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Future perfect
The Bett show is packed with futuristic educational technology. Nadine Clarke went to check it out
"I come here every year to get a vision into the future. I want to see in which direction to go with ICT for the next 10 to 20 years," says primary school headteacher Petula Allen at Bett, the annual educational technology show.
The event was officially opened with a speech from the minister of state for schools and 14 to 19 learners, Jim Knight. He admitted that government needs the industry's help to solve what it calls the "digital divide". He hopes that industry will come up with specific proposals that will allow all pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged families, to get home access to computers and the internet.
The MP is setting up a home access taskforce, so "classroom practice will have to adapt to the knowledge that children can access at home," he said.
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