[senit] Saturday at BETT: disappointing for SEN?

I attended BETT this year on the Saturday. I went

I agree David. This year was the first time for ages I
have been let out from school in the week. What I
found on Saturady last year particularly was that the
staff of government agency stands were not up to speed
on ICT let alone SEN. People tend to think you are
gadding around at an exhibition when it is hard work!
I really think there should be more local exhibitions
, more frequently. A number of SEN ICT companies were
not at BETT or the fringe at all in the week.Maybe
it's the cost.I think many vistors to BETT would not
have realised that the Fringe was on either, which is
a shame.
david
--- David Wilson <davidritchiewilson at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> I attended BETT this year on the Saturday. I went
> down from the North East
> at my own expense and did not want to take time off
> school when we are in
> the midst of IEP preparation and close to PLASC
> submission.
> 
> I wear two "hats" when I go to BETT, one SEN, the
> other MFL. The MFLers
> really seem to have got their act together, perhaps
> realising that many
> (most?) languages teachers can't get to the show on
> a weekday. Four of the
> five MFL presentations at BETT were on the Saturday,
> and very good they were
> too.
> 
> Compare this with SEN. Yes, the SEN stands were
> certainly interesting and I
> went round them several times. However... No SEN
> Fringe on the Saturday. No
> major SEN "seminars" either, just a few
> presentations by suppliers on very
> specific pieces of software. The "Special Needs
> Village" seemed smaller than
> I remember it last time I went to BETT. 6 hours
> instead of 8 on weekdays.
> 
> If the MFLers can put on a good show on the Saturday
> - the President Elect
> of the Association for Language Learning was there
> in person all day - why
> can't SEN do the same? Does anybody agree, or did
> your schools all send you
> to BETT on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, when there
> was plenty to see and
> do SEN-wise?
> 
> David Wilson
> Harton Technology College, South Shields
> 
> 
> 
> 

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