BECTa is the premiere Website for information on Educational Communications and Technology in Britain, offering information on ICT (Information and Communications Technology) issues in curriculum, pedagogy, and policy-making. The site provides reports on educational projects employing ICT; discussions of related instructional issues, such as dealing with undesirable Internet material in an educational setting; UK policy documents addressing ICT; and an online magazine and newsletter devoted to ICT in education. BECTa also provides reviews of more than 1,000 educational CD-ROMs and information about "thousands of software packages" for pre-school education. The site links to a limited number of related sites and is searchable by user-defined topic. BECTa is a nonprofit organization funded by the British government. [DC]
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