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The only secondary-specific guide to the exhibitors, CPD and attractions of Bett 2018

Sponsored by SecEd INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

Transformation is one of the key themes of Celebrating education transformation the 2018 Bett Show, which will once again showcase the game- changing technologies that schools can use to prepare students for an unpredictable future...

he world we live and work in is in a state of constant flux. TCareers, economies and societies are changing at a pace unlike anything the world has seen since the Industrial Revolution. With technology being the key driver of so many of the changes, and with the online and digital experience now being of such importance, the way we create, consume and share information the technology to life in the has changed drastically. classroom. This means that educators At Bett they gather to share are now tasked with teaching a stories and practical tools which generation of children who relate go on to have an influence on REASON NO. 1 to the world through touch- education throughout the world screens, SmartPhones and social for the year to come. media. At Bett 2018 you can expect to offer on-screen assessments The challenges that opportunities to get up-to-date accompany this transformation with key topics such as creative are plentiful – from the difficulty thinking and teaching, the new in engaging students who have computing curriculum, e-safety, The questions require students unlimited access to information, data-driven tech, assessment, and to mandatory curriculum managing budgets. These topics both to be creative and to teaching on topics that teachers and more will be covered in themselves may have limited streamlined CPD and exhibition work with data. experience with. content developed to help This is all in the context of visitors make the most of their that now well-aired prediction: time at the show. many of the jobs that today’s Additionally this year, to children will do don’t yet even address the issue of demand, exist. the “must-see” talks taking And so, the role of education place in the Bett Arena are to be is more important than ever screened around the show so that before, and technology and all visitors can have access to innovation are key factors the headline content, no matter in helping us all to meet the where they are. challenges of the future. And when it comes to To learn more, meet the IB With this in mind, Bett 2018 transformation, Bett 2018 is a celebration of education and, will shine a light on some of in particular, the role it plays in the exciting developments in at Stand B84 or visit helping students to prepare for technology that could have a their uncertain and unpredictable significant impact on the way we www.ibo.org/bett-show futures. approach education. Companies are starting to Innovation breeds innovation fully explore the potential of Inspiring stories from teachers game-changing innovations are always at the heart of Bett. like artificial intelligence (AI), A community of educators augmented and virtual reality and innovators has been built (AR/VR) and tech-powered around Bett over the years, and adaptive learning solutions. it is these people who bring Just as we didn’t know back

2 SecEd INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Celebrating education transformation

Government priorities Bett Show top tips In the Autumn Budget 2017, chancellor Philip Hammond • Unless you spend all week at Bett, it is unlikely that you’d emphasised the need to prepare get to see all the CPD sessions and exhibitors so we students to be able to compete in recommend that you use the Bett Show website to pre- a post-Brexit world. There were plan your visit. a number of announcements relating to technology skills in • Register for the show in advance of your visit on the Bett schools, including a tripling website (www.bettshow.com). This means you can walk in the number of trained straight in on arrival. computer science teachers and • Post-show planning is just as important as pre-show a £30 million investment in planning. Gather information and take the time to reflect testing emerging technology with your colleagues on what you saw at the show. like AI. This is backed up with a commitment to work with • Make the most of the BESA Information Point – it is there industry to ensure the plan is to help you get the most from your visit and can point efficient and adaptable. you in the direction of the suppliers addressing your areas Perhaps most importantly, of interest. given the growing complaints of • Reserve a free seat for your chosen seminars in advance teachers who do not feel able to teach these skills, an additional of the show through the website. £42 million fund will be set • Take advantage of the networking opportunities that the up for teachers’ professional show provides – share ideas and source advice from peers. training. • Last but not least, wear comfortable shoes! The exhibition Image: Jack Terry Photography Image: Jack Terry More than 800 suppliers will be Alongside the leading will form a crucial part of our in 1981 that the computer showcasing their latest products technology firms and education future. would go on to revolutionise across four days at Bett 2018, resource suppliers, Bett Futures For more on the key features at most industries, we don’t know offering visitors the opportunity returns again to help visitors this year’s Bett Show, including if or how these latest exciting to touch, test and evaluate discover some of the boldest the Bett Arena highlights and technologies will change the face solutions. and most inventive products that other CPD sessions, see pages 8 of education. But we do know Being able to get to grips look set to be game-changers in and 9. that this conversation is not with products and demonstrate education in the near future (see Enjoy the show! restricted to the protected bubble their value is perhaps one of the pages 20 and 21 for more on this of Silicon Valley – teachers most crucial features of Bett year’s Bett Futures space). Further information across the world are getting and to help visitors explore Meanwhile the STEAM Bett 2018 will run over four involved in the exploration and the practicalities of working Village emphasises the role days from January 24 to 27 at the creation of these solutions. with technology, the new that creativity and the arts play ExCeL, London. For more about They are working to find out “Solutions Den” feature will be in STEM education, helping the programme of content and to how tech can work for them demystifying some of the latest teachers to keep up with the register for your free pass, visit and their students and inform tech developments for teachers. growing demand for skills that www.bettshow.com the development of what comes next. This is precisely what the Bett Show facts and figures sector needs. In order to keep • The first ever Bett show was held in 1985 as the “Hi Technology and Computers in up with the pace of change and continue to provide a relevant Education Exhibition” at the Barbican Centre, London. Bett 2018 will be the 34th show. and engaging education to our • Around 35,000 people now attend Bett every year, coming from more than 120 countries. students, it is imperative that • More than 800 companies who market to schools, colleges and education establishments educators, from early years right will exhibit at the show in 2018. through to higher education, unite behind this goal. • The show floor space at ExCeL London equals that of 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Contents: Bett Guide 2018

Introductions • Getting the most out of Bett Page 10 • Core subjects Page 26 • Introduction to Bett 2018 Pages 2-3 • The EDUCATE project Page 11 • STEM & coding Page 27 • State of the ICT nation Pages 4-5 • Bett Awards 2018 Page 22 • Pastoral support Page 28 • SEN technology Page 28 Bett highlights and advice The Bett Exhibition • Classroom technology Page 30 • International Baccalaureate Page 6 • Bett 2018 floorplan Pages 16-17 • The Bett Arena Page 8 • London’s ExCeL Page 17 General technology advice • Show features Page 8 • Selected exhibitor listings Pages 15 & 18 • Ed tech trends Pages 12-13 • Seminar/CPD highlights Page 9 • Bett Futures Pages 20-21 • Computing resources Pages 24-25 Cover image: Adobe Stock

SecEd 3 STATE OF THE NATION Resource Our Schools

As many schools reduce reining in their expenditure more than they had – on increasing staff anticipated earlier in the year. salaries and removing their spending on classroom Where secondary school headteachers had the cap on public sector predicted a decrease of 3.8 per cent when last pay, it is paramount that resources and technology surveyed in April 2017, this has now declined the funding of resources is by an additional percentage point. not overlooked. in light of budget pressures, In cash terms, this means that the average Schools are now starting to secondary school will be spending £7,840 less lack even essential resources. Patrick Hayes reports on a on educational resources this year than they did While there are doubtless in the previous year. efficiencies to be made, the new campaign urging better This amounts to a decline of more than impact of cutting back on £17,000 over the past two years alone. resources upon a child’s funding for education A total of 35 per cent of secondary school education should not be leaders are now saying they will lower their underestimated. espite tightening budgets, it remains expenditure on ICT, compared to just 23 per There is a powerful vital to resource our schools. cent at the start of this year. evidence-base to show Across the UK, schools have been On other education resources, 50 per cent that resources matter Dreducing their resources expenditure in 2017. of secondary school leaders say they will be – from the size of The reality is worse than at during any time in decreasing their expenditure. Only 18 per cent the furniture, to the the past 15 years, according to the most recent anticipate an increase. quality of the science procurement research carried out by the British The overall forecast for resources expenditure equipment. Educational Suppliers Association (BESA). across UK secondary schools is one of a 10 per We are hearing BESA undertakes quarterly research with the cent market reduction over the past two years. accounts from National Education Research Panel (NERP). Even during the great recession, secondary across the school This involves a representative sample of schools were spending more on educational sector of corners headteachers from across the UK. Our most resources. being cut. These recent research report found that the forecast for There is, rightly, mounting pressure on the range from YouTube clips spending on resources in secondary schools in government to increase the overall education being shown in place of practical science 2017 was a 4.8 per cent reduction in expenditure budget – although no additional funding was experiments, to parents being asked to pay for year-on-year. forthcoming in the recent Autumn Budget. textbooks. Worryingly, our report found that schools are However, while the focus is – understandably Science resources are being hit particularly 9th National Conference Organised by: The Pupil Premium & Ofsted: Ensuring Successful Outcomes A SecEd & Headteacher Update conference EARLY BIRD EXPIRES ND 23 March 2018 The Gallery, The NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT 22 DECEMBER – BOOK NOW! One-day programme

9.00-9.25 Registration, refreshments and exhibition viewing B PRIMARY (JUNIOR): An Ofsted experience: C KEYNOTE: PRIMARY: The Pupil Premium: Inspection in the context of the Pupil Premium Practical strategies for effective intervention 9.25-9.30 Welcome & introduction Philip Craig, Headteacher, Rose Green Junior School, West Sussex Wendy Baxter, Interim Headteacher Pete Henshaw, editor SecEd & Headteacher Update (PP: 16%) 2.55-3.15 Refreshments & exhibition viewing 9.30-10.45 KEYNOTE SESSION 1 C SECONDARY: The Pupil Premium: An 18 month journey 3.15-4.05 WORKSHOP SESSION 2 CROSS-PHASE: Inspecting the Pupil Premium: of improvement Pete Taylor, Assistant Headteacher, Director of Progress & Standards, A PRIMARY (INFANTS): Parental Engagement and the Pupil Advice and guidance from Ofsted Cans eld High School, Ashton In Maker eld, Wigan (PP: 28%) Premium in Reception & Key Stage 1 Peter Humphries, Senior Her Majesty’s Inspector, Schools, Paul Jordan, Headteacher, and Claire Smith, Deputy Headteacher, West Midlands Region D SECONDARY: Pupil Premium: Leadership, timetabling Thames View Infants, Barking, East London (PP: 46%) (Delegates are invited to submit questions in advance for this session and reviews via [email protected]) Kate Hibbs, Deputy Headteacher (with responsibility for Pupil Premium), B PRIMARY: Parental engagement to support Pupil 10.45-11.05 Refreshments & exhibition viewing Barr Beacon School, Walsall Premium families Fiona Sadler, Pastoral Lead & Parent Support Advisor, Catton Grove E SECONDARY: Writing a Pupil Premium plan, evaluating 11.05-12.05 KEYNOTE SESSION 2 Primary School, Norwich (PP: 45%) interventions and demonstrating impact A PRIMARY: Ofsted and the Pupil Premium: Matt Bromley, Educational Consultant, Bromley Education, Yorkshire C SECONDARY: Identifying and tackling speech, language and communication needs to raise Pupil Premium outcomes Lessons from experience 1.05-1.55 Lunch and exhibition viewing Tony Draper, CEO, Lakes Academies Trust, Bletchley & former Carmen De Pablo López, Head of Inclusion, and Marina Breed, Language Support Centre Manager, Tor Bridge High, Plymouth (PP: 32%) president of the NAHT 1.55-2.55 KEYNOTE SESSION 3 B SECONDARY: Ofsted and the Pupil Premium: A KEYNOTE: CROSS-PHASE: How effective employer D SECONDARY: From rapid to sustained improvement: A Pupil Lessons from experience engagement can raise aspirations and outcomes for Pupil Premium journey moving from short to long-term planning Dan Roberts, Deputy Headteacher, Coleridge Community College, Stephen Rollett, Inspections Specialist, ASCL Premium students at both primary and secondary level Cambridge (PP: 40%) Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel, Head of Research, and Charlotte Thurston, 12.15-1.05 WORKSHOP SESSION 1 Head of Schools, Education & Employers, London E SECONDARY: Mental health: Coping strategies to help Pupil Premium students thrive in key stages 4 and 5 A PRIMARY: Identifying and supporting the additional B KEYNOTE: SECONDARY: An Ofsted experience: Inspection Ruth Golding, Head of School & Plymouth Secondary Mental Health Lead, needs and SEN of Pupil Premium pupils in the context of the Pupil Premium Tor Bridge High, Plymouth (PP: 32%) Beccie Hawes, Head of Service, Rushall Inclusion Advisory Team, Martin Guiver, Pupil Premium Co-ordinator, Caroline Chisholm School, Rushall Primary School, West Midlands Northampton (PP: 8%) 4.05 Close of conference Call +44 (0)207 501 6761 or visit www.pupilpremiumconference.com

