BETT 2008 Review
18 January 2008
BETT, the world's largest educational technology show, was another successful event for PfS in January 2008. Our stand in the 'Policy in Practice' zone received record numbers of visitors, and we were represented in almost 30 presentations, keynotes and seminars across the four-day show.
PfS supported the new 'Future Schools' feature at Olympia 2, which showcased school environments for 21st Century learning through sponsor case studies and seminars. Tim Byles opened the feature on Wednesday 9 January - his speech can be downloaded below.
Also new to BETT was the 'Policy in Practice' dedicated seminar area was also a great success, and featured several BSF case studies from local authorities and private sector companies.
We would like to thank all of our speakers for joining us at BETT 2008 and making it such a success, and we hope that they and all our visitors found it useful and rewarding.
All of our presentations, and those of our guest speakers, can be downloaded here. For ease of downloading, some have been converted to pdfs, which you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open.
Presentations
In addition to the presentations listed below, PfS Education ICT Advisers gave daily BSF ICT Basics presentations on the PfS stand
Wednesday 9 January
Main seminar programme:
Tim Byles, Chief Executive of PfS, opened the Future Schools area of BETT with a presentation on the BSF programme, Transforming Education in the 21st century. Download his Future Schools speech here.
Also in the main seminar prgramme on the first day was a joint PfS and Training & Development Agency (TDA) presentation, Leading Learning and Changing Practice with BSF
PfS stand:
Delivering Academies through BSF, Rachel Stephenson, PfS
Competitive Dialogue from the bidder's perspective, Northgate
Competitive Dialogue from the bidder's perspective, Redstone
Policy in Practice:
The ICT Output Specification: a BSF case study, Haringey LA
Thursday 10 January
Main seminar programme:
How ICT Supports Special Needs, a BSF Case Study: the headteachers from Forest Oak and Merstone SEN schools in Solihull (which opened in May 2006) and Elaine Barnett, PfS
PfS stand:
Competitive Dialogue from the bidder's perspective, Ramesys
Competitive Dialogue from the bidder's perspective, RM
Competitive Dialogue from the bidder's perspective, Sun Microsystems
Policy in Practice:
ICT in the Outline Business Case: a BSF case study, Luton LA
Friday 11 January
Main seminar programme:
Tim Byles spoke to a packed audience about BSF: the 3 Rs. He focused on the reasons for this unprecedented programme; the growing recognition of the benefits which BSF brings for students, teachers and local communities; and the roll-out of the national programme in 2008 and beyond.
PfS stand:
Competitive Dialogue from the bidder's perspective, Civica
Competitive Dialogue from the bidder's perspective, VT
Saturday 12 January
Main seminar programme:
Steve Moss, Strategic Director, ICT gave a presentation on ICT in BSF.
PfS were also involved in the seminar on Designing Science Learning Spaces, in association with representatives from the National Science Leanring Centre.
Policy in Practice:
BSF Case Study: the ICT managed service experience, Ramesys and Manchester City Council
