Literacy Seminars

Saturday

10:30
Emap Education Keynote: Problems with Teaching Literacy? Inspiring Achievers and Under Achievers - A master class of ideas for all teachers

Alan Gibbons & Stephen Heppell

Two major speakers - One from the world of Literacy and the other from the world of IT, joining together to highlight how the traditional teaching can benefit from using ICT.

The Literacy Classroom
Alan Gibbon will examine the kind of educational environment that can encourage pupils to engage with all aspects of literacy. He will offer practical strategies to get pupils of all abilities to read for pleasure and to achieve self-expression through writing poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

A New Literacy
Stephen Heppell will highlight how ICT is offering new opportunities that broaden our definition of literacy. Authoring podcasts together, parking their video on YouTube, TXTing and blogging, from computers and from phones, from complex threads on MSN to Story Clusters on FlickR, and right across the world our children are rushing back to narrative with a sophisticated ability to tailor their communication to media available. This session explores some the evolution of this new literacy and through viewing their work examines where children are now, and are going, with narrative inside the classroom and beyond.

What are your expectations for this keynote address? Are you aware of the work of Alan and Stephen prior to attendance? What keynote speakers would you like to see address BETT delegates at future events. Post you comments and help develop the programme for the future.

Cross Curricular Seminars

Wednesday

14:45
Internet Safety - Who is responsible?

Karl Hopwood: Headteacher, Semley CE VA Primary School

This session will outline some of the risks and benefits associated with the use of communication technologies in the primary classroom. It will showcase some resources for both key stages and suggest ways in which to integrate the teaching of internet safety into the everyday curriculum.

Learning Objectives: to understand some of the possible ways of delivering internet safety messages within the classroom. to know where to access resources to help to deliver aspects of internet safety in order to keep children safe. to have a raised awareness of the risks and benefits of using communication technologies to support teaching and learning in the classroom

16:15
Mobile Learning: Breaking Down the Barriers

Lyndsay Grant and Tash Lee, Futurelab

Mobile technology offers enormous potential for young people to learn in new and exciting ways, at home, school or in the community. This seminar challenges our preconceptions of how, when and where we learn and explores innovative ideas for enabling learners to learn wherever they are, using mobile technology.

Thursday

15:15
Social Technologies and Learning in Your Classroom: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and More

Miles Berry & Terry Freedman, British Computer Society

Emerging 'web2.0' applications have the potential to transform e-learning, by giving central place to social learning through communication and collaboration and opening up choice and voice dimensions of personalisation. The session explores case studies of how wikis, blogs, podcasts and folksonomies are being used in the classroom and beyond.

15:15
Digitisation and the Changing e-Content Environment

Catherine Grout, JISC

This session will introduce the JISC's two Digitisation Programmes that are creating an exciting range of new digital resources of value for life long learning and research. It will also comment on trends in the e-content environment for user access to resources and on how public sector funders of e-content are beginning to work together to address some of the gaps in e-content provision and to improve the users experience when accessing digital resources.

16:15
Learning Design Tools to Support Practitioners' Innovation with Learning Technologies

Diana Laurillard and Dr Harvey Mellar, Institute of Education

A summary of lessons learned from collaborative research projects on the pedagogic design of learning technologies, across FE and HE institutions in London. The focus is on the tools and mechanisms for ensuring that research links through to its use in teaching. Participants will be invited to engage in the practitioner community.

Friday

16:00
Primary Learning Network collaboration to create a personalised learning website

Chris Jukes: Headteacher, Mount Pleasant Lane JMI and N School

This workshop will be looking at how a number of primary schools have collaborated with each other.

15:15
What Does Good ICT Look Like?

Terry Freedman, Janet Roberts & Russell Ingleby, NAACE

What does good ICT look like and how do we achieve it? Several leading classroom practitioners pass on some tips - prepare to be challenged!

16:15
Lessons Learned from Implementing a Virtual Learning Environment Across Two Local Authorities in England

Ian Usher, NAACE/Bucks CC

Visitors will gain an overview of school and local authority-level issues associated with implementing a Virtual Learning Environment, discover what works and what doesn't in using VLEs schools at both primary and secondary level - all this will be illustrated by work carried out in a variety of schools across two Local Authorities.