4 SecEd STATE OF THE NATION hard, as is clear from the recent Gatsby Decisions are being made based on financial, every school has access to the resources they Foundation report Good Practical Science. not educational value.” need to deliver the education that our children The report is informed by an extensive survey This sentiment is echoed by Michael deserve. There is a bitter irony in the fact that of 10 per cent of secondary Forshaw, founder of Innovate My School, British resources are renowned as being the schools in England about which works with schools across the country gold-standard across the globe, but increasingly the state of practical to showcase the latest educational innovations: schools outside of the UK are better able to science in their schools. “There are so many useful resources now afford them than in the country where they It finds that only 42 per available to teachers, online and offline, that will originated. cent of schools said that their laboratories have “sufficient equipment to make it possible for In cash terms, this means that the teachers to do standard practical activities expected average secondary school will be spending in their specialist subject at that level”. £7,840 less on educational resources this year Elsewhere, we see ‘ frequent headlines in the media about parents than they did in the previous year being asked to pay for educational resources due to budget cuts. help make lessons more engaging and creative; Hundreds of organisations, teachers, parents We also hear of resources that will improve efficiencies and and suppliers have already signed the Resource teachers paying out save schools money; resources that will plug Our Schools statement on the campaign website. of their own pockets skill gaps to ensure all pupils are given an equal Every signature counts in helping to ensure that to ensure that their opportunity to flourish.” school resources don’t slip off the government’ pupils get the He continued: “It is a travesty that they are radar. If you haven’t already, please do consider resources they unable to make use of the innovation that is out signing it. need to learn. there. We must, therefore, do everything we can One secondary to put it in their hands now, before it is too late.” • Patrick Hayes is director of British school teacher This is why this year, we at BESA launched Educational Suppliers Association (BESA). told us that: “If our Resource Our Schools campaign, working BESA will be operating the Bett Show 2018 I need specialist Image: Adobe Stock with subject associations and representative Information Point on stand B120. resources, I have to buy bodies, such as the National Association of them myself. Money is tight – I find myself Head Teachers, Naace and the Association for Further information getting wound up over children using too Science Education. The Resource Our Schools campaign: much glue, or sharpening pencils too much! The campaign is dedicated to ensuring that www.resourceourschools.com

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SecEd 5 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE The future of assessment

The younger generation lives 24/7 with technology and yet we continue to assess them in old-fashioned ways. Adrian Kearney looks at an alternative approach

n today’s digital age, “Generation Z” and the forthcoming “Generation Alpha” are saturated with technology: from logging Ion to their favourite social media platform to downloading the latest applications, technology is near-on inescapable in day-to-day life. For this reason, it seems surprising that education has not caught up with the use of technology as quickly as other industries have, especially as students make up the age group that clocks up the most online hours. Computers have been used in schools and universities since the 1980s, but their purpose has barely changed. Computers and, more increasingly, tablets

are used as aids to enhance the learning Photography Image: Jack Terry process, but are seldom used for assessment purposes. have implemented the use of technology when a student’s potential and not merely represent Incorporating modern technology into assessing students, as it is rare for people what they can remember. more areas of education can only complement nowadays to write by hand for an extended This challenging and innovative approach length of time, as laptops, computers and to assessment is more likely to create well- tablets are being used in daily schooling. rounded learners who have the ability to think The International Baccalaureate (IB) critically, creatively and with the wider picture This challenging developed the Middle-years Programme in mind. (MYP) eAssessment to lead change in By incorporating technology into more and innovative educational assessment by launching an aspects of teaching and learning, particularly on-screen assessment model to evaluate when assessing students, education can be kept approach to students’ progress and test their knowledge. pertinent in the modern world and can more A key element of the eAssessment is that readily measure students on a wider range of ‘ it bases just 25 per cent of its evaluation abilities that are going to be applicable to the assessment is more on knowledge and understanding, with the workplace and later life. rest of the examination focusing on inquiry, The eAssessment is a key stage in the likely to create well- communication and critical thinking skills. IB journey to developing students who This forward-thinking approach to are forward-thinking individuals, with the rounded learners assessment, paired with the on-screen element, motivation to create a better world. provides students with an opportunity to who have the ability express themselves, and also the scope to • Adrian Kearney is director of IB World interact with images, visual texts, videos and Schools at the International Baccalaureate complex models. (Stand B84). to think critically, Assessing students is a core part of the teaching and learning process, but not one that Further information creatively and with should remain rigid while the ever-increasingly • At Bett 2018, representatives from the IB globalised world moves around it. will be showcasing its innovative on-screen the wider picture in On-screen assessments allow students examinations, which offer a media-rich to convey information that they know in a immersive assessment experience for familiar and comfortable environment, while the authentic assessment of skills and mind having the space to express their knowledge, knowledge. The demonstrations will take critical thinking and inquisitiveness in a place at 11am and 3pm daily (Stand B84) broader fashion. and are limited to 15 people per session. pedagogy: providing teachers with a variety The eAssessment is media-rich and • For your chance to win free online CPD of tools, processes and resources that can dynamic, with questions designed to require covering topics such as leadership and be used not only to enhance the learning creative answers, or responses that need international-mindedness in an educational process further, but to assess students in a students to manipulate data and present new context, visit us to complete an entry form contemporary environment that’ they are used understandings in a way that is not possible and be entered into the daily prize draw to. when putting pen to paper. • For more on the IB go to www.ibo.org/uk or It is surprising that few education systems Assessments should convey the full extent of visit us at Bett 2018 (Stand B84).

6 SecEd REASON NO. 2 to offer on-screen assessments This forward-thinking approach to assessment gives students the opportunity to express themselves and the scope to interact with images, videos and complex models.

To learn more, meet the IB at Stand B84 or visit www.ibo.org/bett-show SHOW FEATURES

From the Solutions Den, to the STEAM Village and the Bett Arena, the show has a The Bett Arena number of special features on offer for 2018...

he CPD and seminar content at Bett 2018 is to be divided across four main theatres. The largest of these – the central TBett Arena (pictured during the 2017 show) – will be home to some of the biggest names at the show and will focus on some of the latest developments in technology in education. Alongside the Bett Arena, there will be the Schools Theatre, and the Post-16 Theatre. For more on these, see page 9, opposite. New this year, the 2018 Bett Arena sessions will be screened in areas around the show floor to help address the perennial issue of demand versus supply that is faced by Bett’s organisers. The Bett Arena Photography Image: Jack Terry The first session in the arena will be the official of learning. In addition to their perspective on personal journey of the support he received from opening of Bett by education secretary Justine technology, these students have created lessons The Prince’s Trust to inspire young people who Greening at 10:30am on the Wednesday (January and taught within the classroom and will show are NEET, or at risk of leaving education and 24). how instructional practices can evolve to meet training. Nathan will demonstrate how a hands- After hearing from Ms Greening, the Bett the changing needs of students and technology. on approach to STEM engagement incorporates Arena will then host the launch of its new annual a range of learning styles and fun challenges to temperature check for innovation in education – Peer-to-peer learning: children, technology make the difference when working with young the Bett Innovation Index. The project follows and fulfilled lives, 1:15pm, Thursday, January people who are disengaged with mainstream a large-scale survey conducted in autumn 2017 25 education. that explored global approaches to innovation in Lord Jim Knight, the former schools minister, education, with the aim of better understanding hosts a chat with Baroness Beeban Kidron, Other key features how they work – from awareness through to director of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Around the show floor at Bett there are a range adoption. The results will be presented for the and co-founder of education charity Filmclub. of other feature areas and highlights. first time to outline the “culture of innovation Bringing together expertise in the modern This year, there is a new service to make that develops in institutions who engage with schools’ landscape, the pressing demands of collaboration and networking with peers and new approaches to technology”. education on working families and the emerging companies easier. To support this, Bett’s new Other sessions in the Bett Arena will look at role of technology in a modern democracy, networking tool, Connect@Bett, helps visitors emerging pedagogy, global and local education they will draw on current trends to explore the make the most of their time over the four days movements, practical considerations and opportunities facing today’s children in the of the event, helping them search for appropriate inspiring stories. We preview some here: decades ahead as they learn and grow, move exhibitors, set up meetings and use the dedicated from education to the world of work, and begin Connect@Bett lounge for meetings. Mountain or molehill? GDPR in perspective, shaping society in their image. Having one eye on the horizon, Bett Futures 12:30pm, Wednesday, January 24 has developed from a small platform at Bett The new EU General Data Protection Regulation Ethical hackers: turning the tables on the that helps nurture emerging ed tech start-up (GDPR) is a game-changer in the world of data cybercriminals targeting education, 12:15pm, companies to being a major part of the show. See protection. Increased rights for individuals, Friday, January 26 pages 20 and 21 for a round-up of some of the increased responsibilities for data processors This session will show how the possibility innovative companies there this year. and massively increased penalties mean we and promise of the Internet of Things (IoT) Elsewhere, the Solutions Den is a new show all have to take it seriously. For education, this overshadows the omnipresent threats that many feature where visitors can see products in action. is an increased burden to comply with new connected computers, servers and mobile Visitors can also ask questions, get hands on rules: privacy notices; appointing a DPO; data devices in an academic environment pose in an with cutting edge tech, and share experiences audits; data protection impact assessments; the always-on array of vulnerable points. As the role with those who use the products day-to-day. legal basis for processing the personal data on of data grows, and with the on-coming GDPR Following its success in 2016 and 2017, staff, pupils, parents, governors; and the issue juggernaut, school leaders everywhere must the STEAM Village (science, technology, of consent. We realise GDPR is coming, but is look at the world of information and security engineering, art and mathematics) will return it a mountain we will struggle to conquer or a differently and confront their responsibilities again to play host to a number of organisations molehill we need to avoid tripping over? to capture, manage and store the data of supporting learning in the STEAM subjects. The learners and their families safely and securely. Village is an interactive space for teachers to try Flipping the future: students share global BlackBerry’s director of cyber security and out products. Experts will be on hand to guide perspectives, 11:15am, Thursday, January 26 ethical hacker-in-chief James McDowell will visitors through key STEAM topics, teaching What happens when students take a leadership also demonstrate the ease of hacking an IoT- methods, and new and emerging technologies. role with their learning and classroom? It enabled device live on stage. turns out that the results are magical and Further information inspire considerable transformation in both the STEM engagement for the disengaged, The programme of seminar content is available classroom culture and student confidence. In this an award-winning strategy, 1pm, Friday, on the Bett website and is continually updated as session, students from all over Europe and North January 26 new speakers are confirmed. All sessions are free America share their experience with technology, Multi award-winning Rewise CEO and Prince’s to attend. Find out more at www.bettshow.com/ instruction and their viewpoint of the future Trust Young Ambassador Nathan Wise shares his bett-seminar-programme-2018#/

8 SecEd SEMINAR PROGRAMME

For 2018, Bett has streamlined its usual range of theatres and CPD sessions. We look at some of what’s in store...

