The finalists for the 17th annual Bett Awards have been announced by organisers i2i Events Group, and partners the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA).
Every year, the Bett Awards receive a large number of high quality entries from a vast range of ICT educational suppliers, hoping to win one of the outstanding awards that commend exemplar ICT products or services intended to improve standards in UK educational institutions.
The Bett Awards are considered to be the most prestigious in the education sector, and entrants are judged on their level of distinctiveness and diversity, representation of the needs of the education system, quality of design, production, and delivery and inclusivity and accessibility.
Debbie French, portfolio director at i2i Events Group for Bett and the Bett Awards, comments: “Year after year, the Bett Awards showcase the highest level of educational suppliers, all offering an unprecedented quality of products and services to ensure that learning is continually advancing. Organisations judged to be the best in the Bett Awards lead the world in terms of the both the fit of their products to the sector’s needs and the standard of customer service offered. The Bett Awards offer a fantastic opportunity for these companies to receive the recognition and reward that they so truly deserve.”
The Bett Awards 2015 finalists:
| Company / category | Product |
Early Years Digital Content | |
| Day Two Productions | The Traditional Storyteller Apps |
| Edu-Consulting International Ltd. | EduQuest |
| eyLog Ltd | eyLog – Early Years Log |
| Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS | Salaby |
| Jolly Learning Ltd | Jolly Phonics Letter Sounds App |
| Phonic Books Ltd | Dandelion Launchers iBooks Units 1-7 |
| S.E.S (Scientific Educational Systems) | K-First |
Primary Digital Content | |
| 2Simple Software | Purple Mash |
| 3P Learning | Mathletics |
| 3P Learning | Reading Eggs |
| Discovery Education | Espresso Coding |
| Focus Educational Software Ltd | Focus on KS1 Computing: Bee-Bot Lesson Activities 3 |
| iCompute Teaching Ltd | iCompute for Primary Schools |
| Rising Stars | Switched on Computing |
| Rising Stars | Switched on Science |
Secondary, FE & Skills Digital Content | |
| Alfiesoft Ltd | AQA GCSE Science |
| Bamzonia Ltd | Bamzonia |
| Cambridge University Press | Cambridge Dynamic Science |
| Clio Online Aps | Clio Tests |
| I am learning | I am learning |
| London Grid for Learning | The M Room |
| Science Bits | Science Bits |
| Soundbitelearning UK Ltd | GCSEPod |
Best Whole Course Curriculum Content | |
| 2Simple Software | Serial Mash |
| 3P Learning | Mathletics |
| Bksb Ltd | Bksb English and Maths Solution |
| Bloomsbury Publishing plc | Music Express Online |
| GenericMaths Ltd. | ConquerMaths.com |
| Hodder Education | Compute-IT – Computing for Key Stage 3 |
| iCompute Teaching Ltd | iCompute for Primary Schools |
| Rising Stars | Switched on Science |
ICT Tools for Learning and Teaching – web based | |
| CEM | PIPS Baseline |
| epraise Ltd | epraise |
| Frog Education | FrogLearn |
| Just2easy | Just2easy Toolsuite |
| LearnPad | ClassConnect |
| Learning Ladders Ltd (part of School Explained Ltd) | Learning Ladders |
| School Explained Ltd | School Explained (for schools) |
| SMART Technologies | SMART amp™ |
| Wordwall (Visual Education) | Wordwall with Respond Anywhere |
ICT Tools for Learning and Teaching – non-web based | |
| 2Simple Software | 2Build a Profile |
| DisplayNote Technologies Ltd | Display Note |
| Essex Education Services | Target Tracker |
| LEGO Education | StoryStarter |
| Osborne Technologies Ltd | Tango Teach |
| SARL Maskott | Tactileo Cloud |
| TechSmith Corporation | Camtasia Studio |
Digital Collections and Resource Banks | |
| Alfiesoft | Alfie NNC Primary |
| BrainPOP UK | BrainPOP UK |
| EduKit Solutions Ltd | EduKit Connect |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica | Britannica School |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica | Britannica® Image Quest™ |
| London Grid for Learning | The Tudors in London |
ICT Special Educational Needs Solutions | |
| Crick Software | Clicker Books |
| IdeasWise Ltd | ReadingWise English |
| Inclusive Technology Ltd | Inclusive EyeGaze Foundations |
| JellyJames Publishing Ltd | Dynamo Profiler |
| SOUND FOR LIFE | Forbrain |
| Texthelp Ltd | Read&Write: Write family of software products |
| Therapy Box | Predictable |
| WizCom Tech Ltd | Exam Pen |
| Digital Devices | |
| 4D Creative | 4D creative immersive space and software |
| Fuze Technologies Ltd | FUZE |
| LearnPad | Decimo |
| PASCO scientific | PASCO Spectrometer + Spectrometry App |
| PROJEKTMEDIA s.r.o. | MAGIC BOX |
| SMART Technologies | SMART Board 6065 interactive flat panel |
| Vernier Software & Technology | LabQuest 2 & Connected Science System |
| zSpace Inc | zSpace Virtual Reality Science Lab |