Saturday

13:15
New Tools '07 - Forget the Horizon Enjoy the Here and Now - Ways to Make a Difference using ICT

John Davitt, British Computer Society

12 practical and proven ways to make a difference to the quality and range of student's learning with ICT as a catalyst.

13:00
Digital Media Education

David Baugh, Denbighshire LEA

Using Digital Media in education has huge potential for encouraging creativity in classrooms. There is extensive evidence that shows that using digital media with students increases: motivation, on task time, thinking skills and collaborative skills. This session will show how digital media can be integrated into everyday school activities.

What ideas or practice would you hope to adapt and incorporate into your own classroom practice from attendance at any of these sessions? Are there enough cross curricular sessions in the BETT seminar programme? Post your thoughts and help shape the discussions about the future of the BETT seminar programme.

Building Schools for the Future seminars

Thursday
16:15
Aiming for Transformation - the Role of ICT in Building Schools for the Future

Steve Moss, Partnerships for Schools

The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme will rebuild or remodel all secondary schools in England. This session will give delegates a clear understanding of the ways in which ICT can help to bring about a transformation of secondary education and how the capital available in the BSF programme can be used to achieve this.

Friday
12:30
SSAT at BETT: New School - Old School?

Tony Parkin, SSAT

Building schools for the future, harnessing the technology, extended schools and community learning hubs, personalising learning - schools are transforming and turning visionary phrases into new realities - though we need reality checks!

What ideas or practice would you hope to take away from attendance at either of these sessions? Is the subject matter, Building Schools for the Future adequately covered at BETT?Post your thoughts and help shape the discussions about the future of the BETT seminar programme.

Assessment Seminars

Friday
13:00
Is Your School Ready? Preparing Staff and Pupils for the Onscreen KS3 ICT Test

Sue Walton, NAA

The KS3 ICT onscreen test will become statutory from 2008 with results published in achievement and attainment tables. Many schools are already participating in the pilots. This session explains why all schools should participate in the final pilot in 2007 to be fully prepared for the statutory test in 2008.

15:15
ICT Excellence in Action Day for Leaders session

Eccles College, Salford (Becta Beacon Award winner for e-enabling organisational development )

Eccles College describe themselves as ‘early adopters' of new technology, and have designed and developed a web based system for improving the handling of self assessment reporting and action planning for teaching and support staff which has been replicated across 18 other organisations.

What ideas or practice would you hope to adapt and incorporate into your own classroom practice from attendance at either of these sessions? Post your thoughts and help shape the discussions about the future of the BETT seminar programme.

Music seminars

Thursday

12:00

Creating loop based compositions using original material

David Ashworth: Lead Music & ICT Education Consultant - National Association of Music Educators (NAME)

Delegates will learn how to record original sound samples directly into a computer. They will then be shown how to edit samples before importing them into a loop based sequencer programme to create a piece of music. Two freeware software applications (Audacity and Acid XPress) will be used in this workshop.

As a music teacher what would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? What resources do you use to embed ICT into the curriculum? Are there other aspects of teaching and learning this aspect of the curriculum, and the role ICT has to play, which could be covered within a future BETT seminar programme? As a subject, is music adequately covered at BETT? Please post your views to the wider BETT community.

Mathematics Seminars

Wednesday
13:30
Reaching the Core of AS Mathematics

Ruth Tanner: Secondary Teacher with post 16/ATM ICT group member

This session take a fresh look at some key topics in AS Mathematics. It is designed to encourage understanding and enjoyment of mathematics at post GCSE level; to promote confidence particularly by consolidating algebraic skills and to help with reasoning. Successful GCSE candidates will be helped to take the next step in their mathematical education through this varied approach including computer files.

Saturday

13:30
Interactive geometry

Jenni Ingram: Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) ICT Group Co-ordinator

This session shows the use of excel to teach the understanding of geometrical concepts. Perimeter, area, symmetry, angle and shape properties are explored in a way designed to help geometrical reasoning; promote discussion about geometrical topics and encourage students to apply their geometrical knowledge to solve problems.

