Projects: BECTA

NAME has worked collaboratively with the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) for a number of years. Following a three-year consultancy, NAME carried out shorter contracts to produce specific resources. Becta is one of the organisations abolished by the Coalition Government and its website closes on 31 January 2011. Becta has provided the following materials, which include those developed in conjunction with NAME.

The materials have been provided on a non-exclusive basis under the new Open Government License and the UK Government Licensing Framework to enable and encourage the free use of government information covered by Crown copyright and database rights. All existing Becta copyright statements are superseded by this provision. For further information see:

http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/open-government-licence

The one exception is any photography or video contained in the material. Whilst this can be reproduced in its existing format and for the purpose for which it was designed, it cannot be repurposed in any format or medium.

Consultancy Supporting ICT in secondary school music 2004-2007
Entitlement   Secondary music ICT entitlement document
Hard to Teach    Resources to support 6 hard to teach areas
Home Learning   Useful weblinks!
Starter for 10   More useful weblinks!
The 21st Century Teacher Using technology to enhance music teaching
Effective use of ICT in Music Teaching 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081
ICT in Music

The 21st Century Teacher

In March 2010 NAME was contracted by Becta to produce a description of the 21st century music teacher: ie, one which described how a music teacher utilises technology in all aspects of the teacher's role. The description had to cover how primary and secondary teachers of music employ technology in all areas of their roles.

Starter for 10

In autumn 2007 NAME was awarded a contract to provide two music ‘primers’ containing useful weblinks: a) Starter for 10 and b) Home Learning. The aim of Starter for 10 was to provide an ‘aide memoire’ to a secondary music teacher or other professional educator (eg. librarian, teaching support staff) containing a series of launching pads for subject discovery online. The weblinks were to

Home Learning

In autumn 2007 NAME was awarded a contract to provide two music ‘primers’ containing useful weblinks: a) Starter for 10 and b) Home Learning. David Ashworth carried out the project between December and 2007 and February 2008.The Home Learning document was aimed at teachers and pupils involved in the Computers for Pupils (CfP) scheme, with a focus on supporting learning at home in KS3 music (but has since been found to have much wider application). The weblinks were to

Hard to Teach

Following a request from Becta for proposals for the provision of support to subject teachers for ‘using ICT effectively in subject teaching’. NAME was awarded a contract to provide teacher support materials for ‘hard to teach’ topics within music.

Between January and March 2008, project manager Andy Murray worked with practitioners to identify hard(er) to teach areas of the KS3 music curriculum and to develop guidance and resources. The areas selected were:

Entitlement

The contract to revise the secondary subject entitlement document (originally written in 2004) was awarded in summer 2008 and Andy Murray was appointed as project manager. The project was completed in January 2009.The aims were

Consultancy

ICT in Music Consultancy 2004-2007: In 2004, NAME was contracted by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) to support the use of ICT in music at KS3 and '14-19'. this one-year contract was developed during two subsequent annual contracts intended to 'support the professional development of teachers in using ICT in music teaching and learning'. A steering group of represenatives from across the music education sector - the National Music Management Group (NMMG) was set up, and David Ashworth was appointed as Lead Consultant in Music and ICT.