BETT Awards shortlist for Digital Content (Secondary Other), Auralia 3,Rising Software Pty Ltd (distributed by Sibelius Software Ltd)

Auralia's interactive tuition makes ear training easy and fun. It guides students through hundreds of graded exercises, and gives instant feedback. Teachers can even play or sing answers using a MIDI keyboard or microphone. Auralia automatically marks the exercises so students can use it on their own, freeing up hours of teaching time. It even records student results so you can monitor their progress over time.

Is this a resource you have successfully deployed in your teaching strategy?

If so let us know the outcomes you and your students achieved.

BETT Awards shortlist for Digital Content (Secondary Other), O-Generator,O-Music Ltd (distributed by Sibelius Software Ltd)

O-Generator is the simplest way for students to understand the fundamentals of music and composition. The design engages students on a visual and aural level and most importantly stimulates them into trying and creating composition styles of their own.

That's the developers telling us how easy it is to use but what is your own personal experience? Did it engage students in the way it is intended?

BETT Awards shortlist for Digital Content (Secondary Other), PSHE & Citizenship Service,Espresso Education

The Espresso PSHE & Citizenship Service is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and constantly growing digital library of high quality, innovative, video-rich, cross-curricular resources, all tailored to the National Curriculum and cross-referenced to QCA Schemes of Work.

How have your students responded to the interactive nature of the resources provided and did it help raise attainment in the subject?

BETT Awards shortlist for Digital Content (Secondary Other),Cambridge Latin Course Book,Cambridge University Press/Cambridge School Classics Project

This e-Learning resource is designed for use by students, non-specialist teachers and specialist teachers alike. Five courses through the activities allow students and teachers to follow built in lesson plans if desired and detailed help and explanation is provided in Notes for non-specialist teachers and for students learning independently.

What made this resource so special in the eyes of the judging panel?

If you have used it in the classroom let us know by posting your comments.

BETT Awards shortlist for Digital Content (Secondary Other),SoundJunction, Association Board of the Royal Schools of Music

The SoundJunction website’s all about music. You can take music apart and find out how it works, create music yourself, find out how other people make music and how they perform it, you can find out about musical instruments, and look at the backgrounds to different musical styles.

So what makes it a candidate for this award? If you have used the website to enhance your teaching post your comment and help other teachers decide whether they could use this too.

BETT Awards shortlist for Digital Content (Secondary Other)

The following resources have been shortlisted for the Digital Content (Secondary Other)

SoundJunction, Association Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Cambridge Latin Course Book 1 E-Learning Resource, Cambridge University Press/Cambridge School Classics Project
PSHE & Citizenship Service, Espresso Education
O-Generator, O-Music Ltd (distributed by Sibelius Software Ltd)
Auralia 3 , Rising Software Pty Ltd (distributed by Sibelius Software Ltd)