14:15
Embedding ICT - New tools to use in the Mathematics classroom

Alison Clark-Wilson, The Mathematical Association

The Mathematical Association works to support and improve the teaching of mathematics. The session will feature the MA/Intel BETT Award winning software (available free to all from the LGfL website) and a range of materials, advice and support developed in partnership with the DfES and others.

As a mathematics teacher what would you hope to gain from attendance at any of these seminars? What resources do you use to embed ICT into the curriculum? Are there other aspects of teaching and learning this aspect of the curriculum, and the role ICT has to play, which could be covered within a future BETT seminar programme? As a subject, is mathematics adequately covered at BETT? Please post your views to the wider BETT community.

Modern Foreign Language Seminars

Saturday
12:00
Wikimania, or using wikis to encourage spontaneous and accurate creative writing in MFL
Peter Morris: Senior Teacher & AST, Gordano School - The National Centre for Languages (CILT)

Wikimania invites pupils to contribute on a voluntary basis to a collaborative story writing exercise using a wiki that has been set up so that everybody in the class can read, write and edit. Pupils access the site when they wish, from home or from school, to edit and or continue the story. The teacher monitors the accuracy of the writing and guides improvement through targeted tips, labelled Tipp von PLM on the wiki pages.

Saturday
14:45
ICT … so what? - Using technology to enhance learning outcomes across all four language skills
Joe Dale: Lead Practitioner for The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and French co-ordinator - ASSOCIATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING (ALL)

Freeware, self-authoring exercises, customisable templates, PowerPoint, podcasts and blogs! This practical session is designed to show how ICT can assist the learning and teaching of modern foreign languages by: practising reading and listening skills, extending speaking and writing activities, making spelling fun and reducing teacher preparation time

Saturday
10:30
Funky Flipcharts, Wicked Websites and Interesting Interactivity in MFL
Lesley Welsh, English Martyrs School & Sixth Form College, Hartlepool

Are you a primary or secondary MFL teacher seeking to make the most of the IT resources you have in your classroom? Come along and discover practical examples of how you can exploit a variety of websites, flipcharts and more to engage and motivate your pupils.

Saturday
13:00
Living Languages - Using ICT to Promote the Productive Skills in MFL
Chris Harte, Teaching Awards

A practical overview of ICT in the MFL classroom. The focus is on children producing high quality resources for their own e-portfolio and other children; including podcasts, videos and 3D games.

As a modern foreign languages teacher what would you hope to gain from attendance at any of these seminars? What resources do you use to embed ICT into the curriculum? Are there other aspects of teaching and learning this aspect of the curriculum, and the role ICT has to play, which could be covered within a future BETT seminar programme? As a subject, is MFL adequately covered at BETT? Please post your views to the wider BETT community.

ICT Seminars

Wednesday
12:45
BESA Keynote: Power and Responsibility - the Disruptive Role of Technologies in Learning

Angela McFarlane

No description available at this time.

Thursday
12:45
Digital Repositories in Further and Higher Education: Their Implementation and Value

Dr Neil Jacobs & Amber Thomas, JISC

The session will arm delegates with up-to-date information on how and why UK colleges and universities are implementing repositories. Repositories allow effective management of, and access to, learning and research materials by working together, using common standards and agreements, so that users have access to a distributed national electronic resource.

What ideas or practice would you hope to adapt and incorporate into your own classroom practice from attendance at either of these sessions? Post your thoughts and help shape the discussions about the future of the BETT seminar programme.

History Seminars

Wednesday
12:00
Using ICT to teach Black and Asian British History

Dan Lyndon: AST, Head of History, G&T co-ordinator, Henry Compton School - History association (HA)

The focus of the session will be to show how ICT can be used to integrate the teaching of Black and Asian British History into the mainstream curriculum. The delegates will be shown the resources available on www.blackhistory4schools.com. The session will also explore what a webquests is, with a focus on ‘The Black and Asian Soldiers of the First World War webquest’ and will take delegates through a quick way to write webquests online.