ett’s CPD and seminar content is spread across different theatres and streams but, in response to visitor Bfeedback from Bett 2017, this has been streamlined for 2018. It means that Bett will be presenting talks on four larger stages and theatres. Each will have improved A/V and theatre production. The stages of relevance to secondary school attendees are the Bett Arena (see page 8, opposite), the Schools Theatre, and possibly the Post-16 Theatre. What has not changed, however, is the aim of the CPD offer – to give practical insights, tools and approaches that can be taken back to CPD and the classroom right away. Topics for 2018 range from being effective with budgets, managing teacher workload and dealing with teacher recruitment and retention inspiration issues, to solutions to manage pupil progress and attainment and methods of creative Photography Image: Jack Terry teaching. Some of the key technology themes being kinaesthetic and project-based learning, The appropriate use of both technology and explored will include the effective assessment students are using tech to design their own outdoor learning were at the heart of his of computing learning, demonstrating the virtual field trips, build geographic and transformation agenda. This included the value of technology to senior leadership scientific models, and use social media to development of one-to-one computing across teams, infrastructure, and having the share and view their work. They’re creating the school, radical changes to the curriculum bandwidth and systems in place to support flip books with animation tools to tell the story and the development of a digital learning and good technology use in the classroom. of their learning outcomes. This approach teaching toolkit. In the main schools programme, peer-led combines tech with hands-on learning that’s In this session, Ollie will share his story of seminars will be taking current issues and embedded across the curriculum resulting in school improvement, including pedagogical explaining current solutions or approaches at fully immersed students. This session provides tips at the classroom level as well as whole- work within a school that other schools can new ideas on how to implement innovative school advice. learn from. approaches and tools for project-based As this guide went to press, the CPD learning. How can we create job-ready students? programme was still in development so it 3:45pm, Thursday, January 25, Schools is worth checking out the Bett website for Bridging the 21st century skills gap Theatre. news of the latest speakers. But some of the with 3D-printing in classrooms, 4:30pm, This session will feature three teachers and confirmed highlights are listed below: Wednesday, January 24, Schools Theatre pedagogical experts who will discuss how (Michael Miller, technology & computer they bring 21st century pedagogy to life. Tackling the computing curriculum science teacher, Otsego Public Schools, with computational thinking, 1:30pm, USA) Using Virtual Reality for deeper Wednesday, January 24, Schools Theatre Michael Miller will share how he engages learning, 2:15pm, Friday, January 26, (Shahneila Saeed, director at Digital his students by bringing 3D printing into his Schools Theatre (Ian Phillips, director of Schoolhouse, and Tony Gilbert, computing classroom. Having a physical object linked technology, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ lecturer and ICT leader at New College) to design thinking activities helps bring School) Tony Gilbert is working with the not-for-profit context to computer science and therefore Much has been said about what augmented Digital Schoolhouse project to look at how encourage higher-level skills while applying and virtual reality can do for education. Ian we can make the computing curriculum more STEM concepts. In doing so this has allowed Phillips will talk about how his school is using inspiring, especially when teachers may not him to involve more girls with robotics and virtual reality to help them become immersive have the right level of computing knowledge. STEM, which has given students an insight story-tellers, creating 360-degree virtual tours, This session will share the approaches of the into different career paths. Students who see and finding new ways to use project-based Digital Schoolhouse initiative, which aims to the results of their equations and work in learning. Find out about how the students inspire teachers and young pupils to tackle 3D physical form tend to take a much more author their projects in Unity, a VR content common misconceptions within the UK serious (but fun) view of STEM fields. development platform, are collaborating computing curriculum. with CoSpaces, have Skype sessions with Tony will demonstrate ideas for cross- Leading a digital learning strategy, 12pm, industry experts, and follow the work of tech curricular learning, including teaching Thursday, January 25, Schools Theatre entrepreneurs. computing through dance, jigsaw puzzles, (Ollie Bray, headteacher at Kingussie High word games and role play. School) Further information Ollie Bray has been instrumental in leading The programme of CPD and seminar Transformative ideas for integrated blended digital learning across Scotland and around the content is available on the Bett website and learning, 3:45pm, Wednesday, January 24, world. In 2013 when he became headteacher, is continually updated as new speakers are Post-16 Theatre (Gareth Shaw, ICT leader he set out on a journey to transform his confirmed. All sessions are free to attend. Find and educator, Ballyclare High School) school, improving the lives of children and out more at www.bettshow.com/bett-seminar- At Ballyclare, with an emphasis on young people in the Scottish Highlands. programme-2018#/

SecEd 9 SHOW ADVICE Getting the most out of Bett

ICT expert and seasoned Bett attendee Terry Freedman offers his tips for how you can get the most out of Bett 2018

t is coming up to that time of year again. That’s right, the Bett Show, a four-day extravaganza, with several conferences, Iseminars and exhibitions under one roof. So how can you ensure that you obtain the most benefit from attending? There are four main aspects to consider: permission, planning, attending and following- up. Let’s look at each of these in turn. Permission

If you have to apply to your senior leadership Photography Image: Jack Terry team to attend conferences and other events, now’s the time to do so. Bett takes place at around and hoping for the best, it is much better • A phone loaded with a QR code reader, and ExCeL in London at the end of January and so to have at least some idea of what you are so you can take photos (of slides in seminars, there is no time to lose. So what can you say to hoping to find out. and exhibition stands as an aide-memoir). your senior leadership team to persuade them to For example, are you interested in virtual Armed with your plan, then work out an let you go? reality applications? Then make a list of efficient route to see all the exhibitors on your If you’re thinking of buying a particular kind the exhibitors who are involved in VR, and list. Unless you like walking backwards and of product, Bett is a good place to go in order to earmark one or two seminars that cover the forwards for hours, it’s better to organise your very quickly see and compare several products topic. route by stand number rather than by theme. On or services that could fit the bill. This will help By all means build-in time for wandering that subject, familiarise yourself with the layout the school get the best value from the purchase. “aimlessly”, because you never know what of the space. It’s based on a grid system, and is Also, if you already have a particular product delights you may come across, but having quite logical once you get used to it. or service, meeting the supplier at Bett could even a partial plan means that you will achieve Whatever else is on your list, do make time help to develop a more personal relationship something, whatever happens. to visit the Bett Futures area. This is where with the company. Keep checking the Bett hashtag on Twitter, start-ups or very young companies display their Key point: emphasise the benefits to the too. The official one is #Bett2018, but people wares, and it’s very refreshing. school of your attendance, not just yourself. If invent their own, so check-out #Bett18 and Not only are the products quite interesting in you lead a team of computing teachers, then try other variations too. Follow Bett itself on themselves as a rule, but chances are you will and get the go-ahead for them to attend as well. Twitter @bett_show. get to chat to the person who actually created On a practical note, make sure you have a them. That’s a far cry from the usual situation travel card of some sort, because you’ll need of dealing with large corporations (for more on Unless you like it for the buses and Tube in London. Also, Bett Futures, see pages 20 and 21). especially if you intend going on the Saturday, check the Transport for London website for line Following up walking backwards closures, as they tend to do engineering works Finally, what to do afterwards? One thing to do at weekends (https://tfl.gov.uk/). is share your notes of talks you have attended and forwards for and products you have seen with colleagues, as ‘ Attending appropriate. hours, it’s better to ExCel is a vast cavern of a place (the same If you are a head of computing or similar, size as 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools, convene a meeting with your team to discuss apparently), with concrete floors, no sunlight how what you saw and heard at Bett should organise your route and air conditioning. inform your future planning. Add in a huge crowd, and you begin to If getting permission to attend was a bit of by stand number detect that without some attention to the basics, a struggle, you might consider drafting a brief you may be in for a pretty tiring day. report for the powers-that-be. If they can see rather than by So wear comfortable shoes if you can, and that you have provided the school with useful make sure you take water with you. Other information, then hopefully it will be easier to useful things to take with you are: get permission to go next year. theme • Business cards, for networking with, giving Good luck! to suppliers so they can send you information (no sense in lugging it all home), and for • Terry Freedman is a freelance writer, trainer Planning entering prize draws. and speaker on education technology. He Keep your eye on the Bett website (www. • A mini-stapler, so that you can staple your publishes the ICT & Computing in Education bettshow.com) for details of the seminar business card to the form that suppliers ask website at www.ictineducation.org and is programmes and also the exhibitors. Rather you to fill in (unless they “zap” you with a the author of How to Get the Most out of than go along with the aim of wandering’ barcode reader). Education Conferences.

10 SecEd EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY The EDUCATE collaboration

The EDUCATE project is bringing together teachers, researchers and tech innovators in a bid to solve some of the challenges facing schools. Professor Rose Luckin explains more ahead of its formal launch at Bett Image: Adobe Stock

eacher workload is one of the biggest enrols cohorts of entrepreneurs from business, in which your pupils engage with learning. Now challenges facing the profession. When research and education. It provides them with you can get more involved in that process. you’re burning the midnight oil marking training in how to conduct research into “what Our aim at EDUCATE is to help the UK’s hundredsT of pieces or work, or preparing the works”, and how to understand existing research education and technology sectors maintain next day’s lessons, do you ever ask yourself: “I evidence. It also offers business and product a leading edge for innovation and learning wonder if there’s a piece of software that could development training, and mentoring by experts efficacy. do this for me?” in their field. That is why, in the coming year, we will The chances are that, if there isn’t already, All of this happens in our London co-working be looking to recruit teacher innovators and then someone is working on it. It might just space, for a period of up to six months. But it developers from among the hundreds of be a kernel of an idea, one of those “lights on” doesn’t end there. We continue to engage with thousands of classroom practitioners in the UK. moments, that starts the exciting journey from our cohorts after they have moved on through We know there is great work already going a concept and will end with an app or software an EDUCATE alumni network, which offers on in our schools, and that many teachers are that will do some of the work for you and lighten continued advice and professional support. embracing the opportunities that technology your load. Since it was set up last year, EDUCATE has offers in ever more innovative and engaging Or there might already be a group of teachers helped 23 start-ups, companies and researchers ways to motivate learners. and neuro-scientists working together at a more to realise their ambitions and aspirations by Perhaps there are teachers among you who advanced stage, looking at how teachers do their providing research, expertise and facilities for have started work on developing a possible jobs and how children learn, and how those people to meet, discuss and develop their ideas product, or who are trying out possibilities in combined skills and potential can come together and designs. your classrooms with a view to developing your to make education more effective and engaging. We provide advice clinics for developers ideas further in the future. If this is the case, then The EDUCATE project is doing exactly on how to make their products and services we want to hear from you. Our plan is to recruit these things. It is creating the opportunities commercial and marketable, and put them in a number of new teacher entrepreneurs every and conditions for brilliant ideas and concepts touch with experts and mentors who can support three months or so, who will work with us on to become something real and tangible, to and guide them through the process. their concepts and ideas. revolutionise how you work in the classroom, Teachers already know the extent to which As a member of the EDUCATE team you will and how your students learn. educational technology has the potential to have the opportunity to learn how to use research With flexible working being mooted by change the way they work. Technology has evidence to inform the design of your product ministers as a response to workload, and the the power to enhance the learning experience and service, and to work with other innovators recruitment and retention problem, there is all for students and to help you, the classroom and developers. Support will be given in the more reason to look creatively at new and practitioners, become better educators. developing the business skills necessary to make exciting ways in which this can be achieved. For example, it can help you assess your your idea commercially viable. EDUCATE will EDUCATE, which is based in London, is pupils and then analyse their results, highlighting be formally launched at this year’s Bett Show. a collaboration between a number of leading patterns and anomalies in achievement, which Come and see us on our stand, and talk to our organisations – the UCL Institutes of Education will enable you to tailor and differentiate your representatives about getting involved. and Engineering, F6S, BESA and Nesta. teaching. What used to take hours of your time, Our partnership aims to create a “golden can now be done for you, presented in the way • Professor Rose Luckin is director of triangle” between teachers and learners, ed tech you want, and all in a matter of seconds. EDUCATE London. start-ups and researchers in the ed tech field to As the debate over teacher workload and design and develop technology that will have a flexible working grows, the time seems right to Further information real and positive impact on learning. look at how technology can smooth this route, For more details on the EDUCATE proejct, The £4.5 million project, funded through the and make it work to your advantage. Technology visit them in the Bett Futures area of Bett 2018 EU’s European Regional Development Fund, is already shaping how you work and the ways or you can email [email protected]

SecEd 11 TECHNOLOGY So, what are the ed tech trends awaiting us in 2018?

