I want to be able to have as much access to technology when I'm in a school as what I enjoy in my own home. I don't think that is too much to ask, but maybe that's me.

When I worked as a Technology Coordinator, a large part of my job was to encourage teachers in all subjects to make use of educational technology in their lessons and, even better, to build it into their schemes of work. It was something of an uphill struggle sometimes...

FREEBIE! Having been going through my files and digitising them, I came across this little booklet I created back in 2005.

The way some people describe Computing makes it sound (let's be honest here) dead boring. The subject gets reduced, in effect, to 'coding'.

Most people would agree that collaboration is a good thing – so how can we collaborate more effectively in school settings?

One of the few good things about the emphasis on ‘coding’ now is that as most people acknowledge that they know nothing about it, they leave the people teaching it in peace.

I’ve just sent Teach Secondary magazine my review of this book, so I can’t say much before that’s published.

Having endured some fairly dreadful ‘initiatives’ in my time, delivered from on high with the directive to ‘make it work’, I approached Iterate with some trepidation.

What makes an excellent ICT or Computing lesson? In this document I've tried to encapsulate the answer to that question.

My reason for reviewing this book was to see if it might contain any useful lessons for SLTs.

If part of your job is to encourage other teachers to use technology in their lessons, this article, based on my own experiences, may help. Now updated with additional points.

The best distinction between authority and power that I’ve seen was in a politics book…

I’ve started to compile a list of books and other kinds of reading matter you might wish to explore over the holidays. They’re not all to do with edtech — we all need a break!

One of your tasks, along with your new colleagues, is to recruit people to be in your team. What a wonderful feeling that must be!

A still-relevant article from a few years ago.

Well, it's spring again, and time for a good clean-up. Here is a checklist for the ed tech co-ordinator.

There is always a danger that no matter how good an event like Bett is, it will turn out to have very little impact in the longer term, as you forget what you saw and more pressing concerns vie for your attention. Here are some suggestions for preventing that from happening.

It's all very well enjoying power, but ultimately power is only useful if it gets things done without unfortunate side effects.

The Bett Show is the world’s largest education technology show. Sadly, the seminars are not going to be recorded this time. However, all is not lost. Here are some ways you can keep abreast of what’s happening.

You can’t hold on to good teachers forever. They will, at some point, wish to move on and seek positions of influence themselves.

If you’re the Head of Computing or Education Technology, you may also have a responsibility for the use and possibly even the co-ordination of the use of technology across the whole school.