Foreword
The world’s top Education sector exhibition and conference BETT, is to hold its first regional event, in UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Endorsed by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), BETT Middle East is dedicated to showcasing the best in educational technology products, resources and best practice in this rapidly expanding industry.
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BETT Middle East a classroom for education technology and debate
The debut BETT Middle East exhibition and conference has been held in Abu Dubai under the auspices of the Abu Dhabi Education Council. The event attracted educational practitioners from across the region and suppliers from as far afield as South Korea, as Phil Blizzard reports.
Promethean interact with educationalists at BETT ME
The UK education resource company Promethean had one of the most interactive exhibition stands, for both learners and teachers, at BETT Middle East. Phil Blizzard spoke with Jim Wynn, CEO, Promethean about their key focus in educational technology and their association with the supersonic car project Bloodhound.
High speed Bloodhound project at BETT Middle East
Having set a previous world land speed record at over 633mph Richard Noble OBE, Director, Bloodhound Project and his team are now aiming for the 1000mph barrier with a new supersonic car. At BETT Middle East he spoke to Phil Blizzard about the project and how it is being used to show the importance of STEM subjects - science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Microsoft in the classroom at BETT ME
Cloud computing in the education sector is amongst the latest technology and software solutions for the clasroom as discussed by Phil Blizzard with Zeid Shubailat, Director, Education, ME&A, Microsoft at BETT Middle East.
World class learning from GEMS at BETT Middle East
At the debut BETT Middle East conference and exhibition Prof Ralph Tabberer, Chief of Schools & COO MENASA, GEMS Education provided the keynote address. In this interview with Phil Blizzard Prof Tabberer talks about theme of world class learning and specifically here in the Middle East.
HP looks to the future of educational technology
Salim Ziade, GM Middle East, HP Personal Systems Group explains to Edward Poultney at BETT Middle East how the relationship between technology vendors and educational establishments has changed, and how the level of technology is going to evolve over the coming years.
Citrix and Microsoft to drive desktop virtualization
The benefits of desktop virtualization are explained by Antoine Aquado, Regional Director, Mena, Citrix to Phil Blizzard in this Gitex interview, along with details of their newly announced partnership with Microsoft.
IDC analyse the future of IT spend following 15% UAE downturn
The global economic crisis is having a major impact on the ICT industry, with the IT spend across the UAE down 15% in 2009, according to Jyoti Lalchandani, VP, IDC, MEA. He talks to Phil Blizzard about the changing IT landscape and what CIO's need to address in order to reduce their IT spend.Latest Technology jobs
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