Bett is the place to see the current trends in education, often years before they become commonplace in schools. We asked Terry Freedman to identify what the future holds

his is a very exciting time to be in education. It’s probably still too early to declare that education technology is partT of schools’ DNA, as Matt Harris puts it in a recent article (November 2017), but we’re probably not far off. There are several reasons for this. First, the majority of schools are almost certainly using software to collect and analyse data such as

absence and lateness. Photography Image: Jack Terry Second, there are so many things going on in Back to reality: A fast-developing ed tech trend is that of virtual and augmented education technology that schools would have to make a concerted effort to avoid adopting at least reality, which has clear uses in education some of them. And finally, it is more than likely that of problem-solving approaches focused on the walking stick. The stick will “know” when as particular kinds of technology become real-world issues. This has been noted by the the user has fallen down, and get help. ubiquitous in the “real world”, it will begin to International Society of Technology in Education This brings us on to the continuing interest seep into schools as well. (February 2017) and also by Fergal Kilroy, head in maker spaces, robotics and even drones (at But let’s look at what’s going on in more of content at Bett (September 2017). least one school in England uses drones as part detail, starting with a couple of areas that, On the face of it, this has nothing to do of its computing curriculum). Interestingly, these ostensibly, have little to do with technology as with ed tech, until we consider that many real- ideas are also being embraced by the wider such. world problems may not be solvable without community. In Essex, for instance, a retired Perhaps the first thing to note is that there is technology. In any case, using ed tech is a engineer has set up a maker space which anyone a growing interest in evidence-based practice. no-brainer for project work, whether for keeping can join, and in East London a library service There’s a plethora of organisations dedicated to track of who is doing what or keeping notes or has set up a space where local kids can learn the practical application of research in education, planning and so on. coding and borrow a Raspberry Pi. including ResearchEd and the recently The leaning towards problem-solving also ties The Horizon Report published in 2017 by the established the EDUCAtional Technology in with the adoption into the national curriculum American research and advocacy group NMC Exchange (EDUCATE) project, which is a of the computing programme of study, with suggests that maker spaces and robotics would collaboration between industry, academics and its emphasis on computational thinking, and take one year or less to be adopted, and this teachers (see page 11). learning and applying “coding” to real-life prediction seems to have been fairly accurate. The collaboration aims to encourage the situations. Another area to watch is the use of what development of evidence-based education This has been a core aspect of the schools might be called “other realities” – virtual reality, technology products and services, and will be work of charity Apps for Good for many augmented reality, and a combination of the two. managed by the University College London in years, of course, but is now becoming more There are plenty of apps and materials partnership with F6S, an organisation that helps widespread. designed to bring subject matter to life, such start-ups, Nesta, the well-known education and Witness, for example, the Raspberry Pi as the working of the heart or what an erupting social research organisation, and the British competition, in which both primary and volcano looks like. Educational Suppliers Association, which secondary school students come up with ways However, this kind of thing pales into represents more than 300 companies. of programming a Raspberry Pi to do something insignificance compared with technology like Perhaps one of the wider consequences of the useful. Microsoft’s Hololens. This provides a 3D current emphasis on evidence is that schools will Last year students at the College of Richard experience that enables you to, for example, become even more savvy and critical when it Collyer created the Lawn Enforcer, a walking walk around a body to see how the skeleton is comes to buying from ed tech companies. stick that can direct the user to their destination constructed or how the vascular system works. Suppliers are going to have to prove their by recognising the commands (such as “Home” It’s not cheap, and there are not yet enough claims rather than rely solely on glossy and “Work”), and includes a portable power resources to justify the cost for secondary brochures and reference sites. supply. A future development is to include GPS schools. However, there is a cheap and cheerful Another trend is the growing adoption location and ultrasonic sensors in the bottom of alternative. Take a photo, and then use Thing

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Link to tag it, embed documents and other One final interesting trend at the moment artefacts, and links, and you (and your students) There are seems to be a move away from all-singing, all- can create your own version of augmented dancing “solutions” towards applications that do reality. one thing, and do it well. There are fascinating developments in the fascinating Of course, the likes of Google and Microsoft world of artificial intelligence (AI). While these don’t have to start panicking, but the key issue have not yet entered the world of school, it is developments in the is that when it comes to education technology, worth watching this space for signs of things to ‘ schools don’t have to put all their eggs in one come. world of artificial basket. For example, one of the online assistants at Georgia Tech university is very helpful. • Terry Freedman is a freelance writer, trainer She answers students’ questions unfailingly intelligence. While and speaker on education technology. He accurately. What students don’t know until they publishes the ICT & Computing in Education are told is that “she” is actually a bot. these have not yet website at www.ictineducation.org Meanwhile, an article in the Guardian in May suggests that chatbots that appear emotionally entered the world Further information intelligent are not far off. Could these one day • For Long-Term Success, EdTech Needs to be take the place of school counsellors? of school, it is worth Part of a School’s DNA, Matt Harris, Ed Tech According to the Horizon Report, the adoption Digest, November 2017: http://bit.ly/2AiaBy9 of AI is four or five years away. Perhaps so, but • 11 hot edtech trends to watch, International when it comes, expect to see some interesting watching this space Society of Technology in Education, February developments in assessment. There is AI 2017: http://bit.ly/2iczaaY software now that can “look at” all the clues in for signs of things to • ‘How can schools use data and artificial a crime scene, plus other evidence such as time intelligence to broaden education and break lines, and make sense of it all. come down barriers for pupils?’ Fergal Kilroy, It is not too outlandish to believe that such Raconteur, September 2017: http://bit. software could be adapted for working out how ly/2k86pgt well a student is doing based on a variety of • Apps for Good: www.appsforgood.org evidence. growing interest in and adoption of ebooks in • Raspberry Pi competition: www.paconsulting. Returning to the present, it was mentioned schools, it is now possible to know not only com/events/raspberry-pi-competition near the start of this article that schools make what each student is reading, but what page they • Horizon Report 2017, NMC: http://bit. use of programs that enable them to collect are on, when they accessed it, and how long ly/2zMPtTq pupil data. There are information management they spent on it. However, whether’ or not many • Microsoft Hololens: http://bit.ly/2hYLaJH systems that will show you who was absent or schools will wish to make use of this technology • Thing Link: www.thinglink.com late at the same time, patterns of absence, and in the light of the forthcoming General Data • Guide to the General Data Protection any correlation between absence or lateness Protection Regulation, with the new duties this Regulation (GDPR), Information and falling grades. Taking this further, with the brings, is anyone’s guess. Commissioner’s Office: http://bit.ly/2BkiJNT SecEdOnline wwwsec-edcouk

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Listed here and on page BLUE SKY SYSTEMS B354 DELPHIMATICS E422 GL ASSESSMENT B149 18 are selected suppliers BOARDWORKS C143 DELTA ELECTRONICS C135 GO 4 SCHOOLS F300 GOOGLE C230 exhibiting at Bett 2018. For BODET A260 DERVENTIO EDUCATION G390 BOOLINO D320 DESIGNSOFT B61 GOPAK F89 a list of all exhibitors, visit BOOP C40G DEVELOPING EXPERTS D492 GRATNELLS A310 the Information Point (B120) BOTTLE TOP MEDIA C121 DF ROBOT E482 GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY D140 or see the show’s website at BOXED D450 DIAGENESIS TECHNOLOGY D453 GROUPCALL C190 GUANGZHOU ETOINFO www.bettshow.com BOXFORD G108 DOMOSCIO F61 BOXLIGHT MIMIO A50 DOODLE MATHS F451 TECHNOLOGY CO G302 BRAINSTORM MULTIMEDIA D320 DOUGLAS STEWART EDU D400 Selected Exhibitors BRITISH EDUCATIONAL DUGGA EXAMINATION SYSTEMS E363 HABOOK GROUP E91 HAMILTON BUHL G324 2SIMPLE SOFTWARE D361 SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION B120 EDAURA D70 HANGZHOU SHINING3D 3DFILAPRINT H67 BROADCAST RADIO G320 EDIFACE G84 TECH CO B164 3M UNITED KINGDOM F380 BROMCOM COMPUTERS B300 EDLOUNGE D150 HANSHIN INTERNATIONAL B70 4MATRIX H210 BUFFALO EU B314 EDTECH FREE TRIALS FS10 HANWANG TECHNOLOGY CO B402 5-A-DAY FITNESS H181 BULB D350 BUSINESS FRANCE C100 EDTECH LOBBY & PICARO C80 HELGI C362 EDUCATION FINLAND C274 HELLO GEEKS E90 A*STAR EDUCATION G91 EDUCATION SUPPORT HEWLETT PACKARD D190 AB TUTOR B142 CANVAS B110 PROFESSIONALS A140 HILLS COMPONENTS C459 ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL CAMPUSLAN SOFTWARE B162 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH HOME4SCHOOLS FS16 SCIENCE AND RESEARCH C40H CAPITA FURTHER EDUCATION B190 CENTRE C281 HUE B310 ACADEMY SCHOOLS D133 CAPITA SIMS B190 EDUKEY EDUCATION A180 HUG GROUP F73 ACCELIUM B420 CAPITA SIMS INDEPENDENT & EDURIO E55 ACCROSOFT D360 INTERNATIONAL B190 EDUTECH E393 IBOARDTOUCH D180 ACER UK B100 CAREMONKEY H190 EDVINCA HUB4 I3 TECHNOLOGIES C112 ACROME ROBOTIK E452 CARREIRA & ALEGRE FS28 ELMO EUROPE E390 IABACUS B65 ACTIONTEC ELECTRONICS C65 CARVAL COMPUTING A90 E-MAGINATION TRAINING C457 IBOSS NETWORK SECURITY C250 ACTIVE FLOOR F360 CATCHBOX AND INVOLVE E171 EMATHSMASTER C42 ICEX – SPAIN TRADE & ADATA LTD F382 CBIS EDUCATION/BINARYBOTS E481 EMILE C62 INVESTMENT D320 ADDITIO APP D320 CEALOGS G180 EMPATICO FS22 ICT DIRECT E150 ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE E320 CEL ROBOX B470 ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA E102 IKT NORGE B390 AEROHIVE NETWORKS C262 CENTURY TECH F60 ENGINO.NET C360 ILOCKERZ A420 AIRSERVER C270 CET B420 ENGLISH ATTACK C100 IMAILE B457 AIRTAME & ALTIATECH C161 CHEN-SOURCE C396 ENTERPRISE LEARNING IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE H400 ALBION COMPUTERS C271 CISCO MERAKI E260 ACADEMY FS31 IMPERO SOLUTIONS D160 ALICE INNOVATION G325 CLARITY IN SOUND LIGHT EPSON UK D270 INDEPENDENT THINKERS ALKEMYGOLD G363 AND VISION A240 EQSTEM G441 EDUCATION B54 ALLIED TELESIS INTERNATIONAL A80 CLARO SOFTWARE A441 EUROCOMS UK E61 INENERGY E402 ALMOTAHIDA PIRON CLASSLINK B312 EUROPEAN ELECTRONIQUE C251 INFOMENTOR B244 INNOVATIONS F310 CLASSLIST D72 EVOLVE C40A INK OPTIONS G452 AMOLINGUA G96 CLASSOOS B420 EXA NETWORKS C322 INKJETS AND TONERS D131 ANDERTON TIGER RADIO D120 CLASSOOS UK B404 EXPLAIN EVERYTHING C163 INNOVISION MULTIMEDIA H90 ANNOTO B420 CLEAPSS G82 EXTRON ELECTRONICS EUROPE B450 INTEGREX LIMITED C421 ANT E62 CLEVERTOUCH C280 EYE2EYE SOFTWARE D492B INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE B453 APPS CENTRAL F87 CLICKVIEW B302 EYESPARKS C121 INTERACTIVE SCIENTIFIC E41 ARBOR EDUCATION D42 CLOUD SCHOOL IRELAND B451 CODE COLLEGE D445 EZYEDUCATION SV19 ARTEC C502 FIND THE INTERNATIONAL ARUBA F240 CODE FOR LIFE G421 FIREFLY LEARNING C130 BACCALAUREATE ON STAND B84 ASCENTIS G399 CODEMONKEY STUDIOS B420 FILEWAVE EUROPE B252 ASSEMBLY HUB5 CODIMG A40 FIRST NEWS H390 ATESUM AG C403 COHUBA B72 FISCHERTECHNIK B51 ATOMWIDE D260 COMMUNICATION ACROSS FLAT F72 AURIS G63 CULTURES B73 FOCUS EDUCATION C81 AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR COMPILATIO.NET G396 FOLIO F282 INTERNET MATTERS B355 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH E430 CONNECT C361 FORMLABS G135 INVENT! FS14 AVANTIS SYSTEMS C215 CONNEVANS D451 FORTINET F390 INVENTRY E140 AVOCOR B160 COPILOT PARTNERS C100 FREEDESK G81 INVOLVEDTECH G98 AXLE EDUCATION G300 CORNELSEN EXPERIMENTA B50 FROG EDUCATION C70 IRIDIZE B420 AXON SCHOOL F340 COSMOSPHERE H66 FRONTREAD F422 ISAMS INDEPENDENT E180 AXSIED SV18 COUNTERPOINT MTC B316 CREATIVE EDUCATION B40 FRONTROW A151 ITS: INFO TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY E410 FSE DESIGN A251 ITSI B111 B-SQUARED B241 CRESTRON EMEA D394 FUJITSU C261 BAREFOOT SV14 CRISTIE DATA F450 CRITICAL PUBLISHING C453 FURLONG C393 JIANGSU ODIN ELECTRONIC BEIJING MOLY TECHNOLOGY CO A391 TECHNOLOGY CO D100 BELKIN UK G306 CRIUS GROUP A490 GCSEPOD B114 JOSKOS SOLUTIONS B288 BENQ B180 CROSSBOW EDUCATION G106 GENEE WORLD B102 JP SÁ COUTO, SA B200 BIOSTORE B280 CYLO C409 GENERAL ONOLOGIC SOFT F198 BKSB B224 GENIALLY WEB G104 KALTURA B81 BLENDING EDUCATION F419 DATA HARVEST GROUP G140 GET MY GRADES A451 BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING G308 DEBATE MATE B57 GITHUB D491 BLOSSOM KC B420 DELL TECHNOLOGIES B320 Continued on page 18

