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.