BETT 2007 – update

A letter has been sent out in the schools circular this week for the BETT trip, this letter can be downloaded from digitalbrain (you will need to be logged in to DB to access the file).

The main text from the letter can be viewed by reading on..

Dear Colleague

Shropshire Coach to BETT Show 2007
Event Course Code 62368C

Following interest shown at the last ICT Heads’ meeting and the response to the trip last year, I have organised a coach to BETT 2007 on Wednesday 10 January 2007.

The coach is available for staff from Shropshire Primary, Secondary and Special Schools including Foundation Stage Settings.  CPD will handle bookings and have assigned the course code 62368C for the event. There will be no charge for a place on the coach as Apple have covered the costs.  On the journey down there will be training on the use of Garageband to produce a podcast, the aim of this is for several people to produce a podcast on the way back about their day at BETT.

To book a place please contact the CPD helpline on (01743) 254522 quoting course code 62368c or by completing the attached form.

The coach will leave Sainsbury’s, Meole Brace at 07.00 and will leave Olympia at 17.00.  If preferred, as it is on route, staff may board at 07.15 (and alight on the return) at the services area near Junction 4 of the M54.  Please state your preference using the reply slip on the actual letter, or by copying and pasting from below.

It is advisable to register with BETT beforehand; this will save you a lot of time when you get to Olympia – simply hit the REGISTER button on the homepage of the website http://www.bettshow.co.uk/.  For anyone unfamiliar with the BETT Show, the website states:

“BETT is the world’s leading educational information and communications technologies (ICT) event, attracting 600 educational suppliers and over 28,000 visitors, and bringing together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations.”
BETT is an education event like no other:
•    Discover exciting ideas, practical solutions and inspiring examples of best practice
•    See hundreds of new resources and products
•    Learn at the seminars and workshops. There are over 120 sessions!
•    Develop your ICT skills in the new Training Zone, offering hands-on help
•    Visit dedicated areas for Special Needs, Software and Publishing.

I hope many of you will be able to attend and I’m sure you will find the visit worthwhile and that the travel time affords excellent networking opportunities.

Yours sincerely

Steve Beard
Secondary School Improvement Consultant (ICT)

REPLY SLIP:

Please return to Sarah Wilson, Clerical Assistant,
Education Advisory Service, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND or Fax (01743) 254538

Shropshire Coach to BETT Show 2007
Event Course Code 62368C

Name(s)___________________________________________________

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School_____________________________________________________

I would like to book a place on the Shropshire Coach to BETT Show on 10 January 2007 and would like to be picked up from

Sainsbury’s, Meole Brace Retail Park

Services, Near Junction 4 of the M54