Back in November 2000 I was practically booed from the stage for warning my fellow publishers that Moore’s Law was going to kill the textbook stone dead. Within 5 years, I argued, computers suitable for education were going to cost less than £100. After that point, it is simply so much cheaper to deliver educational…

Readers of the Cluetrain Manifesto may wonder why a supposedly web-savvy company like Chalkface even bothered with an uncool ‘old economy’ event like BETT. The answer is simply that we get a higher density of better-quality conversations with our customers, authors and suppliers there than at any other time of year. This year, particularly, I…

If you’re coming to BETT (Olmpia, London, Jan 12th-15th) do drop by the Chalkface stand (PZ60, on the balcony, in the Publishers’ Village) and say ‘hi’. It will be a pleasure to meet you.

My colleagues Vahagn Mikaelian and Stephen Thomas have just delivered an animated explanation of our new server Yacapaca. It’s a lightweight VLE with some really useful results-analysis tools for teachers – take a look and let me know what you think. So far the most popular content on it is the ICT KS3 level Assessment;…

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