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OPERATIONS G414 NVIRON A350 SCRUM@SCHOOL D443 TOKAPP ONLINE SL D320 LINKKO PARTNERS FS17 SEEED TECHNOLOGY CO C413 TOMAX B420 LITTLE INVENTORS WORLDWIDE B58 OCTAGON STUDIO B221 SEEKTEACHERS B223 TOOTOOT B400 LIVE REGISTER D281 ODYSSEY EDUCATION G100 SENECA B112 TOPDESK UK E392 LIVETILES F418 OKYSTAR TECHNOLOGY CO E401 SENSO.CLOUD F320 TRAININGTOOLZ FS34 LJ CREATE C151 ONLINE PARTNER AB G394 SENSORY GURU D170 TRI SOFT H241 LOCKNCHARGE E190 ONVU LEARNING F350 SHAPE ROBOTICS B55 TURNITIN C145 LOGIBLOCS A432 OPEN MESH G307 SHENZHEN BELL CREATIVE SCIENCE TWIG EDUCATION B74 LOGISCOOL G310 OSBORNE TECHNOLOGIES B360 AND EDUCATION CO B83 LONDON CONNECTED LEARNING OVERNET DATA B215 SHOWBIE C150 UBTECH EDUCATION CENTRE G102 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS F82 SIMPLY IT GB F379 (SHENZEN) CO C320 LONDON GRID FOR LEARNING D260 SISRA D410 UNITY TECHNOLOGIES F140 LOXIT C252 PAMOJA EDUCATION B225 SKOLLS2USE C40E UTALK E273 LUCAS NUELLE G393 PARACRA (SHENZHEN) SKOOLER E350 LUMENS DIGITAL OPTICS B211 TECHNOLOGY CO H271 SKOOLVIEW C82 VIVITEK C135 LYNX NETWORKS A111 PARAT GMBH & CO B162 SMART TECHNOLOGIES D90 VEATIVE LABS F310 PARENTCOM G412 SMOOTHWALL D184 VERNIER SOFTWARE / IDS B210 MADMAGZ H64 PARENTPAY C200 SNAPGRADE FS33 VESTEL B90 MAKEMATIC C121 PAROTEC SOLUTIONS B141 SNAPREVISE H360 VIEWSONIC EUROPE G160 MAKERBOT G130 PASCO SCIENTIFIC B152 SOCIETE GENERALE MAMA.CODES H465 PENN ELCOM E441 EQUIPMENT FINANCE B444 WALL ART G440 MARCO THE MALTA BUS C64 PEOPLE DIAGNOSTIX G70 SOFTWARE2 C40C WALTZING B455 MARKING SOLUTIONS B43 PG ONLINE D500 SOLFEG.IO FS12 WAND EDUCATION B363 MATA LAB B220 PI-TOP F480/G480 SOLIDEA LAB A482 WASP BARCODE TECHNOLOGIES E104 MATHS OF THE DAY C78 PLANET BOFA C402 SOLIDLABS F98 WCBS G260 MATHTYPE BY WIRIS D320 POBBLE EDUCATION HUB7 SONY EUROPE B250 WE CAN REMEMBER IT FS51 MCGRAW HILL E428 POWERSCHOOL B357 SOUND TRAINING C450 WEERAS AUTHOR D320 MEDHURST IT E270 PROMETHEAN B98 SOUNDTRAP D280 WESLEYAN BANK E53 MEETOO C456 PROSOCIAL LEARN FS52 SOYO TECHNOLOGY WHOLESCHOOL SOFTWARE C121 MENTOR AUDIOVISUAL PROWISE C90 DEVELOPMENT CO B351 WISHTRAC HOUSE C443 EQUIPMENT E420 PUPIL ASSET B231 SPACEOASIS G113 WIZKIDS A/S B213 METRO SECURITY GB A160 SPARKOL D130 WJEC EDUQAS G354 MICRO:BIT EDUCATIONAL QUIZZBOX B53 SPARKS FILM AND MEDIA ARTS A430 WONDER WORKSHOP GERMANY D481 FOUNDATION D490 SPECIAL IAPPS CIC C40D WOPPY TEKNOLOJI F90 MICROSOFT E300/C300 RADIX A110 SPHERO C110 WOSSAD D452 MIGHTYMANGO E40 RAHAL TECHNOLOGY B67 SPONGY ELEPHANT FS5 MIMI INDUSTRIES B41 RAM MOUNTS B356 SRS LEARNING LIMITED FS32 XEROFONE C40J MINTED BOX EDUCATION F62 RAPID ELECTRONICS D420 STAGE ELECTRICS G326 XMA E420 MIRPLAY H200 RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION SV5 STEM LEARNING E480 MIST SERVICES A153 READINGWISE B144 STERLING PIXELS D71 YADA EVENTS TECHNOLOGY E391 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC READSPEAKER C66 STONE COMPUTERS E184 YOUHUE G92 EUROPE UK C408 REAL CODING B90 STUDYTRACKS E51 MLS B190 REALLYSCHOOL FS29/30 STUDYZONE.TV G362 ZIOXI C122 MODERN ROBOTICS E440 RECHES EDUCATION PROJECTS B420 SYNEL INDUSTRIES UK B232 ZU3D ANIMATION SOFTWARE E405 MOZAIK EDUCATION B130 REDSTOR B230 SYSCAP E53 ZZISH B75

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Now in its fourth year, the Bett Futures area of the Bett Futures is back exhibition seeks to showcase the innovations of start- up and smaller education technology companies. We look at some of the exhibitors that will feature in 2018

ett Futures showcases innovative and game-changing technology companies from across the world. Companies that applyB to be a Bett Futures exhibitor go through a stringent selection process, ensuring that the final cohort is a “best of breed” collection of brave thinking, unique and effective products and solutions. Below are a handful of this year’s exhibitors to give you a taste of what you can find. Nanolive Nanolive has developed a microscope, the 3D Cell Explorer, which allows students to explore living cells and their organelles in 3D without damaging them. The idea is that interacting Image: Jack Terry Photography Image: Jack Terry with live cells and working with real scientific instruments has a greater impact in inspiring solution, it can be administered by schools with our workload is a magic trick that few of us have young students to choose a future career in summary reports able to be created within the mastered. Home4schools.com was created to science and technology. The package includes software at a whole-school, or sub-group level give you at least one period a day that’s always the 3D Cell Explorer microscope, step-by-step (e.g. cohort, sex, form/house group). Resources planned for you. The company aims to provide instructions, tutorial videos, worksheets for for self-development, goal-setting, and classroom you with everything you need to make form students, and more (Stand G301). interventions also feature (Stand G70). time stress-free and meaningful. The site’s offer includes a word of the day and news headlines Cosmosphere ONVU Learning as well as a weekly choice of activities and a free The Cosmosphere International Science LessonVU is a 360-degree lesson recording pdf workbook (Stand FS16). Education Center & Space Museum is in system by ONVU Learning. It facilitates the Hutchinson, Kansas. Its collection includes US secure recording, sharing, review and analysis TrainingToolz space artifacts second only to the Smithsonian’s of the entire teaching and learning environment Schools have an ever-expanding requirement for National Air and Space Museum, and the largest from a single plug and play camera and mandatory training, from induction through to collection of Russian space artifacts outside classroom gateway box. At its heart, LessonVU safeguarding and CPD. And it’s not just teachers of Moscow. This unique collection allows the is a teacher’s tool, designed specifically for who have the legal requirement to participate in Cosmosphere to tell the story of the space race schools to enable their teachers to analyse their this training – non-contact staff, contractors and better than any museum in the world while methods and identify opportunities for self- not least governors all have a requirement set out offering immersive education experiences. Web- directed professional development to help raise by the DfE to undertake various training courses. based interdisciplinary curriculum, available in standards and empower teachers. LessonVU’s Schools often turn to their own staff to create and English, Spanish and German, provides hands- recording of the classroom is owned by the deliver peer-to-peer training and TrainingToolz on aerospace-centered learning to classrooms teacher with the content being available for allows schools to quickly and easily convert around the world (Stand H66). sharing with other teachers and learners for training material into online courses to share feedback and discussion purposes (Stand F350). with colleagues. The platform is flexible, KANDA.CARE enabling you to create tests, quizzes and surveys This is a low-cost, high-impact, tablet-based Skoolview as well (Stand FS34). behaviour and learning management system for Skoolview is an institutional collaboration schools. An intuitive tool, it ensures that robust, platform for schools, parents, and extra- Ediface consistent “on the go” data-capture is possible. curricular activity providers to manage all Ediface is a learning platform that allows for the It makes links between behaviour, teaching and communications and activities associated with creation, storage and distribution of lesson plans, personalised learning (Stand FS18). a student’s learning journey. Skoolview offers homework assignments and learning content. services covering school-branded mobile apps Designed to make setting, marking and tracking People Diagnostix for individual schools & multi-academy trusts homework easy, it cuts the time teachers spend Flourishing at School (FAS) is a cloud-based that reduce administrative effort and cost, drive marking homework from hours to minutes software solution for secondary schools wanting efficiency and improve parental engagement. (Stand G84). to excel at whole-school wellbeing. Rather than Key features include announcements, timetables, seeking to identify those who are distressed, digital contact books, attendance reports, FrontRead or “at risk”, FAS uses a positive psychology accident/incident reports, extra-curricular clubs, FrontRead is an online training course that approach to assess the degree to which parents’ evenings and more (Stand C82). improves reading speed and text comprehension, individuals have developed the “pillars” of good as well as helping to develop better reading mental health to stay well and optimise quality Home4Schools strategies for individual students. Based on of life at school and beyond. As a software Finding enough hours in the day to be on top of 25 years of extensive research about reading

