Resources by BECTA
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Becta was the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology in education. It was established in 1997 and closed in March 2011. Becta provided leadership to embed the effective use of technology and provided rigorous research to evaluate the impact of...
Bringing Science to Life with ICT
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science. This case study looks at how two schools enabled students to observe reactions too hazardous to perform in the classroom. One activity was a video and animation of...
Creating a Timing Mechanism for Running Races
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science. This case study looks at how children in science designed a timing mechanism that could be used in Physical Education (PE).
Children used their timer to...
Energy Resources
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science.
This case study looks at renewable energy resources. It describes how students listed as many energy resources as they could before visiting an alternative...
Interactive Whiteboards and Primary Science
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science.
This case study looks at the use of interactive whiteboards (IWB) in two primary schools. It illustrates how IWB can enhance the learning experience, even...
Interactive Whiteboards and Secondary Science Revision
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science.
This case study looks at a range of revision techniques employed using the interactive whiteboard. For example, using PowerPoint and commercially available...
Interactively Speaking
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science.
This case study looks at how ICT was used to enhance the learning of a hearing-impaired student and increase engagement of students in the class. It...
PDAs and Secondary Science
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science. This case study looks at use of PDAs during an A-level biology field study.
PDAs, also called 'handhelds' or 'palmtop PCs', are relatively cheap and robust...
Power for Young Mathematicians
Power for Young Mathematicians was first published in March 1988 as a submission by MESU (The Micro-Electronics Support Unit) to the National Curriculum Mathematics Working Party.
At the time of publication, computers were relatively new to many schools and there was much debate about how they could be used...
Primary Mathematics with ICT: a Pupil’s Entitlement to ICT in Primary Mathematics
Produced by Becta, these materials consider five major opportunities for children to use ICT in learning mathematics: learning from feedback; observing patterns and seeing connections; exploring data; teaching the computer, and developing visual imagery.
These materials look at how primary children can learn...