Going to BETT is always an exciting prospect. Will there be new interesting technologies that can enhance the teaching learning process? It is impossible to see everything at BETT, in fact sometimes I think it is impossible to find anything at BETT, it's so huge but I always hope to make new discoveries.

Waiting outside in the weak winter sun I talked to the people around me to understand who was coming to the exhibition. I talked to South Africans, Australians and I could see from the badges that this was a truly international exhibition. We should be proud and realise how lucky we are this event has such a draw.

This article is a personal view of some of the things that caught my eye and it is not meant to be representative of the whole exhibition.

We continue to look at colleagues ideas on how to use VLEs effectively and this week have Roger Broadie and Gill Deadman sharing their ideas ...

This Article is taken from a paper which suggests that the advantages of social networking may stimulate stronger and more influential collaborative knowledge building for professional communities of educators. It poses the question 'What is braided learning?' in the context of online communities of practice (C0P) with particular reference to the MirandaNet experience.

This Article is taken from a paper which suggests that the advantages of social networking may stimulate stronger and more influential collaborative knowledge building for professional communities of educators. It develops the question 'What is braided learning?' into a study of collaborative online professional practice. The research considered rhythms and phases of debate, roles of members and barriers to braided learning in the context of a professional community of practice (CoP). The focus of the detailed analysis was a discussion on e-portfolios in NaaceTalk.

For many years I have attended BETT Shows and I have enjoyed seeing and listening to some great speakers. I therefore felt really privileged to have been asked to submit my key words and abstract in order suddenly made me realise that there could be a significantly larger audience listening to my every word!!

BETT 2008 was the ICT event of the year!!

Yet for several years I went through a phase of returning home with a headache and wondering why I had bothered. I have often thought that with a little more planning I could have got so much more out of the visit. Here are some thoughts whilst they are still fresh in my mind designed to make the most of the event.