20 SecEd EXHIBITION and learning, their methods and app have been between robots. It also supplies kits and games asynchronous learning tools. Teachers can build developed with a basis in recognised theories to aid the learning of mechanics, electronics courses, add classrooms, share resources, build on peripheral reading, eye span, and working and 3D printing, all key areas of the school assignments, and conduct quizzes. In addition, memory. FrontRead is a combination of physical curriculum in the UK (Stand D453). teachers can engage with students through chat training of the eye, training of the brain’s ability and video-conferencing. Parents access their app to recognise patterns, and an increased awareness Empatico to track their child’s progress and view courses of the reading process (Stand F422). Empatico is an initiative of the Kind Foundation and content (Stand D70). which has created a free tool enabling teachers to Pobble connect their students to classrooms around the Get My Grades Pobble helps teachers to plan exciting lessons, world using video-conferencing technology. The Get My Grades is an online learning tool for connect with classes around the world, and key aim is to encourage global collaborations, secondary students with a focus on academic make the moderation of writing easier. A group enabling classrooms to virtually meet and success, life-skills and character education. of teachers based in North Yorkshire started interact. Teachers using the tool can also access a It allows specified users to set revision and Pobble in 2013. Since then, Pobble has gained range of activities created by teachers, which can assessment assignments. Students can learn, the support of prominent education leaders and be used effectively alongside a fixed curriculum revise, assess and track their way through their has received praise from bestselling authors to optimise learning (Stand FS22). course with real-time access to their current such as Anthony Horowitz, Cressida Cowell and working grade and course progress. The online Michael Morpurgo (Stand HUB7). Linkko Partners learning tool has hundreds of learning pages and Linkko has developed a psychometric evaluation thousands of questions in each subject (Stand Emoji-Go Music and career-matching software suite, in the form A451). Emoji-Go Music is the first ever Emoji music of an engaging and inclusive online multimedia notation system, aimed at helping students with platform, to enable individuals to navigate their Enterprise Learning Academy learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dysmusia entry into the worlds of employment and careers Enterprise Learning Academy offers an (tone-deafness) and dyscalculia who struggle advice in the 21st century. The psychometric industry leading online learning platform that to read or understand music. The system testing platform is delivered via an online enables teachers and staff to tailor content complements, enhances, explains, colourises game to offer a new approach to careers advice to enhance the user’s learning experience and characterises music to create an inclusive, and employment support. The platform offers and upload it to go live instantly. Students multi-sensory system accessible for all ages and career signposting and guidance, incorporating can then access work on mobiles and tablets abilities (Stand TBC). workplace scenarios, mini-games and personality making learning quicker. This can support assessments (Stand FS17). face-to-face teaching or effective distance Diagenesis Technology learning (Stand FS31). Diagenesis Technology has developed six EDaura affordable robotic learning packages aimed at EDaura offers skills-based assessment. It Further information schools and universities. Suitable for all ages, focuses on competency-based learning as it These are just some of the Bett Futures the packages support students in learning the measures different competencies per program exhibitors. Full listings of all exhibitors at Bett basics of robotics, 3D printing, programming and/or course. Free for teachers, students, and 2018 can be found on the Bett website at and advanced application such as collaboration parents, EDaura offers both synchronous and www.bettshow.com

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• Evisense (B Squared) • Clicker 7 (Crick Software) • MindView Assistive Technology Edition (Matchware) • C-Pen Reader (Scanning Pens) • Special Stories (Special iApps CIC) • TakeTen • InPrint 3 (Widgit Software) Digital Devices • Acer CloudProfessor (Acer UK) • ClassVR (Avantis Education) • Clevertouch Plus Series (Clevertouch) • EasySense Vu+ Data Logger (Data Harvest Group) • Padcaster • pi-top • Prowise ProLine+ (Prowise) Bett Awards 2018 • C-Pen Exam Reader (Scanning Pens) • SMART Board 7000 series interactive display Image: R3 Events/Bett with iQ (SMART Technologies) support students to develop critical thinking, • GO-DIRECT SENSORS (Vernier Software & The finalists for the 20th problem-solving communication and Technology) annual Bett Awards have been collaboration skills. • Pi-top uses a unique design of a Leadership & Management Solutions announced, giving schools “modular laptop” that aims to encourage • Assembly Analytics for Primary (Assembly) experimentation with electronics and coding • Dynamic Progress Reporting (Axle and teachers a snapshot of in the STEAM subjects and creates educative Education) projects based in the real-world. • SIMS SchoolView (Capita SIMS) some of the most innovative • Spongy Elephant aims to facilitate CPD by • Educater STATonline (Educater) using micro-learning and gamification. It • Edurio solutions on the market builds a CPD record for each member of staff • CPOMS (Meritec) and saves money on training days. • 4Matrix (New Media Learning) • ScholarPack ntries to the Bett Awards are judged on Secondary Content • Compliance Tracker (The Key) uniqueness and diversity, their ability to • Mathletics (3P Learning) meet the needs of the education sector, • Mangahigh.com (Blue Duck Education) Free Digital Content/ Eand the quality, accessibility and the delivery of • Doddle (Boardworks) Open Educational Resources their service or solution. • Collins Bettermarks (Collins) The selected finalists have been chosen • GCSE Computer Science MOOC (Exa • Barefoot Computing by a panel of independent educators and are Networks) • TrueTube.co.uk recognised as “best of breed” among the sector. • GCSEPod • Future Finder (YourLife) The 2018 award finals take place on the • MathsWatch • National Theatre: On Demand (Frog Wednesday evening (January 24), after the • Subject Knowledge Enhancement: English Education) first day of Bett. Listed below are some of the (Tes Institute) • Hairdressing Training (Jisc) finalists in selected secondary-relevant categories • Thisislanguage.com (This Is Language) • Mathigon at this year’s awards. • Smart Library (Smile and Learn Digital Whole School Aids for Learning, Creations) Innovator of the Year Teaching & Assessment • The CREATE Education Project • Axle Education, creators of DPR, an • Reach Out Reporter (Twig World) interactive online learning platform which • 2Eskimos Reading Assessment (2Eskimos) allows schools to set-up differentiated learning • 2Build a Profile (2Simple) Educational Apps journeys for students and allows staff to see • Evisense (B Squared) • 2Eskimos Reading Assessment (2Eskimos) live reports of progress. • Learning Village (Communication Across • bulb Digital Portfolios • iBoardTouch, which has all the usual tools but Cultures) • ExploreLearning Reflex (ExploreLearning) with the addition of new software that allows • EDVirtual (EDLounge) • Gooseberry Planet teachers to open multiple file types, search • InfoMentor • i3LEARNHUB (i3-Technologies Holding) for material created by others and supplement • Show My Homework (Satchel) • Take7 Music their own lessons with online content. • Learning Ladders (School Explained) • EquatIO (Texthelp) • Learning by Questions is an online service • Astro Algebra (Zeta) that allows teachers to set questions which Classroom Aids for Learning, Start-up of the Year students can complete at their own pace, Teaching & Assessment getting instant feedback. Classlist; GDPR in Schools; KUBO • MathsWatch allows for the setting and • Adaptemy Maths (Adaptemy) Robotics; Learning by Questions; RedboxVR; automated marking of maths work. Its key • Primary Computing Framework (Gaia SupplyNow; Veative Labs; Zen Educate feature is that it can mark the more complex Technologies) maths questions as a human marker would, • Impero Education Pro (Impero) Service & Support giving students instant feedback. • CyberPass (LGfL DigiSafe/ROAR Educate) Joskos Solutions; Link2ICT; London CLC; • MyTutor provides one-to-one tutoring • Boxlight Labdisc (Boxlight) Plum Innovations; South West Grid for Learning lessons online, pairing students with bright • Pobble (SWGfL) Trust; Telford & Wrekin Council and inspiring role models who are currently • Mobile Magic Carpet (Sensory Guru) studying at the UK’s leading universities. • Wordwall (Visual Education) Further information • SAM Labs supply wireless blocks that aim For a full list of Bett 2018 exhibitors and to to help teachers integrate computing and SEN Solutions search for exhibitors by subject, phase or key programming in the classroom. 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Essential resources for teaching computing

You’ve been tasked with This is good news, but while we wait for this Also, take the time to look at the Computer to filter through the system, many teachers are Science for Fun website, which publishes teaching computing, but being asked to deliver this new subject with a very readable magazine on the subject. little background knowledge or training. The magazine and its back issues are free to where do you start? Terry download. You’ll discover them at What you need to know www.cs4fn.org Freedman has a few If you’re in this position, a good starting point is Another very good resource is Computer the actual Programme of Study for computing. Science (CS) Unplugged. It’s full of activities suggestions up his sleeve People will tell you all sorts of things about and also a free book. It does have what some computing, such as “It’s all about coding” (it people may see as a disadvantage, which is isn’t) and “It excludes digital literacy” (not that the activities seem to have been designed t was revealed in the recent Royal Society true). So look for yourself before you become with primary children in mind. However, they report that, currently, 54 per cent of schools corrupted by curricular fake news. are excellent for teachers with little knowledge in England – around 2,700 schools with The Programme of Study is a pretty thin of computing! Also, they could be used as a I175,000 students – do not offer computer document, but that’s an advantage. It means you starting point, especially with year 7: science at GCSE. can make sure you are covering the basics while http://csunplugged.org/ It means that only 11 per cent of students having the freedom to do something exciting. in England take GCSE computer science. Of The national curriculum (England) Useful books these, only one in five are female. computing programmes of study can be found If you’re willing to splash out, I’d recommend Furthermore, the report also warned about the at http://bit.ly/tfcompos three books. These won’t teach you how to lack of qualified teachers of computer science, teach computing, but they will help you with which is part of the reason behind the figures. Free publications the subject matter and give you a historical In England, only 68 per cent of the recruitment If, like many teachers, you haven’t studied background and/or a wider perspective. target for the subject was hit between 2012 and computer science, a good introduction to the • The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and 2017 (After the Reboot: Computing education subject that won’t make you feel inadequate is Babbage is a graphic novel that explores the in UK schools, Royal Society, November 2017). Paul Curzon’s free book, Computing Without ideas of Ada Lovelace and William Babbage, But the government is acting. The Autumn Computers. This covers the entire subject and what might have happened had they been Budget set out a pledge to ensure that every matter using everyday language and everyday put into practice. I reviewed the book on my secondary school has a fully qualified computer examples. website: http://bit.ly/tflovelace science GCSE teacher, with £84 million to Indeed, you may wish to check out several • Understanding the Digital World: What upskill 8,000 computer science teachers by the other interesting (and fun) resources, such as you need to know about computers, the end of this Parliament. There are also plans to explanations of magic in terms of computational internet, privacy and security is both very work with industry to set up a new National thinking, and word puzzles. comprehensive and readable. It’s published Centre for Computing to produce training Here’s the website for all those free by Princeton University Press: material and support schools. publications: http://bit.ly/tfcompmagic http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10951.html

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useful if you can do computer programming be computerised. That activity would involve yourself. If you feel that your skills are not up scoping out the project, drawing up a flowchart to scratch, then teach yourself to code using one and writing some pseudocode at the very least: or more of the sites listed on the link below. www.halfbakery.com It’s a list of 11 free coding tutorial websites, compiled by Forbes: http://bit.ly/tfcodefree Useful organisations For resources you can use with kids, check If you would like to enlist the services of out the link below. The website has a UK outside organisations to help bring your address, but the ages are expressed in terms computing scheme of work to life, how about of the American system (a quick way of the following? working this out is by adding 5. Thus grade 6 corresponds, approximately, to age 11): Go local: In a search engine, type in the https://uk.code.org/learn name of your town, or the nearest large town, followed by the word “digital”. Nine Free schemes of work times out of 10 this will throw up one or two What follows is a list rather than a set of organisations that work with schools. Maybe recommendations. In other words, you will they have useful resources, or provide activities. have to invest some time yourself to look at the Worth a try. resources and evaluate whether they are suitable for you to use in your school. But at least this is The Tech Partnership: Have a rummage a starting point. around this site, which has an eclectic mix • Matt Britland’s Scheme of Work for Years 7 of factsheets, reports and other resources. to 9. This is widely admired and is available They don’t precisely align with the national as a pdf document: http://bit.ly/tfbritmat curriculum, but they are very much focused • The Mr Colley website has a collection of on what happens in the world of work, topic-based resources rather than a scheme of which makes them eminently useful: work, but looks interesting: https://mrcolley. www.thetechpartnership.com com/ict-computing-resources/ • This computer science scheme of work is Local employers: Local firms may be happy to available free but you have to register with run activities in school, or send someone along TES. Click on download and you’ll be to talk to students about an aspect of computing. presented with an option to register. It’s been Essential resources for downloaded more than 17,000 times and has attracted an average rating of 4.5 stars, so it’s definitely worth looking at: Combining http://bit.ly/tftescomp authentic learning teaching computing Ideas for teaching computing

