BETT 2025
It’s a sure BETT The annual BETT show was held in January and showcased the best in technology that is available to the education sector, highlighting some of the innovation that is helping to make educators’ lessons more engaging and lives easier.
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The British Educational Training and Technology Show – better known as the BETT Show, continues to deliver to the education sector year after year, and BETT 2025 held from 22-24 January proved why it remains the premium event in the education technology space. Held over three days, showcasing cutting-edge innovations set to shape the future of learning, the event featured more than 600 exhibitors, and was attended by some 35,000 people from the global education community. In the Channel Media was present to cover the event and exhibited alongside Stock in the Channel, supporting more than 3,000 hardware brands that rely on the Stock in the Channel platform. Each year, BETT has a clear underlying trend that emerges, whether it’s the rise of 3D printers, the evolution of digital panels to interactive boards or the explosion of eSports. This year there certainly were two trends coming to the fore, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), although eSports, the power of AV, digital physicality and cybersecurity still grabbed a big slice of attention. Robotics unleashed Robotics was presented in all manners of delivery, from Key Stage 1 to
This year there certainly were two trends coming to the fore, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), although eSports, the power of AV, digital physicality and cybersecurity still grabbed a big slice of attention.
block set that encourages coding and integrates thought processes about maths and robots is a good start, especially sets that can be expanded with future budgets. While there is a lot of negativities about the future of coding with the emergence of AI, the understanding of the application of coding to programming is still required. Future fit Digital PE was a fun and noisy watch. With the great British weather, ingenious companies have come up with a plethora of solutions to meet schoolchildren’s needs, on the premise that there is a dedicated indoor area for them to use. Solutions included sensors, projectors, mats, balls, nets, software, lights and a lot of adrenaline and perspiration.
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further education levels. From kits to components, and from lessons
tailored for the teachers to companies delivering presentations with their digital companions, it’s an exciting time to be a child. For the cash-strapped school, in the earlier years, considering a basic magnetic
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