Over four days at the Olympia in London last month, OCR joined some 700 educational suppliers from the global teaching and learning community to welcome 30,000 visitors to the 26th BETT conference and exhibition – the world’s largest education technology event. The centrepiece of OCR activity this year was the OCR Nationals qualifications in ICT, which is the fourth most popular 14-19 qualification in the UK.
OCR Nationals are currently undergoing a re-development process which will involves a number of improvements so that they are approved to the new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) before being available for first teaching in September 2010.
As part of OCR's range of activities at BETT, a live radio broadcast by acclaimed ICT author, inventor and broadcaster Russell Prue, featured interviews with Nigel Lofthouse, ICT Curriculum Manager and Greg Watson, OCR Chief Executive, to discuss OCR Nationals ICT qualifications, amongst others. Both interviews can be heard on the Anderton Tiger podcast.
Additionally, many fact and fun filled activities took place on the OCR stand throughout the event including a chance for centres to win a unique prize - a visit by Russell Prue to run a live radio workshop onsite. The prize was won by West Buckland School in Devon.
In addition to the advice and guidance available for OCR Nationals, OCR experts were also on hand to discuss OCR's GCSE 2010 ICT specification which has been developed in partnership with teachers and other key stakeholders in the ICT teaching community. From September 2010, learners beginning a new course of GCSE ICT study will need to be working towards the new GCSE 2010 ICT specification. For more information on GCSE 2010 ICT please view the GCSE 2010 qualification page.