Objective 1: to introduce delegates to www.blackhistory4schools.com.

Objective 2: to introduce delegates to webquests on Black and Asian British History.

Objective 3: to briefly outline how to write your own webquest

Thursday

16:00
The educational possibilities of museum/historic site websites for KS2 & 3

Colin Hyson: Freelance Educational Consultant and Writer

The purpose of this seminar is to look at the educational possibilities that museum websites have to offer both classroom teaching and as a preperation for a class visit to museum or historic house. It will cover history, art and design and citizenship at both Key Stages 2 and 3.

As a history teacher what would you hope to gain from attendance at any of these seminars? What resources do you use to embed ICT into the curriculum? Are there other aspects of teaching and learning this aspect of the curriculum, and the role ICT has to play, which could be covered within a future BETT seminar programme? As a subject, is History adequately covered at BETT? Please post your views to the wider BETT community.

English Seminars

Wednesday
16:00
Exciting writing with ICT

Trevor Millum; NATE ICT Committee; English and ICT writer and trainer

Trevor Millum, himself a children's writer, will demonstrate some of the techniques he uses to get pupils writing. The careful and creative use of ICT is part of this endeavour, but never the reason for it. In his view, ICT can enhance and extend effective English teaching at all levels.

Thursday

14:45
Using the news to teach literacy

John Galloway - Educational Consultant and Adviser for Tower Hamlets

Learning Through Newspapers. We can learn a lot from newspapers, not just from what’s in them but also in creating them. In this session John Galloway, an educationalist and journalist will look at the different disciplines involved and how we can bring them together in the classroom.

Friday

14:45
Using the news to teach literacy

John Galloway: Educational Consultant and Adviser for Tower Hamlets

Learning Through Newspapers. We can learn a lot from newspapers, not just from what’s in them but also in creating them. In this session John Galloway, an educationalist and journalist will look at the different disciplines involved and how we can bring them together in the classroom.

Saturday

11:00
Using ICT to increase pupil motivation and enthusiasm

Julie Meiner, Assistant Headteacher: The United Kingdom Literacy Association/ Barnsley Learning Services

This session will demonstrate how using a unique multi-user virtual environment has impacted on the achievement of boys in their writing through increased motivation and enthusiasm. The session will explain what the multi-user virtual environment was, how it was used effectively in class and the impact that it had on boys' writing.

As an English teacher and in terms of your own continuing professional development, what would you hope to gain from attendance at any of these seminars? What resources do you use to embed ICT into the curriculum? Are there other aspects of teaching and learning this aspect of the curriculum, and the role ICT has to play, which could be covered within a future BETT seminar programme? As a subject, is English adequately covered at BETT? Please post your views to the wider BETT community.

Design and Technology Seminars

Wednesday
11:00
Embedding ICT in D&T (Working towards e-confidence – a joint D&T Association/NAAIDT/Becta project)

Richard Green: Chief Executive - The Design and Technology Association (DATA)

The session will focus on the national training programme planned and delivered by the Design and Technology Association and NAAIDT as part of a BECTA funded project. To provide clear advice tips and guidance on the use of ICT within specific focus areas of Design and Technology in secondary schools and in primary Design and Technology. The session will also provide background information on developing e-confidence within Design and Technology in both primary and secondary phases. Delegates will have an increased awareness of: A diverse range of ICT applications in Design and Technology, How ICT enhances work in specific focus areas, The concept of e - confidence in relation to D&T teaching and learning.

Thursday
13:30
E - portfolios, IWB and voting technologies supporting quality learning in D&T

Louise T Davies: Deputy Chief Executive - The Design and Technology Association (DATA)

A quick guide to some of the latest technologies and how they might transform teaching and learning in D&T over the next few years. How e-portfolios, interactive whiteboards and voting systems can support and improve learning in D&T. Examples of student and teacher E portfolios from KS, KS2,KS3, GCSE and A level

Saturday

14:15
Making IT Happen in Walsall Academy in Design and Technology

Jonathan Boyle, Walsall Academy

Jonathan will be presenting a variety of approaches in the aim of getting the attention of others. Once the audience are hooked then the teaching begins. The approaches are not necessarily exclusive to Design and Technology.

