Today I’m on my way down to Bett 09 the biggest technology show / conference in the UK.
In all the time that I’ve been involved in Ict in schools I have to my shame never actually made it to Bett before! This had been for all sorts of reasons, but mainly I think because of the cost.
The conference itself is free, but there’s always the train fare, possible hotel bills etc and that horrible feeling that your colleagues back at school think that trips like this are just a jolly!
This trip is different as the finance side of things has been taken care of very kindly by Stiljes, but I still have that slight nagging doubt that leaving the kids is in some way letting them down.
I know that this is irrational and that I’m sure I’ll come back buzzing with ideas, but I wonder how many other professions and professionals feel the same way about leaving the office?
Another exciting development of Bett will be the chance to meet what my wife terms ‘my funny friends’ off my Twitter network. To actually put names to faces will be a rather strange experience, should be great though !
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