BETT Awards 2010 – Finalists Announced

[russdev]

The finalists for the 12th annual BETT Awards have been announced by organisers Emap, and partners Becta and the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA).

 

Every year, the BETT Awards receive a large number of high quality entries from ICT educational suppliers of all shapes and sizes, hoping to win one of the outstanding awards that commend exemplar ICT products or services intended to improve standards in UK educational institutions.

 

The BETT Awards are considered to be the most prestigious in the education sector, and is committed to five key principles:

To celebrate a distinctive and diverse digital education resources market

Represent and meet the needs of the education system

Stimulate the design, production and delivery of high quality learning resources

Provide options for practitioners, learners and parents who want to use innovative and distinctive educational resources

Reward inclusive and accessible designs.

 

Richard Joslin, exhibition director at Emap for BETT and the BETT Awards comments: “There are a huge number of educational suppliers that offer our sector unprecedented products and services to ensure that learning is continually advancing. The BETT awards offer a fantastic opportunity for these companies to receive the recognition and reward that they so truly deserve. Every year, the awards strive to evolve and this year we have new categories which include ICT Service and Support, Learning and Teaching Tools, Digital Collections and Resource Banks, and Digital Devices.”

 

The BETT Awards 2010 finalists:

 

Early Years Solutions

Inclusive Technology Ltd MyBoard

Smart Learning Phase 1 Phonics

Q&D Multimedia Ltd Pretty Things

 

Primary Digital Content

Rising Stars Cracking Comprehension Years 3-6

Early Vision Ltd Eco Vision Set

Focus Educational Software Ltd Focus on Bee-Bot: Lesson Activities 2 & Bee-Bot Shell Designer

East of England Broadband Network (E2BN) Myths and Legends

Cambridge University Press and Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited Race to Learn

Tate Tate Kids

 

Secondary, FE & Skills Digital Content

Bowland Charitable Trust Bowland maths

East of England Broadband Network (E2BN) Cookit

Serious Games Interactive Global Conflicts: Palestine

The Wonder Project Questioning Origins

Gemin-i.org Rafi.ki

Show Me How to Play.com Show Me How to Play

 

Digital Collections and resource banks

Espresso Education Ltd Channel 4 Learning Clipbank

Charanga Ltd Charanga Music

English and Media Centre emagazine subscription website

Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource

BDP Learning Supporting learner progression: a Teaching and Learning resource

Education Digital Teachers TV Website

The National Archives The Cabinet Papers 1915-1978

 

Leadership & Management solutions

e-safe education Ltd e-safe education Managed Service Provision

HCSS Education Ltd FPSadvance.Net

NetSupport Ltd NetSupport School

ParentPay Limited ParentPay Total Income Management

TSL Education Ltd TES HireWire

Vivo Miles Vivo Miles

 

Special Educational needs Solutions

TTS Group Ltd Attention Tracker

BBC CBBC Accessible Newsreader

TTS Group Ltd Chatter-Block

Optelec Limited FarView

Royal National College for the Blind RoboBraille

Crick Software WriteOnline

 

Tools for Learning and Teaching

2Simple Software 2Do It Yourself

2Simple Software 2Simple Online Tools (Package A)

British Broadcasting Corporation BBC Learning- Booknotes

Creaza Creaza

Get Revising Ltd. Get Revising

Just2easy Limited j2e

Radio in Schools Ltd Radio in Schools

 

Digital Devices

ClickView Ltd ClickView 24-7

NComputing NComputing X-series

A1 Technologies Ltd RapMan

Mantra Lingua Ltd. RecorderPEN

SMART Technologies ULC SMART Table

 

ICT Exporter of the Year 2010

EducationCity.com

Encyclopaedia Britannica (UK) Ltd.

Genee World

Manic Monkey Ltd

Promethean

Whizz Education

 

ICT Service and Support Award 2010

3P Learning

Espresso

Inclusive Technology

Joskos

Microsoft Innovative Teachers Network

RM

ICT Education Partnership Award 2010

Brightlemon

Learning Possibilities (LP+)

Sirius Corporation and the North West Learning Grid

Tsunami Group

Whizz Education

EuroCreator.com | EuroCreator is an educational initiative designed to encourage students

 

ICT Company of the Year 2010

Avermedia

Capita Children's Services

Education City

Espresso Education

Frog

Inclusive Technology

 

Ray Barker, Director of BESA adds: “Every year the BETT Awards recognise excellence in the design of products and services which are positively influencing the education sector. With technology in education growing ever more innovative, it is important that these prestigious awards give credit to those who deserve it.”

 

Stephen Lucey at Becta concludes: “The BETT Awards provide a great snapshot of technology both emerging and in current use. The range of categories and diversity of finalists demonstrate the increasing number of high quality products and services available to enhance learning and teaching. The awards, as always, highlight the rich opportunities provided by technology when effectively used and point the way to resources judged as an exemplar of learning technology at its best, to guide users and reward and further stimulate providers.”

 

The awards are judged by over 60 educational professionals over two days and each entry goes through a meticulous judging process. Judges review each entry based on a number of criteria such as design, cost-effectiveness, effective learning and teaching styles. For the technical evaluation, the robustness and resilience of each product, and its accessibility for those with specific needs is considered.

 

Winners will be announced at the BETT Awards ceremony taking place on Wednesday 13 January 2010 at the Hilton, Park Lane, London, the evening of the first day of BETT, the world’s largest technology in education show.

 

For more information on the BETT Awards, visit http://www.bettawards.com, or on BETT, visit BETT 2010 - Welcome to BETT online

[tom_newton]

Bah. Good job the office cat is on holiday this week

[ICTNUT]

Something seems to be missing from "ICT Service and Support Award 2010"

 

 

Hmmm yes funny that, I wonder when it will appear on the list?.....

[russdev]

I have thought about it for last couple of years so maybe next year...

 

Russ

[GrumbleDook]

You need to have *proven* *educational* benefits, not cost savings, not cuddliness ... oh, and a good marketing budget!

 

It is often hard for tech support to show it makes an educational difference.

[alan-d]

Sneaked a view of the report;

 

Edugeek - 'Shows potential but must try harder!'

 

[john]

Bah. Good job the office cat is on holiday this week

You wouldn't have kicked it would you Tom? I do agree thought you should be up there blasted others getting in the way!

 

As for the lack of Edugeek, the stage wouldn't be big enough to take all our members and the speeches would go on forever..... I am sure we will be there one day

[tom_newton]

John: no, its just that the cat gets well grumpy when we miss out on getting shortlisted for anything

[Busybub]

You need to have *proven* *educational* benefits, not cost savings, not cuddliness ... oh, and a good marketing budget!

 

It is often hard for tech support to show it makes an educational difference.

 

Shut Edugeek down for a year and they'll all find out!

[elsiegee40]

That's an awful lot of nominations... what do you have to do not to get nominated?

 

[Netman]

That's an awful lot of nominations... what do you have to do not to get nominated?

 

 

Be Open Source?

[Theblacksheep]

Crick Software WriteOnline

 

How the hell is that software listed here?!?!?!

[bonjour]

ICT Service and Support Award 2010

3P Learning

Espresso

Inclusive Technology

Joskos

Microsoft Innovative Teachers Network

RM

ICT Education Partnership Award 2010

Brightlemon

Learning Possibilities (LP+)

Sirius Corporation and the North West Learning Grid

Tsunami Group

Whizz Education

 

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