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Now in its 28th year, the world’s leading event for educational technology, BETT, today opened its doors to welcome the first of the thousands of visitors expected during the four-day event. Joining them was the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, who was at BETT to deliver the opening speech. bee-it’s own Bryan Plumb went along to find out more...  The teaching of ICT and computer science in UK schools “is insufficiently rigorous and in need of reform”, the government said in response to an industry report looking at technology teaching in the UK.
Read more...  At a time of significant uncertainty and funding cuts, the results of the new 2011 British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) research indicates that by 2012/13 nearly half of all schools anticipate more than 50 per cent of pupil-time being exposed to teaching and learning using ICT.
Read more...   With school technology procurement and the perceived lack of ICT on the new curriculum proving to be hot topics of the moment, Westminster Education Forum gathered brains from across the UK to consider ‘The Future of Technology in Education’. Bryan Plumb, Director of bee-it, went along to find out more...
 With teachers and pupils across the UK returning to the classroom after another record year for A-level and GCSE results, 2012 promises to be an exciting, if not challenging time for the nation’s schools. With the new government now into its third academic year, many of their pledges are now coming into fruition, so what will 2012 bring?
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