Comments on: Reflections on BETT 2008 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Wed, 23 May 2012 07:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive » BETT 2009 and EdTechRoundup http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-2125 dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive » BETT 2009 and EdTechRoundup Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:19:39 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-2125 [...] netbooks as part of a Becta-funded Open Source Schools project of which I’ve been part. Last year, if you remember, I spoke with Futurelab about barriers and enablers with regard to the adoption of [...] [...] netbooks as part of a Becta-funded Open Source Schools project of which I’ve been part. Last year, if you remember, I spoke with Futurelab about barriers and enablers with regard to the adoption of [...]

]]> By: dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive » I’m 28, I’m not *old*… http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive » I’m 28, I’m not *old*… Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:19:58 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-1659 [...] at BETT 2008 with Dan Sutch of Futurelab about barriers and resistances to change and at the [...] [...] at BETT 2008 with Dan Sutch of Futurelab about barriers and resistances to change and at the [...]

]]> By: I’m 28, I’m not *old*… at dougbelshaw.com http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-310 I’m 28, I’m not *old*… at dougbelshaw.com Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:25:34 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-310 [...] at BETT 2008 with Dan Sutch of Futurelab about barriers and resistances to change and at the [...] [...] at BETT 2008 with Dan Sutch of Futurelab about barriers and resistances to change and at the [...]

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Doug Belshaw Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:34:22 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-309 Hi Dan, It's a shame you couldn;t have joined us for TeachMet08 on the Friday - it was great! Thanks for the heads-up on Hyperwords - going to install it now! :D Hi Dan,

It’s a shame you couldn;t have joined us for TeachMet08 on the Friday – it was great! Thanks for the heads-up on Hyperwords – going to install it now! :D

]]> By: Dan Lyndon http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Dan Lyndon Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:47:56 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-308 Hey Doug I was at BETT on Thursday, and like you was not overwhelmed. Did you come across the Hyperwords stand on the upper floor - great little add-on for Firefox http://www.hyperwords.net/ allows any piece of text to be kind of hyperlinked to a wide range of online resources - kinda tricky to explain but worth checking out. Enjoyed reading your presentation. Dan Hey Doug

I was at BETT on Thursday, and like you was not overwhelmed. Did you come across the Hyperwords stand on the upper floor – great little add-on for Firefox http://www.hyperwords.net/ allows any piece of text to be kind of hyperlinked to a wide range of online resources – kinda tricky to explain but worth checking out. Enjoyed reading your presentation.

Dan

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Doug Belshaw Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:56:42 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-307 Jo, I didn't realise you were there - you should have come to say hello and ask me hard questions at the end! ;-) It was good to meet you too. Keep up the good work with that Ning! Jo, I didn’t realise you were there – you should have come to say hello and ask me hard questions at the end! ;-)

It was good to meet you too. Keep up the good work with that Ning!

]]> By: Chalkface » Blog Archive » TeachMeet 08 and an argument with Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Chalkface » Blog Archive » TeachMeet 08 and an argument with Doug Belshaw Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:56:20 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-306 [...] of the evening though was the argument I got into with top educational blogger Doug Belshaw, as we enjoyed pizza after the meeting. My ideal school contain only 200 pupils, and run right [...] [...] of the evening though was the argument I got into with top educational blogger Doug Belshaw, as we enjoyed pizza after the meeting. My ideal school contain only 200 pupils, and run right [...]

