Countdown to BETT

Having submitted my latest Masters’ assignment this morning, I’m allowing myself to start thinking about BETT2010 now and finding myself rather more excited than in previous years.

I hope BETT itself will hopefully be interesting and informative; I’m certainly looking forward to visiting some of the stands and workshops (I’ll be making a bee-line for the playful learning and the Open Source Schools areas), and I would really have liked to have seen some of the seminars, not least Ollie Bray’s Computer Games Based learning seminar on Thursday.

However, for me it’s the ‘extra’ events that are actually the main attractions this year. I’m really quite excited about what’s going to happen at Tedx Orenda, Amplified and TeachMeet BETT in the next three days and it will probably take me a year to work my way though all the excellent ideas that come out of these meetings. Although I won’t be able to be there in person, I look forward to catching up on online.

One event I’m thrilled to be a part of is the TeachMeet-Takeover and despite being rather nervous about my slot on Friday, I’m looking forward to listening to the other talks and catching up with lots of people – do make sure you say hello!