to the description page containing links to the book on various Amazon stores and on Kobo.

Recent book reviews

From EdTech to PedTech (full review)

Those of us who have held responsibility for embedding digital technology across a school will all have tales of well-meaning management who, frankly, didn’t have a clue.

Review: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

Who would have thought that a material as commonplace as paper could have such a rich history and profound effect on our lives?

Review: Once upon a prime

As someone who had little in the way of mathematical prowess at school, I initially opened Prime with some trepidation.

Review: First Year Teaching

This is the guide I wish I’d had when I started teaching.

Review: From EdTech to PedTech (excerpt)

Those of us who have held responsibility for embedding digital technology across a school will all have tales of well-meaning management who, frankly, didn’t have a clue.

Technicians – The David Sainsbury Gallery at the Science Museum: full review

Should you ever find yourself in the unlikely circumstance of having to choose between me administering medication or waiting for a paramedic, my advice would be to wait.

Review: A Little History of Music by Robert Philip (YUP)

I asked the AI module built in to Squarespace to write a paragraph on why music is relevant to teachers of Computing. Here’s what it said…

Review: The Liars of Nature and the nature of liars: Cheating and deception in the living world

The key question at the heart of this book is perhaps this – if honesty is the best policy, why is dishonesty so rife in nature?

Quick look: From EdTech to PedTech

Academics tend to write learned articles that, I suspect, are read mainly by other academics, so anything that can translate some of that research into practical advice is to be welcomed.

Review: Sensational: A new story of our senses, by Ashley Ward

Research apparently shows we may actually have up to 50 senses, and even that figure isn’t universally agreed upon.