| ICT Leadership and Management Solutions | |
| 2Simple Software | 2Build a Profile |
| Arbor Education Partners | Arbor Insight |
BlueSky (trading name of Atkey Solutions Ltd) | BlueSky Education |
| Classroom Monitor | Classroom Monitor |
| Essex Education Services | Target Tracker |
| Minted Box Education Ltd | MINTclass |
| New Media Learning Ltd | 4Matrix |
| South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) | BOOST |
| Free Digital Content/Open Educational Resources | |
| FutureLearn | FutureLearn |
| Royal Society of Chemistry and PhET Interactive Simulations | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Just2easy | J2Code |
| OCR | Cambridge GCSE Computing Online |
| Promethean | ClassFlow |
| Rising Stars UK Ltd | Switched On Computing – Take Your First Easy Steps with Microsoft |
| Tigtag and Imperial College London | Reach Out CPD |
| TrueTube.co.uk/CTVC Ltd | Doorways |
| International Digital Resources | |
| 3P Learning | Mathletics |
| EducationCity | EducationCity V2 |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica | Britannica School |
| InfoMentor | InfoMentor |
| Petra’s Planet for Schools | Petra’s Planet for Schools |
| Rosetta Stone | Rosetta Stone Language Lessons Version 3 for Schools |
| Twig World Ltd | Twig |
| Vernier Software & Technology | LabQuest 2 and Connected Science System |
| Educational Apps | |
| Crick Software | Clicker Connect |
| Gojimo | Gojimo |
| MS Micro Librarian Systems | iMLS |
| Osmo | Osmo starter kit |
| PASCO Scientific | SPARKvue |
| Red Jumper Studio | Book Creator |
| Universal Learning Games | The English Minnits |
| Vernier Software & Technology | Video Physics |
ICT Company of the Year – < £1m turnover Edukey Education Ltd Earwig Academic Jigsaw School Apps Optimum Reports Ltd Sonocent Ltd School Explained ICT Company of the Year – between £1m and £10m turnover 2Simple Software Contact Group EducationCity Frog Education iSAMS Independent Ltd Joskos Solutions Ltd Rising Stars Soft Egg Ltd ICT Company of the Year – over £10m turnover Advanced Learning Capita SIMS Dell Discovery Education LearnPad Promethean Innovation in ICT
ICT Exporter of the Year 2Simple Software EducationCity Encyclopaedia Britannica iSAMS Independent Ltd LearnPad Little Bridge World Promethean Tribal Caroline Wright, director of BESA adds: “Every year the Bett Awards recognise excellence in the design of products and services which are positively influencing the education sector. With technology in education growing ever more innovative, it is important that these prestigious awards evolve inline with the industry. This year we have added an ‘Innovation in ICT’ category to recognise those companies really driving the technology agenda in schools and Best Whole Course Curriculum Content.” The awards are judged by over 60 educational professionals to put each entry through a meticulous judging process. Judges initially review each entry based on its fit with the awards’ criteria such as design, cost-effectiveness, effective learning and teaching styles. The finalists will now be asked to send in their products so judges may give a technical evaluation, measure the robustness and resilience of each product, as well as its accessibility for those with specific needs. Winners will be announced at the Bett Awards ceremony on the first evening of the Bett Show, Wednesday 21 January 2015 at the The Brewery, London EC1Y. For more information on the Bett Awards, visit www.bettawards.com. ~ends~ Notes for Editors About Bett 2015: Over its thirty years, Bett has evolved into the world’s largest technology in education event. With more than 35,000 visitors and over 600 exhibitors, it continues to inspire learning excellence worldwide. Bett 2015 will run over four days from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 24 January 2015 at ExCeL, London. About i2i Events Group: i2i Events Group delivers world-class exhibitions, large scale events and festivals in key sectors including home and gift, fashion, retail, healthcare, energy, environment, education, technology, media and creative. Its portfolio of world-wide events includes World Retail Congress, Spring Fair, Naidex, BVE, Bett and Pure London. It prides itself on opening up possibilities for its customers and each year brings more than 250,000 decision makers together to network, source, test, buy and sell brilliant products, services, ideas and solutions. i2i Events Group is headed up by Mark Shashoua who joined EMAP as Group MD of EMAP Connect in November 2011 and became CEO of i2i Events Group in March 2012. i2i Events is powered by Top Right Group, formerly known as EMAP International Ltd. www.i2ieventsgroup.com. For press enquiries, please contact Mango Marketing: Rachel Womack Rachel.Womack@mangomarketing.com Sue Murray Sue.murray@mangomarketing.com Telephone: +44 (0) 1932 829 077 | |
