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BETT Highlights
Qualifactions for Schools from BCS
B
CS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has
developed a range of practical qualifications
and resources designed to get everyone using IT
to their advantage. Our qualifications offer
‘Solutions for Schools’ with a fantastic range
of qualifications ideal for the school
environment.
Digital Creator is an enjoyable way of
achieving a GCSE equivalent qualification while
expressing creativity through digital media. There
are eight engaging units which include digital
audio, still images, video, storytelling with
animation, optical media and much more. The
course involves five creative aspects of digital
media, and three which share work via optical
media, presentations and the internet. This
qualification engages with students and allows
them to express their creativity right across the
curriculum.
BCS is offering a unique opportunity for
1,000 teachers to receive free digital media
skills courseware at the 2010 BETT Show.
We are pleased to announce a major
opportunity for teachers and trainers to get
started with digital media skills. At the BETT
Show 2010, taking place at London Olympia,
13th – 16th January, (www.bettshow.com) BCS
(stand no. J9) will be offering a unique
opportunity for 1,000 teachers to get free access
to our new Digital Creator Level 1 materials.
Hosted online, these materials provide all of
the resources needed to teach some key digital
media skills such as, creating, editing and sharing
podcasts, digital video, animations and digital
photographs.
They are perfect as an introduction for
teachers and trainers who have never used
digital media before and want to gain the skills
themselves before teaching them to students.
The materials include comic-book style
workbooks, video tutorials and sample files;
everything that is needed to deliver engaging
and easy to understand lessons. It demonstrates
how to create exciting digital projects and comes
complete with a full e-portfolio system.
We will be offering teachers the chance to
register for a free term long registration to the
site on stand J9. This will be offered on a
strictly first-come, first-served basis. Terms
and Conditions will apply, with more information
available on the stand or through our BCS
Limelight newsletter (to register to this
newsletter please email:
limelight@hq.bcs.org.uk).
equalskills is the perfect introduction for ECDL improves a candidate’s
people who’ve never used a computer, helping understanding of computers and
learners understand the basic skills needed to helps them learn to use computers
Please view our website
operate a computer. Learners progress on to an efficiently, opening up opportunities
for more details:
introduction to the internet at a steady, easy by providing a broad range of IT skills.
www.bcs.org/qualifications
pace. The qualification covers: Computer Basics, Personal Finance provides
We look forward to seeing
Introduction to the Desktop, The World Wide learners with a financial
you on our stand, J9!
Web and Email. understanding, to help them manage
For regular updates on our
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stand, follow our Twitter feed:
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their accuracy. It is flexible and fun with no can work with existing approved
pressure for learners to keep up with others. centres to deliver our qualifications to
Forget two finger typing forever! students and staff.
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