]]> By: Jo Rhys-Jones http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Jo Rhys-Jones Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:43:08 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-305 Hi Doug - great to meet you at the Teachmeet - I only just caught the tail end of this session so like Lisa am grateful that you posted your notes. It's sad that a fear of failure/making mistakes is as great a barrier for some teachers as it is to some students... - as if any of us is perfect?! I loved the RM Asus (which I mis-heard as a (Dr) Seuss on the Friday - oops). Will be trying to persuade Head to invest in a class set - the advantages for our tiny school and VERY mixed year classes are the inbuilt ready-to-go features including the webcam and it's robustness. A lot of the Primary Languages software I was looking out for was - well disappointing. Lots of cartoon characters/clipart which were too childish and understimate the sophistication of yr 6 - and far too much emphasis on glorified word-level activities and still no-one seems to have really read the Framework up to yr 6. In fact one saleswoman even happily told me their new scheme covered 'all 8 QCA units' (there are 23!) I had hoped for something to help make the 'partnership/contact with a foreign school' requirement a little easier and less time-consuming for the average classteacher and non-languages specialist. Teachmeet and the teacher/student lead presentations were very inspiring. And the free bags from TES and Bitesize will help now our village is plastic-bag-free... Hi Doug – great to meet you at the Teachmeet – I only just caught the tail end of this session so like Lisa am grateful that you posted your notes.

It’s sad that a fear of failure/making mistakes is as great a barrier for some teachers as it is to some students… – as if any of us is perfect?!

I loved the RM Asus (which I mis-heard as a (Dr) Seuss on the Friday – oops). Will be trying to persuade Head to invest in a class set – the advantages for our tiny school and VERY mixed year classes are the inbuilt ready-to-go features including the webcam and it’s robustness.

A lot of the Primary Languages software I was looking out for was – well disappointing. Lots of cartoon characters/clipart which were too childish and understimate the sophistication of yr 6 – and far too much emphasis on glorified word-level activities and still no-one seems to have really read the Framework up to yr 6. In fact one saleswoman even happily told me their new scheme covered ‘all 8 QCA units’ (there are 23!) I had hoped for something to help make the ‘partnership/contact with a foreign school’ requirement a little easier and less time-consuming for the average classteacher and non-languages specialist.

Teachmeet and the teacher/student lead presentations were very inspiring. And the free bags from TES and Bitesize will help now our village is plastic-bag-free…

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Doug Belshaw Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:48:44 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-304 <strong>@Sinclair:</strong> I did indeed and I really liked it. Seriously considering purchasing one and just walking into my Head's office with one! I used the one running Linux and it was very responsive. Keyboard a slightly small (as you'd expect) but you can pretty much touch-type after a couple of minutes of getting used to it. Screen seemed bright enough for me! :-) <strong>@Peter:</strong> Glad you enjoyed the presentation. Of course, at the end of the day (as you point out) it's merely a conversation starter, a stimulus to debate. In the 10 minutes I had I couldn't hope to do anything more! <strong>@Lisa:</strong> I manage to cock things up pretty much every lesson! I think if your students don't see you as someone who's willing to experiment and take risks with their own learning, lesson planning, etc. then they never will. And that's where their <em>real</em> learning takes place... :p @Sinclair: I did indeed and I really liked it. Seriously considering purchasing one and just walking into my Head’s office with one! I used the one running Linux and it was very responsive. Keyboard a slightly small (as you’d expect) but you can pretty much touch-type after a couple of minutes of getting used to it. Screen seemed bright enough for me! :-)

@Peter: Glad you enjoyed the presentation. Of course, at the end of the day (as you point out) it’s merely a conversation starter, a stimulus to debate. In the 10 minutes I had I couldn’t hope to do anything more!

@Lisa: I manage to cock things up pretty much every lesson! I think if your students don’t see you as someone who’s willing to experiment and take risks with their own learning, lesson planning, etc. then they never will. And that’s where their real learning takes place… :p

]]> By: Sinclair http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Sinclair Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:55:40 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008/#comment-301 Doug, Good job at TeachMeet. Did you get a chance to try the Asus/RM minibook? What was it like? (e.g. Is the screen bright enough? Is it responsive?) Ta, Sinclair. Doug,

Good job at TeachMeet.
Did you get a chance to try the Asus/RM minibook? What was it like? (e.g. Is the screen bright enough? Is it responsive?)

Ta,
Sinclair.

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