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I haven’t had the time to do a lot of research on this; but pop over to Ian Usher’s Weblog.
Direct link here.
Interesting stuff…

I meant to post this link after BETT (I know this has been mentioned by others before, but I thought I would mention it again- just incase you missed it!).
ClassTools.net is a really cool (free!) website that you can use to add even more spice to your lessons using ‘Flash’. It includes the ‘Random Name selector’ [...]

The final highlight of BETT was the TeachMeet on the Friday night. In Scotland we have hosted a number of these un-conferences. These were ably coordinated by Ewan McIntosh. The idea is that anyone can share cool ideas they have or great ideas they’ve trialled in their classrooms. All they needed to do was to [...]

Mark Pentleton is a colleague of  mine. In addition to being a ‘Curriculum for Excellence Officer’ for East Ayrshire Council. Mark also runs his own company, Radio Lingua-
‘Radio Lingua Ltd provides educational content for language learners across the world and is the company behind some of the world’s most popular educational podcasts including Coffee Break Spanish [...]

Studywiz:
“Studywiz is a dynamic Becta approved learning platform for schools. It is a key tool in transforming education to address 21st century needs”.
I am aware that some Authorities are starting to use this Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) . As they had a stand at BETT I was curious and just had to explore.
My Studywiz guide [...]

Well, what can I say?
Thank you to the Times Educational Supplement for this. I wonder if they will do a similar version at the Scottish Learning Festival 2008?
One that has two ’s’ would be just perfect! 

As I mentioned in my last post RM had a large presence at BETT 2008. I would like to take this opportunity to thank RM for their outstanding hospitality throughout the event. Firstly, for the meal on Thursday night. It was excellent and the company was great fun- it is always nice to put a face to [...]

Wikipedia 
RM specialises in providing products and services to schools, colleges, universities and government education departments & agencies. While RM is primarily involved in supplying information communications and technology (ICT) services to UK education, the group also includes companies providing educational software in the US and school management software in the Asia Pacific region.
RM is also [...]

Immersive Education was one of the many companys that I had on my ‘To Visit’ list at BETT. Here in East Lothian, we have purchased ‘Media Stage’ licenses  for  our English Departments.
Media Stage is a 3D virtual perforamce stage. Users are involved in script-writing, casting, set building, propping, directing, lighting, audio-recording, editing and camera skills:
Immersive Education:
Students [...]

As I mentioned I attended a number of Seminars at the BETT show. Here is my summary of the best ones (I apologise if they are not entirely accurate, but I am reading my scribbled shorthand)
Day 1.
Derek Robertson was there spreading the word about the hand held learning trials that he is currently leading throughout [...]