But few headteachers have ever managed to pull off the trick achieved by Mark Betts headteacher of St Joseph Junior School, Wembley. For when he returned to school after a day at the British Education and Training Technology (BETT) Show at Olympia he came back, not with a list of expensive equipment that the school might buy, but with the message that he had just won a £995 Visualiser.
The Visualiser is an electronic tool which enlarges and magnifies 3D objects so that they can be seen by everyone in the class. It is a great bonus in subjects as diverse as science, design technology and art, all subjects that involve looking at objects from different angles.
To win the prize Mark Betts was merely asked to fill in a questionnaire when he attended the stand of Slough-based Visualiser manufacturer, Bretford UK.
As Vikki Bates, marketing director of Bretford UK said, "We gave away four Visualisers at the BETT Show because we were keen for headteachers to realise the enormous benefits that arise from this piece of technology in the classroom.
