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Some interesting e-safety resources

February 6, 2017

It's Safer Internet Day on 7th February this year. Here are some reading and some resources to do with e-safety. I hope you find them useful.

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In Digital Education, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags e-safety, online safety, Safer Internet Day
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Photo from pixabay.com CC0

12 ways to make an event successful

February 2, 2017

Planning a technology co-ordinators' day, a conference or a briefing evening? Here are 12 suggestions to help make the event a success.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development Tags events, Briefing evenings, conferences
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Picture from Tony Netone

Online safety with Romeo and Juliet

February 1, 2017

The technology may have changed, but children don't.

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In Discussion topic, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags e-safety, esafety, online safety, Safer Internet Day, Romeo and Juliet
Russell Prue at Bett 2017

Russell Prue at Bett 2017

Bett Radio 2017, with Russell Prue

January 31, 2017

Relive the Bett 2017 experience with Russell Prue's Bett Radio. Four days'-worth of chat, interviews and observations. And it's free!

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Russell Prue, Bett, Bett 2017, BETT Radio

Thoughts on Bett 2017

January 30, 2017

Updated. Some reflections on Bett, plus links to other articles about Bett.

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In Reviews, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags Bett, Bett 2017, BettBulletin
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Photo from Ian Stannard CC BY-SA 2.0

3 e-safety pins

January 29, 2017

Here are three useful pins from Pinterest on the subject of e-safety for kids.

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In Infographics, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags e-safety, Safer Internet Day

Bett Bulletin #7: two stands to visit at Bett

January 27, 2017

Two pretty good products to see at Bett 2017.

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In Computing, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett, Bett 2017, BettBulletin

Bett 2017 Bulletin #6: What I've seen, what to see

January 26, 2017

Here's a summary of what I saw on the first day of Bett 2017, and the products and seminars I think worth looking at.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags BettBulletin, Bett 2017, Bett

Bett 2017: Wednesday's seminars

January 25, 2017

A selection of seminars going on at Bett 2017 on Wednesday, the first day.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett 2017, Bett, BETT Seminar

Bett 2017 Bulletin #5

January 24, 2017

More information about #Bett2017, including a seminar I'm chairing, links to previous Bett Bulletins, and information on how you can get more, erm, information.

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In News & views, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags BettBulletin, Bett, Bett 2017, BETT Seminar

Bett 2017 Bulletin #4

January 23, 2017

The forthcoming issue of Digital Education is a Bett special, with loads of useful information if you're planning to go to Bett -- and even if you're not. (The section on new products being launched at the show may be quite useful.)

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In Digital Education, News & views, Professional development Tags Bett, Bett 2017, BettBulletin
Back to BASICs

Back to BASICs

Bett 2017 Bulletin #3

January 20, 2017

I know from past experience what next week at Bett will entail, so I've written a program to summarise it....

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In Computing, On the lighter side, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett, BETT Show, Bett 2017, BettBulletin, BASIC
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Click the pic to be taken to book's Amazon page for your country!

Bett 2017 Bulletin #2

January 20, 2017

Read on for an opportunity to purchase this seminal work for a mere 99 cents or 99 pence.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development Tags BETT Show, Bett 2017, BettBulletin
We need to talk about ed tech...

We need to talk about ed tech...

Bett 2017 Bulletin #1

January 19, 2017

Information about an interesting-looking discussion panel at Bett 2017.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett 2017, Bett, BettBulletin

Exclusive: Review of Bett 2017

January 18, 2017

An exclusive review of Bett 2017, even before it's taken place!

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In News & views, Reviews, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags Bett, Review, conference

Computers, life and work: some interesting 'background' reading

January 13, 2017

Here's a selection of very interesting and articles -- and one book -- about artificial intelligence, and how it does, or may, affect us. It includes a sobering list of jobs which no longer exist, and a debate.

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In Computing, Digital Education, Discussion topic, Research, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags AI, artifical intelligence, robots, Digital Education, Reading, book recommendations

15 ideas and tons of resources

January 12, 2017

If you're looking for ideas and resources for the new school term, here is a really good resource to get you going.

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In News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags resources, ideas, Shelly Terrell
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Photo taken in a local bakery

A worrying aspect of the fake news problem

January 10, 2017

What some statistics tell us about where (young) people get their news from, and what they do to check whether it's true or not.

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In News & views, Research, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Digital Education Tags fake news, media literacy, digital literacy

A generic classroom activity for dealing with fake news

January 9, 2017

Fake news is in the news -- unless, of course, that is not itself fake news! Here's an infographic summarising a generic classroom activity, plus details of how to get a lot more information.

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In Infographics, Discussion topic, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags fake news, digital literacy, media literacy

R.I.P. Micro Mart

January 6, 2017

The UK's weekly computing magazine, Micro Mart, has just published its last issue. This article looks at what made it so good.

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In Blast from the past, History Tags Micro Mart, Micro Computer Mart, history
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