[school-discuss] Becta feedback

[Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin@free.fr>]

I asked BECTA to include gcompris in their database.
They refused and I don't understand why.
Could somebody explain me why, below is the trace of our email exchange.

Thanks in advance,
Bruno.

-----------------
Dear Bruno,

Many thanks for your recent message regarding an entry on the Becta
Educational Software Database.

In order to meet the criteria of the Becta Educational Software
Database, we
do ask that any materials referenced through the service are not just
relevant to subjects studied in the UK, but that they are also
appropriate
for the English National Curriculum.  Therefore unfortunately we are
unable
to include this product on BESD.
  
Regards

Becta Educational Sofware Database Team



>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Bruno Coudoin [SMTP:bruno.coudoin@free.fr]
>       Sent:   28 May 2002 14:07
>       To:     besd
>       Subject:        RE: gcompris proposal
> 
> 
>       I am french and not a teacher neither part of the french
education
>       system so I can't give you any cross reference between gcompris
and
> the
>       British Curiculum.
>       What I can tell you is that in france, gcompris is used in
school
> for
>       what is called Cycle 2 which is about 5, 6 and 7 years old.
> 
>       Gcompris includes a large number of activities and you can also
> check by
>       yourself how suitable it may be for your organisation.
> 
>       For My official contact information, I am M. Bruno Coudoin, my
> personal
>       adress is 6:
>       Rue des Amandiers 31700 Blagnac France.
> 
>       Thanks for your time evaluating gcompris.
> 
>       Also, please consider that as a free software, gcompris can be
> improved 
>       by your organisation itself or by asking a third party software
>       engineering company with no license cost. You can also ask me
for
>       changes and improvement but since it is a non paid project, it
can
> take
>       times.
> 
>       Best Regards,
>       Bruno.
> 
> 
>       Le mar 28/05/2002 à 11:53, besd a écrit :
>       > 
>       > 
>       > Many thanks for your recent enquiry regarding the Becta
> Educational Software
>       > Database (BESD - http://besd.becta.org.uk).
>       > 
>       > BESD aims to provide an independent, comprehensive on-line
> database for
>       > educational software for the schools market.  The database
> complements the
>       > roles of the National Grid for Learning (NGfL -
> http://www.ngfl.gov.uk) and
>       > the Virtual Teacher Centre (VTC - http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk),
which
> provide a
>       > signposting service to web based content and resources.  BESD
> currently
>       > provides a mechanism for teachers and support organisations to
> find
>       > curriculum-based software which can be purchased on disk, CD
ROM
> or DVD ROM,
>       > or downloaded from the web.  Subscription on-line services
where
> internet
>       > access is required for use are not included.  Can you please
> inform us what
>       > National Curriculum subjects your software covers, and supply
us
> with full
>       > contact details.
>       > 
>       > Regards
>       > 
>       > Becta Educational Software Database team
>       > 
>       > 
>       > 
>       > 
>       > 
>       > > -----Original Message-----
>       > > From:       Bruno Coudoin [SMTP:bruno.coudoin@free.fr]
>       > > Sent:       27 May 2002 18:21
>       > > To: besd@becta.org.uk
>       > > Subject:    gcompris proposal
>       > > 
>       > > 
>       > > I am the author of gcompris
> (http://ofset.sourceforge.net/gcompris)
>       > > 
>       > > This is a freeware education application (Under the GPL
> License).
>       > > 
>       > > Please, consider including it in your database.
>       > > 
>       > > Thanks in advance,
>       > > 
>       > > Bruno.
>       > > 
>       > 
>       > 
>       >