Bett

Just back from BETT exhibition in London and said I would share with you some of what I saw whilst it was ‘relatively’ fresh in my mind. I have tried to capture what I considered the best of what I saw under a number of headings.

Digital Repositories
Some great digital repositories which could potentially add huge value to Moodle.
clickview (http://www.clickview.com.au/home.php )
clipbank (http://clipbank.channel4learning.com/ )
TrueTube http://www.truetube.co.uk/ free video resource for lessons in Personal, Social and Health Education & Citizenship

Digital Content Development Tools
Big emphasis on tools enabling learners develop content including 2 I particularly liked
• animation software from creaza (http://www.creaza.com/ )
• easiteach (http://www.lightbox-ed.com/ )

Interactivity
To turn a standard whiteboard into an interactive one the Ebeam engaged (http://www.luidia.com/ ) is a more user friendly version of the eBeam edge launched last year
Loads of collaborative pads and voting systems I liked mobi view from eInstruction (http://www.einstruction.com/products/mobile-interactive-whiteboards/mobi-view )

Computer Furniture
Dual purpose desks from folio (http://www.folio.co.uk/ )
Isis (http://www.isisconcepts.co.uk/ ) have great furniture including tables with inbuilt laptop charging units which are coming to the market soon

Assistive Technology
• Writeonlinr from crick (http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/products/tools/writeonline/default.aspx ) helping learners' with literacy reading and writing difficulties
• Similar product from Jabbla WordSprint (http://www.jabbla.com/software/products.asp?Lid=4&pnav=;2;&item=11 )
• Proloquo2go App http://www.proloquo2go.com/ assistive technology for learners with Special EducationaL Needs
• High quality reading pens for 200 euro http://www.scanningpen.co.uk/

Library Software
Intellident library software (http://www.intellident.co.uk/_site/ ) - currently developing for use with digital resources so you can loan out digital resources

For language labs I liked Sanako (http://www.sanako.com/Home.iw3 )
Using Groupcall Emerge (http://www.groupcall.com/pro_emerge.html ) you can take electronic registration on an iPhone

Innovative award winning digital projects Illumina (http://www.illumina.co.uk/projects/learning.php )
http://www.moople.net/ - Single Sign On to access VLE and Web 2.0 technologies



Subject Specific
1. Science
Data harvest - brilliant devices for capturing data for science experiments

2. English
The Poetry Station (http://www.thepoetrychannel.org.uk/ ) an interactive poetry site

3. Geography
http://www.dreamteach.co.uk/ Teaching resource package for Geography teachers


4. History
digital historical atlas from http://www.linkpresentation.com/ good on European history

5. Maths
Mathletics http://www.mathletics.ie/