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....

Can Teachers Ever Be Replaced by Technology?

Posted by Doug in Educational Technology, Transforming Learning

Can Teachers Ever Be Replaced by Technology?This is the question I was asked the other day, “can teachers ever be replaced by technology?” It...

Teaching Is Only One Way to Learning

Posted by Doug in Educational Technology

Teaching Is Only One Way to Learning (and how a VLE can support other ways)Teaching or, more accurately, being taught, is only one way to...

3 Ways a VLE Could Support Future Learning

Posted by Doug in Educational Technology

Is It Time to Rethink the VLE in Schools?Virtual Learning Environments, Learning Platforms, LMS …. call them what you will, they have been with us...

Are The eBook Wars Hotting Up?

Posted by Doug in Classroom Technology, Educational Technology, Handheld Learning

Let me start by filling you in on the situation as I see it; we have the new Amazon Kindle Fire devices, the (still rumoured...

An ‘F’ in ICT

Posted by Doug in Classroom Technology, Educational Technology

or What’s Wrong with Education Technology in Schools Today? For several years now, it would be difficult to deny that ICT in our secondary (High)...

10 Tools for Digital Storytelling in Class

Posted by Doug in Educational Technology

Digital storytelling is simply using computer-based tools to tell stories. There are many different ways to do this – from making movies, recording...

Back-to-School Quiz: Skills Every 21st-Century Teacher Should Know – Getting Smart by Susan Lucille Davis

Posted by Doug in Educational Technology

August 23, 2012 - by Susan Lucille Davis The back-to-school flurry has begun. Teachers all around you are decorating bulletin boards, organizing their...