Image: Adobe Stock Some teachers have found that using pair with a project-based programming is quite useful. Under this ‘ • Computational Thinking: A beginner’s guide approach, sometimes referred to as “peer to problem-solving and programming has programming”, students work together with learning approach can just been published at the time of writing. As one writing a line of code which the other then the title suggests, it’s about computational evaluates. help you to integrate thinking rather than computer science, but it Or you can try to solve real problems. This makes for good background reading to help is the approach taken by Apps for Good, different aspects you get to the heart of the subject. It’s not which is a competition in which youngsters what I’d call an easy read, but the effort will have to identify a problem and then design an of the computing pay off: http://bit.ly/TFcompthink app to solve it. If you register you can access their resources, including a scheme of work Useful websites — although this does not cover the complete curriculum, such as There are several websites/blogs that are worth Programme of Study: www.appsforgood.org exploring. A key place is the Computing at Alternatively, you can ask pupils to solve a coding and digital Schools community website. It is full of free problem — or come up with a problem to solve resources produced by members, and discussion — without going through any formalities. Many literacy threads. This will save you reinventing wheels. teachers have found that this kind of “authentic You have to register, but registration costs learning” really helps to engage pupils, and nothing: https://community.computingatschool. shows how computing can be relevant to real org.uk/door life. Assessing computing For an eclectic mix of articles about different Indeed, combining authentic learning with a There are several assessment resources aspects of teaching computing, including project-based learning approach can help you available. You can find free ones uploaded academic research, go to the Association of to integrate different aspects of the computing by members of the Computing at School Information Technology in Education (ITTE): curriculum, such as coding and digital literacy. community, and there are a few ’commercial http://itte.org.uk/wp/ An easy introduction to this approach may ones. We don’t have the space here to evaluate Another blog that will give you plenty of be found in head of computing John Partridge’s and compare them. A much better approach is food for thought is Learning With E’s. It’s article (on my own website) Project-Based to use some guiding principles when looking at mostly what you might call “thought pieces” Learning in the Computing Curriculum: different approaches. rather than practical advice that you can http://bit.ly/tfjppbl You may find my article useful, The 6 implement in the classroom. But it’s no bad Mind you, trying to solve unreal problems Fundamental Computing Assessment Scheme thing to think more deeply about the subject, can be fun and useful too. A great launching Questions: http://bit.ly/compasQs and it should provide some discussion topics for pad for ideas is the Half Bakery website. People your classroom: www.steve-wheeler.co.uk post ideas for devices and programs, and other • Terry Freedman is an independent ed people comment on them. tech consultant and writer. He publishes the Learning to code You could pluck a few suggestions from the ICT & Computing in Education website at As a teacher of computing, it is obviously site, and ask pupils to work out how they could www.ictineducation.org

SecEd 25 EXHIBITION Core subjects The final pages of this guide focus on the Bett exhibition, with a look at what’s on offer under key themes. We begin with exhibitors related to the core subjects free (until July 2019) trial to see for yourself core subjects that educators can upload to (Stand FS32). their existing VLE and learning management ttention-grabbing innovations such systems, allowing use and free re-use by as artificial intelligence, augmented Seneca unlimited students, year after year (Stand and virtual reality and robotics Seneca provides free universal access to F419). Aoften dominate stories about education tech, their GCSE learning platform, which uses but developments in other areas are just as cognitive neuroscience to double students’ MathType by WIRIS worthy of attention. performance. They developed the product by This is an equation editor for maths and Between them, Bett’s 800-odd exhibitors working with neuroscientists from Oxford, chemistry. It includes extensions for VLEs cover every subject area. We look here at Cambridge and UCL, and implementing (Canvas, Moodle or Schoology) and word some relating to the core subjects. findings on the optimal methods of learning processors (MS Office, Google Suite) (Stand and memorising. The platform provides free D320). Learning By Questions homework and revision resources, with all of This is a cloud-based classroom tool that the content exam-board specific. Seneca is eMathsMaster aims to save time, increase efficiency and initially launching in the sciences (in all exam eMathsMaster’s online teacher training highlight gaps in learning. Students progress boards), with a plan to expand this out across programme, created with The Dean Trust, through carefully crafted question sets based most other GCSE subjects (Stand B112). retrains existing non-maths teachers to deliver on maths mastery and receive immediate effective maths lessons using the Shanghai automatic feedback as they answer. Teachers Texthelp Mastery Method and following the latest UK receive live analysis and results are saved Texthelp focuses on helping students national curriculum. to support assessment and planning. understand, learn and express themselves. It includes 1,500 animated training films, Independent testing by the Institute for They create user-friendly literacy and professionally narrated content created by Effective Education confirms that using the learning solutions, that provide the support senior maths teachers with assessments and programme could increase learning by more each student needs through reading, writing, thousands of maths questions (Stand C42). than 25 per cent. Learning by Questions will STEM and research. Texthelp’s software is be launching in Autumn 2018 (Stand H60). used daily by millions of students worldwide Further information (Stand C141). The exhibitors listed here are just a few of Sound Training the around 800 that can be found at Bett Lexonik is a focused and fun literacy Blending Education 2018. For a full list of exhibitors and to programme for all students. The training, Blending Education offers self-grading, search for exhibitors by subject, phase or key which can be delivered by teachers, focuses supplemental microlearning resources in word, visit www.bettshow.com on improving comprehension, decoding, spelling and vocabulary, raising achievement and closing the attainment gap. They have raised reading ages by an average of 27 months in six weeks for more than 50,000 students. Sound Training is SSAT’s leading literacy partner and currently works in partnership with more than 900 schools across the UK and beyond (Stand C450). Timely Practice Through regular timely practice students learn to independently and accurately apply their maths learning to a personalised mixed bag of questions. Timely practice also enables maths and SEN teachers to use the “big four raising attainment methods” – spaced learning, mastery learning, assessment for learning, and feedback – in a joined-up track-teach-learn-review system, without the need for individual pupil computer access. At Bett you can drop by their stand to get free maths learning resources or join the Photography Images: Jack Terry

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STEM subjects – especially computer science and Coding and STEM coding – are a clear focus of many companies at Bett for obvious reasons. We look at some of what’s on offer

cience, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education continues to be a key theme at Bett. No matter the Sage range or subject, you can be sure that you will find an exhibitor that fits your needs. Here are a few to whet your appetite. A* Education A*Star Education’s new initiative is to not just bring coding to the curriculum, but to code the curriculum itself. Their MasterClass platform features a full coding editor, which allows interactive tools (for example, in maths, think compasses, ruler, calculator, graphs, transformations etc) to be summoned and manipulated with code and is ideal for starting to learn coding or even building full programs. Included with this toolkit are pre-built “recipes”, which are mini-programs for capability at low cost. It has a screen, engage students with STEAM and computing demonstrating key topics, initially for maths, on-board sensors and the capacity to add knowledge (Stand D101). but later for any subject. These recipes additional input and output devices. are fully editable and can be shared easily What started as a BBC-led project where Wonder Workshop as text, meaning that anybody can create one million devices were distributed to 11 Wonder Workshop is the company behind something in seconds, even those who have and 12-year-old children across the UK, is the award-winning Dash & Dot robots, never coded anything before (Stand G91). now a tool used for computing, engineering, which teach students of all ages how to code. maths and science in schools all over the Wonder Workshop brings the creativity and AISR world. critical thinking of coding to life for students, The Academy for International Science and It can be programmed using a variety of igniting their curiosity and confidence while Research (AISR), Northern Ireland’s first free coding platforms on a PC or laptop or learning essential 21st century skills. Created independent STEM school, was established on a Bluetooth enabled SmartPhone or tablet. to teach students how to code by utilising in response to a need to address the decline The BBC micro:bit website also comes their natural curiosity and desire to play, the in the uptake of STEM subjects among with a wide range of free teaching materials system has been adopted in more than 12,000 students, particularly at school leaving age. (Stand D490). classrooms worldwide (Stand D481). All of their programmes favour practical application and have been designed to Data Harvest CEL Robox reflect the latest needs and requirements of Data Harvest is a global supplier of STEM Robox 3D printers offer cost-effective professional organisations, meaning that solutions, providing award-winning opportunities to enhance STEM learning. students will be fully employable and ready educational solutions for more than 35 years. Robox and RoboxDual are the only desktop for work. AISR also develops curricula, Their range of products focuses on 3D printers in the world with interlocking courses and interactive educational packages bringing modern technologies to the safety doors. With dual extrusion capabilities for academia and industry, which reflect classroom, helping teachers and students to and patented needle valve technology, and promote problem-solving and critical understand science and coding across the RoboxDual and RoboxPRO 3D printers thinking skills. At Bett you can step into entire school age range. At Bett you can visit are up to three times faster than other dual their virtual reality and experiment at the their stand to get hands-on with data loggers, extrusion 3D printers (Stand B470). chemistry lab (Stand C40H). cross platform science software and robotics solutions (Stand G140). MakerBot DFRobot MakerBot is a desktop 3D printer DFRobot is a robotics and STEM education SAM Labs manufacturer company that has sold more provider catering to future creators. DFRobot SAM Labs empowers teachers with engaging than 100,000 desktop 3D printers worldwide, released Boson Kit for micro:bit, a STEM kit STEAM solutions including lesson plans, the latest models being the Replicator Z18, for students that offers more than 50 modules apps, and electronics to inspire every student Replicator+ and Replicator Mini+. MakerBot and includes sensors for heat, humidity, and to discover the fun in coding and creating. also founded and operates Thingiverse, the more – along with a variety of buttons and SAM Labs continuously improves student largest online 3D printing community and joysticks for inputs. Boson is compatible and teacher STEAM experiences by adding file repository (Stand G130). with Arduino, making it possible to write new technology, cross-curricula lesson more advanced programs with languages like plans and schemes of work, professional Further information Python and JavaScript (Stand E482). development, hands-on customer support, The exhibitors listed here are just a few of and partnerships like the one they have with the around 800 that can be found at Bett Micro:bit Microsoft Education. 2018. For a full list of exhibitors and to The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized At Bett they will be showcasing a number search for exhibitors by subject, phase or key programmable device that delivers huge of new products that will upskill teachers and word, visit www.bettshow.com

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A popular part of the Bett exhibition are those companies offering technologies and Special needs resources to support the from handheld tablets and touch tables through online platform for parents and educators, education and wellbeing of to 4K screens and collaborative technology – to BOOP provides the building blocks to create help empower teachers and engage all learners, a personalised learning environment for students with SEN including those with SEN. individual students that extends beyond the Its visual learning resources and tools can be school bell (Stand C40G). highly effective in engaging pupils with SEN Special iApps and physical disabilities, offering them a larger Marco the Malta Bus Special iApps has been developing educational space to work with, broader movements which Marco the Malta Bus develops and supplies apps for youngsters with additional needs, more people can access and adjustable screen reading materials to support young people who including autism, Down syndrome and cerebral settings to accommodate those who struggle to arrive in secondary school without the basic palsy, since 2011. Their app portfolio includes read or focus on the screen (Stand B102). reading skills they need to access education. Special Words and the new Special Words Pro, This reading scheme can be adapted for teens which features downloadable educational add- Connect and is for the SEN and EAL populations (Stand ons covering subjects in-line with the national Connect offers resources in a variety of C64). curriculum. Special iApps are available in more alternative accessible communication formats than 20 languages. With a strong emphasis for people with a print impairment. This AXON School on positive engagement, these apps can help includes those with low vision, dyslexia, AXON is an online, cloud-based animated SENCOs and educational staff to manage the hearing impairment and other learning screening test for attention skills. AXON EHCP process (Stand C40D). difficulties. They work with awarding School creates an attentional profile of the organisations, local authorities, health care pupil, the entire class and grade, highlighting Communication Across Cultures trusts, higher education providers and schools important information and suggesting ways Designed for schools supporting new-to- to provide educational resources and training to help children learn and function better at English children, this resources offers targeted (Stand C361). school and beyond. AXON School can provide blended learning for six to 14-year-old English concrete evidence to support the educational language learners. It includes 8,000-plus words BOOP team’s professional approach, to better and phrases to align to the curriculum, tools BOOP is a new software platform designed to understand student needs, and to facilitate that help learners unable to read their mother support students with SEN through bridging parent-teacher communication about their tongue, help with assessing learner progress the gap in communication between home, child’s attentional challenges (Stand F340). for EAL learners, and support for students with school and health care. Offering interactive SEN (Stand B73). interventions, this platform gives students Further information opportunities to learn and develop new skills, The exhibitors listed here are just a few of the Genee World increasing their independence by engaging in around 800 that can be found at Bett 2018. Genee World is a leading manufacturer activities, such as self-motivated learning, self- For a full list of exhibitors and to search for and international distributor of interactive assessment and reflection of their own progress. exhibitors by subject, phase or key word, visit touchscreen technology and AV equipment – With an app for students that syncs to an www.bettshow.com