As a design and technology teacher and in terms of your own continuing professional development, what would you hope to gain from attendance at any of these seminars? What resources do you use to embed ICT into the curriculum? Are there other aspects of teaching and learning this aspect of the curriculum, and the role ICT has to play, which could be covered within a future BETT seminar programme? As a subject, is Design and Technology adequately covered at BETT? Please post your views to the wider BETT community.

Inspection seminar

Wednesday
15:15
Improving ICT - findings from inspection

Cathy Morgan, OfSTED

This session will provide a summary of the findings from ICT inspections and surveys undertaken by HMI during 2005/6.

As a manager or teacher and in terms of your own continuing professional development, what would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? Post your thoughts and join the BETT online community.

Gifted and talented seminar

Saturday

14:15

Smart Tools for Smart Students: How New Technologies Can Personalise Learning

Fiona Cleary and Dan May, London Gifted and Talented

An interactive session exploring a range of e-teaching and learning tools developed by London Gifted and Talented. It demonstrates how these flexible tools can be used across key stages and curriculum areas to support a variety of teaching and learning styles.

How can ICT support gifted and talented pupils? What strategies have you deployed to support able pupils? Post your comments to the BETT Community.

National Strategy Seminars

Friday
10:45
Early Years Foundation Stage - Bringing it All Together

Ruth Pimentel, National Strategy

An overview of the consultation findings around Early Years and Foundation Stage and the future plans for training support and development before its official implementation in September 2008.

Friday
11:45
ICT in the National Strategy, Primary

Catherine Foley, National Strategy

This session will explore current developments within the Primary National Strategy to further strengthen appropriate use of ICT in learning and teaching. This will provide an opportunity for colleagues to be updated about available support and resources in order to inform further development in schools, settings and local authorities.

How has the National Strategy impacted on your teaching practice to date? What ideas or practice would you hope to adapt and incorporate into your own classroom practice from attendance at either of these sessions? Post your thoughts and help shape the discussions about the future of the BETT seminar programme.

eLearning Seminars

Thursday
10:45
LSN Lead Session: e Learning in the Post 16 Sector

David Hunter, LLL UK , John Stone, LSN and Karen Price, e-skills

Changing world, changing curriculum, changing structures - the role of ICT This session will explore the role of ICT in delivering the skills agenda. An agenda which, following the Leitch review, will increasingly come to influence how schools, colleges and work-based learning providers work, and work together in partnership.

Saturday
12:15
Developing the e-confident Learner in the Foundation Stage

Rachel Ager, Northamptonshire CC

The session will define the model of good practice in which ICT is truly embedded in the Foundation Stage curriculum. It will explore how the delivery of an 'emergent' ICT education develops an e-confident learner. This will be exemplified by video from a range of Foundation Stage settings in Northamptonshire.

What can we learn from our education colleagues in different sectors? What ideas or practice would you hope to adapt and incorporate into your own classroom practice from attendance at either of these sessions? Post your thoughts and help shape the discussions about the future of the BETT seminar programme.

Geography Seminar

Friday

11:00
Spatially Speaking: GIS to enhance Geography

David Mitchell: ICT projects coordinator - Geography Association (GA)

This session is for all geography teachers (no computer expertise necessary!). It shows how GIS can be easily and effectively used to enhance geography.

Objectives:

1. To understand how GIS can enhance geography learning.

2. To self assess your current level with GIS.

3. To know how to get started with GIS.

As a geography teacher and in terms of your own continuing professional development, what would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? What resources do you use to embed ICT into the curriculum? Post your thoughts and join the BETT online community.

Good Practice Seminars

The seminar programme hosts a number of seminars which highlight good practice across the whole seminar programme with ICT Excellence Award Winners showcased on Friday and the seminars below on Saturday.

10:30
Funky Flipcharts, Wicked Websites and Interesting Interactivity in MFL

Lesley Welsh, English Martyrs School & Sixth Form College, Hartlepool

Are you a primary or secondary MFL teacher seeking to make the most of the IT resources you have in your classroom? Come along and discover practical examples of how you can exploit a variety of websites, flipcharts and more to engage and motivate your pupils.

