The boss has sort of given the nod to me and my line manager going to BETT this year.

If you are involved in ICT in education in any sort of planning or strategic sense in the UK then BETT is a worthwhile trip. Just make sure you have a game plan before you turn up. Don’t expect to wander round and discover stuff although some explore time is recommended. Pick exhibitors that have something to do with your plan for the year and build a route map round them.

Also, pick some decent seminars.

I didn’t go last year as I failed to do the above in 2007 and came away demoralised and exhausted.

I’m going to try and blog/vlog/twitter my experiences this year partly to share the chalk-love but also ‘cos I’ve never tried blogging from the field and that’s quite a useful educational tool.