young people. Each week three videos are specialising in creating solutions that protect featured along with an additional resource children online. Using the latest in content- pages in the Teacher Pack for secondary aware web filtering, monitoring and cyber- Pastoral schools. security solutions, Smoothwall provides a This online resource is designed to safe online experience. help foster an active and fruitful tutor They will be hosting a number of sessions Mental health, wellbeing time space, which supports healthy child on online safety and safeguarding at Bett development while also saving teachers 2018, as well as on their latest research on and safeguarding issues valuable preparation time. Noble Doughnut teachers’ feelings and anxieties around cyber- is a holistic approach, which speaks to bullying and online radicalisation in school have never been more PSHE, citizenship, SMSC, mental health and (Stand D184). prominent in schools. A wellbeing, all in the familiar and essential space of tutor time (Stand FS11). Tootoot Education number of Bett exhibitors Tootoot is a platform and app that provides Anomaly pupils with a safe and anonymous way to are offering solutions Anomaly Interactive delivers digital media speak about concerns such as bullying, services and active tech solutions to help harassment, mental health and racism. schools engage pupils in their own health and In 2016, Tootoot was awarded funding Evolve wellbeing through innovation (Stand C351). by the Department for Education to provide Evolve aims to improve children’s potential a further 120,000 pupils with access to by improving their physical, emotional and Safeguarding Monitor the platform and app. Tootoot Education cognitive health and wellbeing through an Safeguarding Monitor combines educational, currently provides more than 250,000 school evidence-based app that helps to improve IT and legal expertise. It covers monitoring, pupils with a safe way to report concerns mental health and emotional resilience. action planning and casework – including (Stand B400). “Thrive”, a stress management programme, pastoral care, child protection, medical needs teaches tried and tested techniques to prevent – and all aspects of the school environment. Further information and manage the stress of a hectic life (Stand It also allows schools to demonstrate good The exhibitors listed here are just a few of C40A). practice (Stand H62). the around 800 that can be found at Bett 2018. For a full list of exhibitors and to Noble Doughnut Smoothwall search for exhibitors by subject, phase or key Noble Doughnut is a digital magazine for Smoothwall is an internet safety company word, visit www.bettshow.com

28 SecEd Organised by: EARLY BIRD EXPIRES 22ND DECEMBER – BOOK NOW! 9th National Conference The Pupil Premium & Ofsted: Ensuring Successful Outcomes A SecEd & Headteacher Update conference 23 March 2018 The Gallery, The NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT One-day programme

9.00-9.25 Registration, refreshments and exhibition viewing 1.55-2.55 KEYNOTE SESSION 3

9.25-9.30 Welcome & introduction A KEYNOTE: CROSS-PHASE: How effective employer Pete Henshaw, editor SecEd & Headteacher Update engagement can raise aspirations and outcomes for Pupil 9.30-10.45 KEYNOTE SESSION 1 Premium students at both primary and secondary level Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel, Head of Research, and Charlotte Thurston, CROSS-PHASE: Inspecting the Pupil Premium: Head of Schools, Education & Employers, London Advice and guidance from Ofsted B KEYNOTE: SECONDARY: An Ofsted experience: Peter Humphries, Senior Her Majesty’s Inspector, Schools, Inspection in the context of the Pupil Premium West Midlands Region Martin Guiver, Pupil Premium Co-ordinator, Caroline Chisholm School, (Delegates are invited to submit questions in advance for this session Northampton (PP: 8%) via [email protected]) C KEYNOTE: PRIMARY: The Pupil Premium: Practical strategies 10.45-11.05 Refreshments & exhibition viewing for effective intervention Wendy Baxter, Interim Headteacher 11.05-12.05 KEYNOTE SESSION 2 2.55-3.15 Refreshments & exhibition viewing A PRIMARY: Ofsted and the Pupil Premium: Lessons from experience 3.15-4.05 WORKSHOP SESSION 2 Tony Draper, CEO, Lakes Academies Trust, Bletchley & former president of the NAHT A PRIMARY (INFANTS): Parental Engagement and the Pupil Premium in Reception & Key Stage 1 B SECONDARY: Ofsted and the Pupil Premium: Paul Jordan, Headteacher, and Claire Smith, Deputy Headteacher, Lessons from experience Thames View Infants, Barking, East London (PP: 46%) Stephen Rollett, Inspections Specialist, ASCL B PRIMARY: Parental engagement to support Pupil 12.15-1.05 WORKSHOP SESSION 1 Premium families Fiona Sadler, Pastoral Lead & Parent Support Advisor, Catton Grove A PRIMARY: Identifying and supporting the additional needs Primary School, Norwich (PP: 45%) and SEN of Pupil Premium pupils C SECONDARY: Identifying and tackling speech, language and Beccie Hawes, Head of Service, Rushall Inclusion Advisory Team, Rushall Primary School, West Midlands communication needs to raise Pupil Premium outcomes Carmen De Pablo López, Head of Inclusion, and Marina Breed, B PRIMARY (JUNIOR): An Ofsted experience: Language Support Centre Manager, Tor Bridge High, Plymouth (PP: 32%) Inspection in the context of the Pupil Premium Philip Craig, Headteacher, Rose Green Junior School, West Sussex D SECONDARY: From rapid to sustained improvement: A Pupil (PP: 16%) Premium journey moving from short to long-term planning Dan Roberts, Deputy Headteacher, Coleridge Community College, C SECONDARY: The Pupil Premium: An 18 month journey Cambridge (PP: 40%) of improvement Pete Taylor, Assistant Headteacher, Director of Progress & Standards, E SECONDARY: Mental health: Coping strategies to help Pupil Cans eld High School, Ashton In Maker eld, Wigan (PP: 28%) Premium students thrive in key stages 4 and 5 D SECONDARY: Pupil Premium: Leadership, timetabling Ruth Golding, Head of School & Plymouth Secondary Mental Health Lead, Tor Bridge High, Plymouth (PP: 32%) and reviews Kate Hibbs, Deputy Headteacher (with responsibility for Pupil Premium), 4.05 Close of conference Barr Beacon School, Walsall E SECONDARY: Writing a Pupil Premium plan, evaluating interventions and demonstrating impact Call or visit Matt Bromley, Educational Consultant, Bromley Education, Yorkshire +44 (0)207 501 6761 1.05-1.55 Lunch and exhibition viewing www.pupilpremiumconference.com

PupilPremium_9th_A4_210x297 (22nd Dec).indd 1 13/12/2017 14:56 EXHIBITION

control all screens using the Mobile Device Management system (Stand C280). 3M Privacy Filters 3M Privacy Filters provides protection against “visual hacking” in open-plan areas and cheating in exams and e-assessments. 3M Privacy Filters use advanced technology to ensure that you see your screen clearly, but “visual hackers” are kept in the dark (Stand F380). ITSI ITSI blends e-books with an integrated platform to share resources and user-generated content in order to save educators time and provide learners with personalised curriculum materials. ITSI allows videos, images and annotations to be inserted into textbooks and enables insight into student learning behaviour to help teachers assess, support and personalise learning through adaptation of resources to match students’ needs. Visitors will be entered into a draw when they book a free demo with ITSI before or during Bett (Stand B111). Adobe Adobe technology aims to empower students to think creatively and communicate expressively,

Image: Jack Terry Photography Image: Jack Terry so they can turn their classroom ideas into university and career opportunities. Adobe invite you to join them at Bett to find out how to inspire student creativity in all subjects by incorporating video, imagery, animation, and Classroom tech more to the curriculum. You can join in one of their 20-minute learning sessions in the in-stand theatre and more in-depth Dawn & Dusk Bett is renowned for the range of solutions on show to Learning Sessions in their private experience room. And when you visit their stand you can help support the day-to-day practice of teachers. We look at get your photo taken in their upside-down classroom and create a unique takeaway to some of the classroom tech being exhibited this year promote your school (Stand E320).

d tech can encompass anything from for schools, Minted Box takes its approach to Crestron mobile devices and collaborative tools development a step further, inviting schools to Crestron will be showcasing the ways in to artificial intelligence and augmented share their ideas and offering the opportunity to which its solutions can facilitate learning. orE virtual reality and Bett is probably the one earn some revenue from the result. This includes solutions for distance learning, opportunity to test and try everything in person The company, which builds technologies for classroom breakout space, active learning and take advantage of the incentives and businesses like Tesco, Wagamamas, Vodafone, interaction, and lecture presentations (Stand discounts offered during the show. Royal Mail and ASOS, looks at ways to create D394). It’s hard to know who to pick from the 800 tailored solutions that address customers’ needs exhibitors, but there’s a host of companies to the letter. These solutions cover a broad Tassomai offering products ranging from clever cloud church, from artificial intelligence to support Tassomai is an online learning program that’s solutions to kit that stream-lines classrooms in productivity to gamification in order to increase helping students get better grades and making ways that will appeal to filophobes everywhere engagement. teachers’ lives easier by reducing the time (that’s a fear of wires). At Bett, the team’s time will be spent spent on admin and marking. Students learn listening to educators and working with them by answering multiple-choice style micro- Airtame to turn their ideas into a reality, providing quizzes on computers or their mobile phones. Airtame is a Danish company that creates schools with a direct route for great ideas to be Tassomai’s algorithm then works out what a screen-sharing device for schools and designed and built, either at a one-off cost, on they know and what they don’t and tailors businesses. The company aims to make a shared revenue basis or even for free (Stand the quizzes accordingly, ensuring that they’re it easy for people to share data and ideas F62). working through the material at the right without cables using the Airtame dongle, a pace in time for their exams. Tassomai’s data small wireless HDMI device that plugs into Clevertouch visualisation tools allows teachers to view the any screen or projector. Users can download The Plus Series from Clevertouch is an performance of individual students or entire the company’s app and stream their content interactive touchscreen that offers connectivity class groups, enabling them to see what’s been to the screen from any computer, tablet or between the screen and any pupil device understood, identify any weaknesses and tailor SmartPhone. A screen with an Airtame plugged including SmartPhones, tablets, MACs, PCs, their teaching accordingly (Stand F80). in can show customised content while not Chromebooks and more. being streamed to, such as a URL, a custom It also includes free for life software, such as Further information background or a dashboard with metrics (Stand the Lynx 5 annotation tool and lesson creator, The exhibitors listed here are just a few of C161). which can help teachers create lessons with any the around 800 that can be found at Bett 2018. content or its advanced STEM tools. For a full list of exhibitors and to search for Minted Box The Plus Series delivers updates and bug exhibitors by subject, phase or key word, visit Rather than focus on ready-made solutions fixes wirelessly and lets IT managers remotely www.bettshow.com

30 SecEd A one-day conference Conferences 22nd March 2018 Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age

Safeguarding children and young people in the 21st Century requires a solid understanding of how to safeguard children online. This is an essential national conference for the entire children’s workforce. We have secured some of the country’s leading experts to equip you with the understanding, skills and confidence to enable children to stay safe in the digital age.

l GOVT INTERNET SAFETY STRATEGY What the strategy means in practice and understanding the evidence behind it Sonia Livingstone OBE, LSE

l INSTILLING DIGITAL RESILIENCE The Growing Up Digital programme; Digital 5 a Day campaign; policy changes required Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner

l NAVIGATING THE DIGITAL MINEFIELD Guide to key social media platforms, chat facilities, instant messaging apps, ‘dark web’ Jonathan Taylor, Online Safety Consultant

l HOW OFSTED INSPECTS E-SAFETY Ken Corish, UK Safer Internet Centre

l CYBERBULLYING PREVENTION Lauren Seager-Smith, Kidscape

l SUPPORTING PARENTS & CARERS David Sankey, Guardian Saints

l WHOLE-SETTING E-SAFETY APPROACH Rebecca Avery, Kent County Council

l ONLINE SELF-HARM Catherine Knibbs, Cybertrauma Consultant

l CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH Matthew Blow, Young Minds

l RADICALISATION & PREVENT DUTY Phil Knight, Just Enough

For the full programme and to book online go to www.safeguardingdigital.co.uk

CYPN_SafeguardChildrenDW_18_Conference_FP_NW+HTU_210x297.indd 1 12/12/2017 12:08 REASON NO. 4 to offer on-screen assessments eAssessments convey the full extent of middle years students’ potential instead of merely measuring how much information they have memorized.

To learn more, meet the IB at Stand B84 or visit www.ibo.org/bett-show