Last year's Bett recorded a record number of people attending the show's programme of seminars and the trend looks set to continue for 2010.
This year's offerings range across the curriculum - from games-based learning to web 2.0 pedagogies, photostories in geography to use of wikis and digital film in English. They aim to show how information and communication technology (ICT) is changing the face of teaching and highlighting the skills teachers need to do their job well and meet the demands of "next generation learning".
The continuing popularity of the seminars reflects the growing thirst for knowledge about ICT - not just how to run software or operate web tools but how to incorporate them into teaching and learning in a way that engages children and sparks their imagination.
Since the early days of ICT in schools, the lack of training in pedagogy has been a persistent complaint of teachers who want to know more than simply how to use the whiteboard as a luxury presentation tool. In this supplement we explore some of the issues around professional developmen and highlight some of the events at Bett which are bringing teachers and other professionals together to share their practice and debate ideas.
We also look at how ICT manufacturers and developers are responding to some of the biggest issues now facing schools - including sustainability, e-safety and assessment, all of which are set to figure increasingly in the judgments school leaders and local authorities have to make when assessing their spending priorities.
This is our second supplement previewing Bett 2010. You can check out all the material from our first one at guardian.co.uk/resource/bett-2010.
