Miss Gale (Yr5 Teacher and ICT
Coordinator) and I spent the day at BETT, a massive trade show at EXCEL where
suppliers have the opportunity to display a wide range of products for schools.
We went along with the aim of finding out more about what is available and to
try to identify products to enhance teaching and learning at Chatsworth. Most
of the stalls were offering ICT products to help with particular subjects, some
companies were offering very niche products only and others a very wide range. Chatsworth
has a very sensible approach and only buys ICT products if staff strongly feel
they will make a difference rather than using ICT for the sake of it, after all
we all need a break from our `gadgetry’ particularly since we are also keen to
encourage healthy, active lifestyles!
We did manage to speak to quite a
few suppliers and identified some products that could be of use to Chatsworth,
some were no/low tech products which seemed effective such as a clock designed
to help teach children to read the time. My favourite was an app designed for
outdoor learning, I particularly liked the key to help identifying trees.
It was an interesting day and it was
certainly useful for both of us, I would like to go next year and maybe also
attend some of the talks by leaders in education.
Ann Sylph, ICT Governor
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