Bett 2016

BETT AWARDS
The Bett Awards finalists
have been announced, with
the winners to be unveiled
on the opening day of Bett
The finalists for the 18th annual Bett
Awards have been announced. More
than 60 educational professionals judge
the awards and finalists are selected based on
criteria including design, cost-effectiveness,
and effective learning and teaching styles.
Entries to the awards are also judged on
“uniqueness and diversity, their ability to
meet the needs of the education sector, and
the quality, accessibility and delivery of their
service or solution”.
Finalists are then asked to send in their
products so judges may complete a full
technical evaluation in line with the criteria of
each award category.
Caroline Wright, director of the British
Educational Suppliers Association
(BESA), said: “Working with teachers and
educationalists to select finalists for these
awards is rewarding and challenging in the
best possible way. Seeing how solutions,
companies and services continue to evolve in
line with the demands of the sector and the
pace of technological innovation is inspiring.”
Debbie French, portfolio director at i2i
Events Group for the Bett Awards, added:
“This year’s awards have seen an incredibly
competitive cohort of entries and we hear
that the judging process to select the finalists
was challenging in the best possible way.
This is testimony to the world-class level of
innovation in the education supplies industry.”
Winning products and services will be
announced at the ceremony on Wednesday,
January 20. Listed below are some of the
finalists in the secondary education-related
categories – who may just be worth a visit
during the show.
For more information on the awards, visit
http://bettawards.com/
Selected Bett Awards 2016 Finalists
Category: Secondary Digital Content
IntoScience (3P Learning); Britannica
Pathways: Science (Britannica Digital
Learning); GCSE English Literature for AQA
Frankenstein Cambridge Elevate Enhanced
Edition (Cambridge University Press); GCSE
Mathematics Online (Cambridge University
Press); Teaching units and textbooks (PG
Online); SAM Learning (SAM Learning);
Show My Homework (Show My Homework)
Category: ICT Tools for Learning,
Teaching and Assessment (non web-based)
2Build a Profile (2Simple Software);
WizeFloor (Alexandra Institute); SIMS
Assessment (Capita SIMS); Target Tracker
(EES for Schools); i-GVS (Global Vocational
Skills); NetSupport School (NetSupport);
Read&Write (Texthelp Ltd)
Category: ICT Tools for Learning,
Teaching and Assessment (web-based,
classroom aids)
Purple Mash (2Simple Software); Codio
And the
winners are...
(Codio); Creaza (Creaza AS); Maths Tutor
(Daydream Education); ConquerMaths.com
(GenericMaths); GoConqr (GoConqr); App
Camp (SAS Apps)
Category: ICT Tools for Learning,
Teaching and Assessment (web-based,
whole-school aids)
BASE (CEM); EDLounge (Edlounge); Frog
Progress (Frog Education); Progress Test
Series (GL Assessment); Learning Ladders
(Learning Ladders); Classroom Monitor
(Prime Principle); School360 (Shoo Fly
Publishing); TES Courses (TES Global)
Category: Free Digital Content/Open
Educational Resources (content suite)
BeauchApp (Beauchamp College); QuickStart
Computing (Computing At School); ArcGIS
Online (Esri UK); Gojimo (Gojimo);
LearnPad Tool Suite (LearnPad); My Rising
Stars (Rising Stars); Heloise Spence (Twig
World)
Category: Free Digital Content/Open
Educational Resources (single issue
resource)
Faith on the Frontline (CTVC/TrueTube
and Breakthrough Media); iCompute Lite
(iCompute); Counter-Extremism: Narratives
and conversations (London Grid for Learning);
National Theatre On Demand (National
Theatre and Frog Education); Periodic Table
app (Royal Society of Chemistry); The Tesco
Eat Happy Project (Tesco); Magna Carta (The
National Archives)
Category: ICT SEN Solutions
Clicker Communicator; SuperKeys (both
from Crick Software); The Boris Games
(GamelabUK); Inclusive Eye Gaze Education
(Inclusive Technology); Switch4 iPad App
(Mike Ayres Design); Grid 3 (Smartbox
Best in Show: Winners of the Bett
Awards 2016 will be announced at a
ceremony on the first evening of the
Bett Show – Wednesday, January 20 –
at The Brewery in London
Assistive Technology); Educater (The
Publishing Foundry)
Category: ICT Leadership and
Management solutions
Bluesky Education (Bluesky); eCadets
(eCadets); EDLounge (EDLounge); School
Effectiveness+ (EES for Schools); Groupcall
Emerge (Groupcall); School Improvement
Pathways (Oxford University Press);
Classroom Monitor (Prime Principle); Show
My Homework (Show My Homework)
Category: Educational Apps
LabCamera (Intellisense); Raz-Kids (Learning
A-Z); LogicCity for Schools (Minds On
Play LLC); Kids Sound Lab Pro (Raddlist);
Colorcards Basic Sequences (Speechmark);
Olive Green (SuperMemo World); Coach’s
Eye (TechSmith)
Category: ICT Company of the Year
Less than £3m turnover: bksb Ltd; Contact
Group; Just2easy; Learning Ladders & School
Explained; New Era Education Ltd; Prime
Principle; Think IT
More than £3m turnover: 3P Learning;
Avantis Systems Ltd; Firefly; Frog Education;
Fujitsu UK & Ireland; Joskos Solutions;
Toshiba
Category: ICT Service and Support
3BM Ltd; Firefly; Joskos Solutions; London
Grid for Learning; Plum Innovations Ltd;
Scomis; Think IT; Wolverhampton Learning
Technologies Team.
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