Are you looking for inspiration within your MFL classes? What would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? Post your comments to share with the BETT community.

11:45
Using ICT to Inspire!

Tim Rylands, Chew Magna School

Back by popular demand, after 'sell-out' sessions last year, Tim Rylands will give you the opportunity to explore accessible ways of inspiring creativity in music, writing, speaking and listening with children of all abilities. Tim has been described as an extremely gifted and inspirational teacher, with a love of the creative potential of technology. He believes that ICT is about communication rather than technology...and that it should be FUN!!!!

Are you looking for the creative spark within your class? How can Tim inspire you when you go back into the classroom? Give your views and join the BETT community.

13:00
Digital Media EducationDavid Baugh, Denbighshire LEA

Using Digital Media in education has huge potential for encouraging creativity in classrooms. There is extensive evidence that shows that using digital media with students increases: motivation, on task time, thinking skills and collaborative skills. This session will show how digital media can be integrated into everyday school activities.

What is your experience of the gains made through creative use of ICT? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to this seminar? Join the discussion by posting your thoughts.

14:15
Making IT Happen in Walsall Academy in Design and Technology

Jonathan Boyle, Walsall Academy

Jonathan will be presenting a variety of approaches in the aim of getting the attention of others. Once the audience are hooked then the teaching begins. The approaches are not necessarily exclusive to Design and Technology.

What would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? Do you have your own views about the approaches taken within the Design and Technology curriculum? Post your comments to share with the BETT community.

Becta Seminars, Saturday

Becta leads the national drive to improve learning through technology. They do this by working with industry to ensure we have the right technology for education in place. They also work to support the education workforce to make the best use of technology to improve learning. So that every learner in the UK is able to benefit from the advantages technology brings, thereby helping them achieve the best they can.

Each day at BETT, Becta will be delivering a number of seminar sessions.

10:30
School’s ICT Infrastructure – Planning for the future

Paul Shoesmith and Nia Sutton, Becta

This seminar will discuss how Becta’s common standards and best value purchasing arrangements can help you plan for quality and reliability in your school’s ICT infrastructure and help you improve your school.

What would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? Post your comments to share with the BETT community.

11:45
Nuggets of advice: what works with ICT

Alison Boyle, Becta

A group of practitioners from Becta’s embedding pilot Science Through ICT will present seeds of a new culture of practice associated with the use of technology.They will offer advice that can be adapted and adopted in primary and secondary contexts. Nuggets of good advice will incorporate these themes:

• Learner independence

• Peer tutoring and learning

• Self-assessment for promoting self-reflection

• Planning, and power relations in the classroom.

What is your experience of the gains made through confident use of ICT? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to this seminar? Join the discussion by posting your thoughts.

13:00
How to improve your primary school using Becta’s self-review framework

Philippa Lee, Becta
This session will explore how school leadership teams can improve the Primary School through self-review and planned use of ICT. In Spring 2006, Becta launched the self-review framework. This session will offer guidance on the best practice processes and principles that can assist you in improving your school through ICT. This will be illustrated and supported by exemplars and experiences from Primary Schools on how the self-review framework has helped them make improvements in ICT. For some this has included achieving the ICT Mark. Be prepared to help your school by registering with the self-review framework now at:

http://matrix.becta.org.uk/selfreview

What is your experience of the self-review process? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to Philippa? Let us know what you think before and after the seminar.

Becta Seminars, Friday

Becta leads the national drive to improve learning through technology. They do this by working with industry to ensure we have the right technology for education in place. They also work to support the education workforce to make the best use of technology to improve learning. So that every learner in the UK is able to benefit from the advantages technology brings, thereby helping them achieve the best they can.

Each day at BETT, Becta will be delivering a number of seminar sessions.

11:00
Making best use of data to improve learning and teaching

Stuart Jones, Assistant Director, Becta and Roger Merritt, Consultant, Becta

This seminar will consider how the integration of systems and the effective use of data can help to improve learning and teaching. This will include the prospective use of learning platforms, e-portfolios and e-assessment.

