Annabel Watson is Programme Director for Exeter School Direct initial teacher training courses and lead the Exeter Secondary English PGCE. Her research interests focus primarily on the teaching of writing. She is a member of the Graduate School of Education′s Centre for Research in Writing. Annabel is interested in the relationship between traditional and digital literacy and the development of students′ writing ability in relation to digital texts and technologies. Her PhD examined Teacher′s Beliefs and Practices in Grammar Teaching.