USA EdTech has taken to BETT 2025 this year to show the best education tech that the U.S. has to offer.
While many countries have government-backed stands at BETT, the U.S. is yet to explore this. Spotting that need, Jim McVety has worked with providers of educational tools and software to build their own. The result is a one-stop show for all things edtech.
Consequently, anyone in the U.S. wanting to expand internationally now has a chance. It also means those from other countries have a chance to connect with and get involved with the U.S. market as well.
This year we caught up with Jim and the team to find out some of the best edtech tools to be shown at BETT 2025.
Want to check out more? Head over to the USA EdTech site for full details of everyone involved and your chance to join the community.
The members at BETT this year include: Content2Classroom, ClassLink, Authentica, EdGate, Boclips, Zoe, Slooh, and MakeDo.
Here is some more on a few that were able to share time with us this year.
Slooh
Slooh is a U.S.-based tech platform that spans the globe to offer star-gazing opportunities to students. This exciting offering allows teachers and students the chance to take control of powerful telescopes, dotted about the world, to view objects in the depths of space.
Imagine taking a class anywhere in the sky, be it a planet or astral body, and you can see it — live — in just a few clicks. This is what Slooh has achieved and now offers with games and missions that help educate students and teachers alike.
Zoe
Zoe is a VR tool that allows teachers to create their own worlds. That can mean science teachers creating bespoke experiments that students can interact with in virtual reality.
This is designed to be easy to use and offers a variety of options so it can be applied to many different teaching scenarios. No coding experience is needed as this is an icon-based system that anyone can use easily.
The community shares content so other use cases can be edited to suit the needs of that teacher and class. Even students can use this to build virtual worlds.
EdGate
EdGate offers publishers a way to create bespoke education items with a central taxonomy that can make for a quick-and-easy way to find, create, and share resources.
Crucially, this works internationally so publishers can have their current content adapted for varying markets around the globe.
This represents a way to leverage broad concepts, such as dividing fractions, scientific methods, and more, but adapted to the learning standards of that area, school, or subject.
Boclips
Boclips offers more than 2.2 million videos that are specifically tailored for use in education. While that in itself is very powerful, it also leverages AI to make searching for specific results easier and more effective.
This is so smart it will even break down clips into specific areas. So, for example, you may be teaching about a certain scientific process and this will pull out the snippet relevant to that, rather than showing students the entire video.
These curated videos align with many standards, including Common Core, NGSS, CBSE, and more, across curriculums, such as ELA, Science, and Math.
No ads, easy sharing within the LMS, and algorithmic recommendations are just a few of the positives this powerful tool offers.