What would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? Do you have your own views about learning platforms and e-assessment? Post your comments to share with the BETT community.

12:30
How to improve your primary school using Becta’s self-review framework

Claire Gill, Becta

This session will explore how school leadership teams can improve the Primary School through self-review and planned use of ICT. In Spring 2006, Becta launched the self-review framework. This session will offer guidance on the best practice processes and principles that can assist you in improving your school through ICT. This will be illustrated and supported by exemplars and experiences from Primary Schools on how the self-review framework has helped them make improvements in ICT. For some this has included achieving the ICT Mark. Be prepared to help your school by registering with the self-review framework now at:

http://matrix.becta.org.uk/selfreview

What is your experience of the self-review process? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to Claire? Let us know what you think before and after the seminar.

12:30
ICT Excellence in Action Day for Leaders session

Isobel Mair School, East Renfrewshire, Scotland & Horndean Infant School, Hampshire


Isobel Mair School, East Renfrewshire, Scotland (ICT Excellence Awards Inclusion Primary winner) Described as an “excellent” school, Isobel Mair believe that ICT enables their pupils to achieve things which would ordinarily be beyond their capabilities. Technology has been crucial in supporting the school community and provides an opportunity for everyone to share their expertise both in and beyond the school.

Horndean Infant School, Hampshire (ICT Excellence Awards Curriculum Primary Joint winner) A wide range of ICT equipment is used across Horndean to support every aspect of the curriculum. The school has undertaken a journey to transform learning, and ICT is seen as a natural part of the toolkit used to develop knowledge, skills and capabilities. The staff have a clear vision of how ICT supports their work and a strong commitment to innovation and professional development.

How do you benefit from listening to other teachers explain their good practice? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to both the above presentations? Let us know what you think before and after the seminar.

14:00
ICT Excellence in Action Day for Leaders session

Longfield School, Darlington. (ICT Excellence Awards Best Whole School Secondary Joint winner)

This secondary school have achieved resounding success across all aspects of school life with ICT at the centre of their work. There have been significant gains in exam results and staff confidence is high. ICT abounds in all areas of the curriculum and ICT champions ensure coverage across the whole school.

What is your experience of the gains made through confident use of ICT? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to Longfield School? Join the discussion by posting your thoughts.

14:00
School’s ICT Infrastructure – Planning for the future

Paul Shoesmith and Nia Sutton, Becta

This seminar will discuss how Becta’s common standards and best value purchasing arrangements can help you plan for quality and reliability in your school’s ICT infrastructure and help you improve your school.

How can this seminar help meet your needs in identifying the support required with respect to the school's ICT infrastructure? By posting your views you can help shape the debate and the development of the BETT seminar programme in the future.

15:15
ICT Excellence in Action Day for Leaders session

Eccles College, Salford (Becta Beacon Award winner for e-enabling organisational development )

Eccles College describe themselves as ‘early adopters' of new technology, and have designed and developed a web based system for improving the handling of self assessment reporting and action planning for teaching and support staff which has been replicated across 18 other organisations.

What would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? What are your own views about self assessment? Post your comments to share with the BETT community.

15:15
How to improve your secondary school using Becta’s self-review framework

John Taylor, Becta

This session will explore how school leadership teams can improve the Secondary School through self-review and planned use of ICT. In Spring 2006, Becta launched the self-review framework. This session will offer guidance on the best practice processes and principles that can assist you in improving your school through ICT. This will be illustrated and supported by exemplars and experiences from Secondary Schools on how the self-review framework has helped them make improvements in ICT. For some this has included achieving the ICT Mark. Be prepared to help your school by registering with the self-review framework now at:

http://matrix.becta.org.uk/selfreview

As a secondary teacher, what is your experience of the self-review process? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to John? Let us know what you think before and after the seminar.


16:15
ICT Excellence in Action Day for Leaders session

Balsall Common Primary School, West Midlands (ICT Excellence Awards Best Whole School Primary winner)

Described as “a vibrant school, with real energy, enthusiasm and passion for ICT”, Balsall Common Primary are at the cutting edge of ICT development. The school constantly embraces new technologies to improve organisational efficiency and pupil achievement within school and beyond.

