BETT Thoughts

Released 14/01/2010

Suzannah Wright shares her thoughts on day two of BETT 2010

As we edge towards the halfway point of BETT 2010, I thought I'd share, in no particular order, a selection of the thoughts, interesting ideas and discussions I've overheard over the last two days.

Money, or lack thereof, is obviously a big talking point. As you might expect, the exhibitors are keen to discuss how their products can save money in the longterm, but a lot of what they are saying makes sense. Invest in some sort of durable thin client and reduce annual hardware costs, for example.
Online assessment is a being discussed in various ways - one interesting point is the need for schools to consider how they might provide large formal exams if these were carried out online: do you have enough devices to fill an examination hall? Could you rent them for the exam period?
Partnerships and interoperability are big themes this year as they were last. Promethean, for example, were keen to stress how their response systems can be used with any board - going so far as to use a SMARTboard on their stand. In other areas collaboration between software and hardware providers or links between software systems should make it easier for schools to integrate and streamline their ICT.
But some attendees are keen to move on from IWBs and towards other forms of interactivity...what do you think, are IWBs too last year to mention?

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