1. Ray Barker, Director, BESA Colin Penfold, Director, Partnerships and Commissioning, Becta What makes a good product? BETT 08 Saturday, 12 January 2008

2. Awarding creative and innovative products for teachers and learners

3. The BETT awards aim to: Represent the needs of the education system. Reward vibrant products that support innovation and personalising learning. Stimulate the design, production and delivery of quality products, fit for purpose within the marketplace. Provide options for people who want to buy innovative products. Reward inclusive and accessible designs.

4. Judging criteria include:

5. Christine deGraft-Hanson Deputy Principal, Parkwood Hall School, ICT in Practice Awards winner 2001 & BETT Awards judge 2008

6. Products should be… Innovative creative inclusive educational motivational content-rich extremely user-friendly (intuitive).

7. What makes something exceptional? One of a kind? Cutting-edge or near cutting-edge technology? Cross-curricular (if relevant or possible)? Accessible to many? Looks good?

8. The challenge today… Pro or con? Learners who’ve ‘seen it all’ Learners who can probably use technology better than the teacher Death by software/content Funding.

9. So… What criteria would YOU look for?

10. Sarah Neild Primary School AST, Birchley St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, St Helens, ICT in Practice Awards runner-up 2004 & BETT Awards judge 2006-8

18. A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web page http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113

20. A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web page http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113

22. A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web page http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113

24. Ease of access to the resources

25. Straightforward

26. Differentiation

27. Prompts

28. Interaction

30. A video clip is available – to watch this, please download the zip file from the web page http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35113