What further knowledge and understanding would you wish to take away with you by attendance at this seminar? What are the key challenges to schools when constantly embracing new technologies? Join the discussion by posting your thoughts.

16:15
Emerging Technologies for Learning: Collaboration, Personalisation & the Read/Write Web

David Ley, Project Manager – Technology Research & Delivery, Becta; Lee Bryant, Consultant - Headshift

This session will give a brief overview of some emerging technology trends and then focus on the educational potential of social software applications and other Web 2.0 technologies.

What are the key challenges educators face when identifying the opportunities available through social software tools? What are your views and how would attendance at this seminar aid your understanding?

Becta Seminars, Thursday

Becta leads the national drive to improve learning through technology. They do this by working with industry to ensure we have the right technology for education in place. They also work to support the education workforce to make the best use of technology to improve learning. So that every learner in the UK is able to benefit from the advantages technology brings, thereby helping them achieve the best they can.

Each day at BETT, Becta will be delivering a number of seminar sessions.

11:00
The role of Local Authorities and Regional Broadband Consortia in aggregated procurement

Mark Wallbank and Chris Faulkner, Becta

This seminar will cover the best value purchasing arrangements that Becta is setting up to deliver infrastructure, learning and data services to the schools sector. It will consider the role that Local Authorities and Regional Broadband Consortia can play in aggregating procurement to provide schools with quality and value for money in their ICT systems.

What would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? What is your experience of your own Regional Broadband Consortia ? Post your comments to share with the BETT community.

12:45
How to improve your primary school using Becta’s self-review framework

Bernie Zakary, Becta

This session will explore how school leadership teams can improve their Primary School through self-review and planned use of ICT. In Spring 2006, Becta launched the self-review framework. This session will offer guidance on the best practice processes and principles that can assist you in improving your school through ICT. This will be illustrated and supported by exemplars and experiences from Primary Schools on how the self-review framework has helped them make improvements in ICT. For some this has included achieving the ICT Mark. Be prepared to help your school by registering with the self-review framework now at:

http://matrix.becta.org.uk/selfreview

What is your experience of the self-review process? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to Bernie? Let us know what you think before and after the seminar.

14:00
How to drive and develop quality in FE using ICT

Andy Black, Becta

This session will explore how Further Education leadership teams can improve the provision that they provide through self-review and planned use of ICT. This session will offer guidance on the best practice processes and principles that can assist you in improving the quality of your provision, through review of ICT and the developing quality standards. This will be illustrated and supported by exemplars and experiences from college leadership teams on how quality frameworks have helped them make improvements in ICT. Be prepared to help your college by registering on the Learning and Skills frameworks now at: http://matrix.becta.org.uk

What would you expect to gain by attending this seminar? What are your views about the use of the Learning and Skills frameworks ? Share your thoughts with the wider BETT community.

15:15
Planning for personalised online learning: what does it mean for my school

Robin Ball, Becta & John Morris, Headteacher, Ardleigh Green Junior School

This session will consider how to plan for the use of learning platforms to support personalised learning including developing the strategic vision, preparing for and managing change, and transforming learning and teaching.

What further knowledge and understanding would you wish to take away with you by attendance at this seminar? What is your view about Personalised Online Learning? Join the discussion by posting your thoughts.

16:15
How to improve your secondary school using Becta’s self-review framework

Andrew Sierant, Becta

This session will explore how school leadership teams can improve the Secondary School through self-review and planned use of ICT. In Spring 2006, Becta launched the self-review framework. This session will offer guidance on the best practice processes and principles that can assist you in improving your school through ICT. This will be illustrated and supported by exemplars and experiences from Secondary Schools on how the self-review framework has helped them make improvements in ICT. For some this has included achieving the ICT Mark. Be prepared to help your school by registering with the self-review framework now at:

http://matrix.becta.org.uk/selfreview

As a secondary teacher, what is your experience of the self-review process? What information would you hope to take back to school with you by listening to Andrew? Let us know what you think before and after the seminar.