GrumbleDook Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Other than the blindingly obvious (coming to the EduGeek Technical Help Point to gaze at the wonder of the admins, mods, helpers and gophers as they give astounding advice to all and sundry ... even if it is "If you look at the map on the inside of the show guide you will then be able to find the smoothwall stand who are not next to us anymore but are at a bigger and better stand a few seconds walk away"!!!) ... What are the things at BETT you are looking for? Have you been asked by the teachers / SLT to look for anything in particular? Personally ... I'm looking at assistive technologies and see what improvements have been made in it this you for mobile devices, and also having a look at how VLE providers are coping with the recent changes (loss of grants, shortfall in school budgets, etc) and what they are offering to schools that makes them special. 1
Iain.Faulkner Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Well we've had a change in Headteacher, and I've been asked to look at bringing in a solution to aid us in emailing parents and also that will allow us to text parents :-) Very happy as I've been after something like this for the 3 years I've been here!
vikpaw Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Well we've had a change in Headteacher, and I've been asked to look at bringing in a solution to aid us in emailing parents and also that will allow us to text parents :-) Very happy as I've been after something like this for the 3 years I've been here! I'm sure you know the usual suspects are schoolcomms, groupcall, SLG and/or InTouch (if you're with SIMS), but last year i also found a couple of stand-alone (meaning i hadn't heard of them before) stands offering good deals on texting services, really cheap if you are in the UK. On the emailing side, i would imagine many VLEs are capable of managing that, especially if you have exchange. 1
vikpaw Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 I'll be looking out for VLE resources (moodle / sharepoint) ; new tablets / android devices ; new MIS systems ; grading / assessment systems ; tools that aid analysis of data / using the data already in the MIS. As well as, catching up with all our suppliers and EG comrades )
jamesreedersmith Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Technology on the desk type ideas (ideas to bring technology to every table in every class ) for research/collabrative learning etc. Like a tablet per table weather this be Android, IOs, WinMo, Win 8 etc.
vikpaw Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Oh, i am really keen to find out about tools / advice regarding bulk usage / management of iDevices in a school environment. I saw loads of charging last year, but want to look at management, backup, synching, app distribution / control etc.
Domino Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 I'm going to do some tiger hunting. Ben That's a rather old OSX version, surely they've updated by now? ....I'll be hunting Smoothwall Gav's expense account.
featured_spectre Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 If I go, aside from helping on the stand, be looking at visualisers and presentation methods without the need for interactive whiteboards.
localzuk Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Free stuff... I'm interested in large scale touchscreen LCDs like the Sahara ones, to see how they're coming along in terms of price performance, IPad/Mobile device management systems, meeting some of the people I know I've dealt with over the last 5 years but haven't met yet.
plexer Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 That's a rather old OSX version, surely they've updated by now? ....I'll be hunting Smoothwall Gav's expense account. Dook v2.06? Ben
crc-ict Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Free stuff... I'm interested in large scale touchscreen LCDs like the Sahara ones, to see how they're coming along in terms of price performance, IPad/Mobile device management systems, meeting some of the people I know I've dealt with over the last 5 years but haven't met yet. Don't think you'll get any of those things for free... ;-)
Scifigirl Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Assistive Tech stuff, digital signage, the obligatory LCDs Vs Projectors price comparisons, access devices-- how to use iPads without intergrating the damn things--- individual pupil basis for communication etc. Software too. pie in sky stuff too-- im using my visit to help push for better usage of what we have and to help plan the 3 year budget ideas.
Boredguy Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Any freebies that we can get off the stands and a day out of the office.
russdev Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 One thing will of interest is to see if we see some of ultrabooks start to filter through or do we have to wait till next years BETT. We might have to wait as lot of companies will be releasing ultrabooks at CES few days before and will have to see if any stands manage to arrange something to get them onto the stands... Stones website have said will have some. As I can see ultrabooks will become very useful within the education sector lightweight and long battery life.... Russell
vikpaw Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Maybe you'll nab a few @russdev for your stand. For anyone that doesn't know, stand G63 is basically the hurdle in the 100m dash from entrance to the EG stand at G89. It's all part of the initiation for all 1st-timers at BETT
localzuk Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Don't think you'll get any of those things for free... ;-) As Del Boy says... He who dares, wins.
witch Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Well, I'm not there officially but I will have a look at moodle resources for one school, and for the other I am looking at interesting ways to engage junior school children with ICT - such things as making videos, whole-school projects, Lego robots or anything else that will move us away from teaching excel etc as stand-alone subjects. Also free stuff...lots of free stuff - specifically bags and usb sticks, but anything gratefully accepted. And hugs...
witch Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Yep @elsiegee40 - you are bringing your son, arent you? P'raps we'll have time for a coffee?
plexer Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Maybe you'll nab a few @russdev for your stand. For anyone that doesn't know, stand G63 is basically the hurdle in the 100m dash from entrance to the EG stand at G89. It's all part of the initiation for all 1st-timers at BETT Lol, alternatively head straight down from the main entrance and hang a left at....... Ben
russdev Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Lol, alternatively head straight down from the main entrance and hang a left at....... Ben sshh don't tell anyone anyway that don't worry got me on stand this year Russ
john Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 @Vikpaw if your looking MIS there is really only one choice - Progresso Talk to me about it We are moving to it over the next 6 months and its amazing stuff. For me I need to go poke Steljes and have a good play on a new Smartboard before I decide to buy the new ones or an older model for our new classrooms, looking at Netbooks / Ultrabooks (which seem to be trying to take over from Netbooks ), VLE Resources, going to catch up with some firms we are going to be buying stuff from this year in our refurb project and catch up with the cashless companys again before I buy that as well this year
zag Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 If I go, aside from helping on the stand, be looking at visualisers and presentation methods without the need for interactive whiteboards. The iPad is a perfect visualiser these days. Its funny, you give such a great technology to a teacher and the best use they found out of it was to take pictures with the video camera and display them on a board! To be honest it actually works really well
enjay Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Be interested to look at what people are doing with mobile devices, and what solutions they offer to integrate/manage/share resources with them. Also, anything which takes technology out of the IT Suites and puts it in the classroom, whether that is tablets, netbooks/ultrabooks, cameras, projectors. We have a new Primary IT Co-ordinator who is very technically-minded, so I'm sure she'll send me off with quite a list, too.
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