Bett, the education conference, took place in London’s ExCeL this week. Microsoft was lead sponsor and set up a huge stand featuring Surface devices, Minecraft, workshops and more.
Among the speakers was Anthony Salcito, Vice-President of Education at Microsoft, who gave the keynote. He also offered his views on how technology is changing the sector, saying that tech has changed the world, and schools must change, too.
Click the circles below to see everything that happened at Bett 2018:

Minecraft was lead sponsor for Bett 2018

Children learn to code robots

BBC Click presenter Lara Lewington tries HoloLens, Microsoft’s mixed-reality headset

Anthony Salcito, vice-president of Worldwide Education at Microsoft, delivers the keynote speech

Anthony Salcito, vice-president of Worldwide Education at Microsoft, delivers the keynote speech

The Minecraft area was very popular with visitors

HoloLens demos were very popular


A girl gets creative on Surface Studio

A range of people joined in the workshops that Microsoft ran throughout the event

Microsoft’s tools help empower teachers to engage their students

Ian Fordham (far right), Director of Education for Microsoft UK, chats to Anne Milton (second from left), Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills

Microsoft held a range of talks that focused on helping teachers in the classroom

The Surface area

Anyone visiting the Microsoft stand could try out the new chemistry update in Minecraft: Education Edition

A Surface Hub

Microsoft’s stand also featured partners who wanted to help attendees be creative

Mike Tholfsen, principal product manager of Microsoft Education, shows off the accessibility features in Edge, OneNote, Word and PowerPoint

Showing how students can turn pictures into 3D models using Office

The workshops were also a hit with education professionals wanting to learn more about Microsoft’s products

Mark Christian, Global Director of Immersive Learning at Pearson, talks about using mixed-reality in education

Microsoft and Lego gave visitors the chance to take home a free pencil case

Andy Nagle, Microsoft UK Education CTO, gives a talk one of the Bett stages