Doug Woods

BETT 2013

Along with many other people, it would seem, I find myself reflecting upon the BETT show of 2013. Okay, so...
12 Ways BETT Can Help Improve Your School

Hopefully the BETT Show, usually just know as BETT, needs no introduction but for anyone not familiar with the Exhibition,...
The Technology Cupboard

The Technology Cupboard … (What’s in Yours?) Only the other week, we had a report published into the use of...
Putting Pedagogy Before Technology

Put pedagogy before technology is a mantra you often come across in the field of education technology. At first, it...
Can Teachers Ever Be Replaced by Technology?

Can Teachers Ever Be Replaced by Technology?This is the question I was asked the other day, “can teachers ever...
Teaching Is Only One Way to Learning

Teaching Is Only One Way to Learning (and how a VLE can support other ways)Teaching or, more accurately, being taught,...
3 Ways a VLE Could Support Future Learning

Is It Time to Rethink the VLE in Schools?Virtual Learning Environments, Learning Platforms, LMS …. call them what you will,...
Are The eBook Wars Hotting Up?

Let me start by filling you in on the situation as I see it; we have the new Amazon Kindle...
An ‘F’ in ICT

or What’s Wrong with Education Technology in Schools Today? For several years now, it would be difficult to deny that...
10 Tools for Digital Storytelling in Class

Digital storytelling is simply using computer-based tools to tell stories. There are many different ways to do this...
Blogging In School; 3Ps

I have met several teachers and schools who have tried their hand at blogging with pupils . Often, sadly to...
Why The Heck Did We Put Technology Into Schools?

There is much debate and discussion currently around the role of technology in schools; at least there is in England....

If You Don’t Have a Job, Invent One

Posted by Doug in education

That is one of the messages I have taken away from Pelecon Conference in Plymouth this year. I cannot remember which speaker first presented it...

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BETT 2013

Posted by Doug in education, Educational Technology

Along with many other people, it would seem, I find myself reflecting upon the BETT show of 2013. Okay, so I often do this, so...

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12 Ways BETT Can Help Improve Your School

Posted by Doug in education, Educational Technology

Hopefully the BETT Show, usually just know as BETT, needs no introduction but for anyone not familiar with the Exhibition, suffice it to say that...

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Pedagogy, Technology and the Search for Inspiration

Posted by Doug in education

I’m often sceptical when I hear people say that we should always put pedagogy before technology. I’m sceptical because I believe that if we do...

Are Mobile Devices Just Supplements to ‘Real’ Computers?

Posted by Doug in education

Tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices are designed to supplement, not replace, the work done on “real” computers. . I found this statement on a...