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Ray Barker, Director, BESA
Colin Penfold, Director, Partnerships and Commissioning, Becta
What makes a good product?
BETT 08Saturday, 12 January 2008
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Awarding creative and innovative products for teachers and learners
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The BETT awards aim to:• Represent the needs of the education system.
• Reward vibrant products that support innovation and personalising learning.
• Stimulate the design, production and delivery of quality products, fit for purpose within the marketplace.
• Provide options for people who want to buy innovative products.
• Reward inclusive and accessible designs.
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Judging criteria include:
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Christine deGraft-Hanson
Deputy Principal, Parkwood Hall School,
ICT in Practice Awards winner 2001 & BETT Awards judge 2008
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Products should be…• Innovative
• creative
• inclusive
• educational
• motivational
• content-rich
• extremely user-friendly (intuitive).
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What makes something exceptional?
• One of a kind?
• Cutting-edge or near cutting-edge technology?
• Cross-curricular (if relevant or possible)?
• Accessible to many?
• Looks good?
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The challenge today…
Pro or con?
• Learners who’ve ‘seen it all’
• Learners who can probably use technology better than the
teacher
• Death by software/content
• Funding.
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So…
What criteria would YOU look for?
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Sarah Neild
Primary School AST, Birchley St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, St Helens,
ICT in Practice Awards runner-up 2004 & BETT Awards judge 2006-8
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A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web pagehttp://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113
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A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web pagehttp://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113
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A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web pagehttp://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113
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Ease of access to the resources
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Straightforward
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Differentiation
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Prompts
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Interaction
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A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web pagehttp://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113
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