{"id":116,"date":"2024-08-08T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2024-10-11T12:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:40:58","slug":"lovelearning-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/lovelearning-team\/","title":{"rendered":"LoveLearning Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Cruickshank<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Paul
\nPaul is a Quality Improvement Officer, working with a number of Aberdeenshire schools.
\nPart of his\u00a0remit is Digital Technologies and this involves supporting schools in the daily use of technology to enhance learning, teaching and assessment: pedagogy, infrastructure and devices.
\nPaul is a secondary qualified teacher with\u00a0subject specialisms in\u00a0English and Media Studies. Before he became\u00a0a QIO he\u00a0was an English teacher and Principal Teacher, before becoming a Depute Headteacher.
\nHe first became obsessed with technology when he\u00a0received a Texas Instruments calculator way back in the mists of time. This was followed by a ZX Spectrum, a Commodore 64, an i-Mac and every video games console under the sun!<\/p>\n

Jim McLean<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jim
\nJim McLean is an Education Support Officer for Digital Pedagogy with the LoveLearning Team. He joined the team in the dim and distant past before iPads were invented! Some have even cheekily suggested before the invention of the computer!
\nHe took a\u00a0circuitous route into teaching with a career in the Merchant Navy serving as 1st Officer and Captain on cargo\u00a0vessels and mega-yachts.\u00a0\u00a0On leaving a life on the ocean wave he had a spell as a shipping manager, tearoom owner and then software engineer, so\u00a0hopefully brought a lot of life experience to his role\u00a0as a teacher and principal teacher in Aberdeenshire.
\nHe has always been interested in digital technology and continues to this day to promote the benefits of using digital technology in learning and teaching.
\nWith grown up children now flown the coop, Jim loves the peace and quiet of life at home with his wife and\u00a0going to as many live gigs as they can.<\/p>\n

Julia Rickard<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Julia
\nJulia Rickard is an Education Support Officer for Digital Pedagogy within the LoveLearning Team. Julia joined the team in November 2021 and will be with the team until Summer 2025. Julia works with schools across Aberdeenshire to support them in the use of digital technologies to enhance learning, teaching and assessment.
\nAlso on Julia\u2019s remit is the digital inclusion agenda. Julia\u00a0supports pupils at risk of digital exclusion through Connecting Scotland, allowing those learners most in need to have access to the technology they require to support their learning.
\nJulia has a post-graduate teaching qualification in primary and has been teaching in Moray and Aberdeenshire schools since 2002. With the majority of her career spent in small rural schools, Julia has a lot of experience in working with multi-composite classes and since 2008 has been a Head Teacher. What she loves most about being the Head at a small school is that she still gets to teach for half the week. Julia has a passion for technology to support learning and teaching and was among one of the first schools in Aberdeenshire to roll out 1-1 devices across her school.
\nJulia\u2019s husband, two young sons and three cats keep her very busy in her spare time, so she likes to chill out in the garden or play\u00a0the ukulele.<\/p>\n

Steve Shinnie<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Steve
\nSteve is the Technology Development Manager for Aberdeenshire ECS. He joined the LoveLearning Team in May 2021 so he is still the \u2018new boy\u2019
\nHe has been involved in IT from the days of the early creation of Windows 3.1 in 1992. From there he has developed a lifetime of experience in hardware support and implementation of IT solutions, which he can now call on to help improve and develop current and new solutions for\u00a0education in Aberdeenshire.
\nHe works closely with Aberdeenshire IT and schools, where digital infrastructure technical issues may be causing problems in the school and is interrupting learning and teaching in the classroom, or involved in the investigation and development of new solutions that can assist schools deliver learning and teaching in a modern digital environment.
\nTravelling and cruising is something that Steve has a passion for as you will see by his picture. That\u2019s the New York skyline from very high up in July 2022 showing the Empire State Building in the background.<\/p>\n

David Cooper<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"David
\nDavid Cooper\u00a0is an Education Support Officer at the Aberdeenshire Specialist Technology Service\u00a0(ASPECTS) part of the Love Learning team.
\nHis role as ESO for ASPECTS is to support the access and learning through technology of those with Additional Support Needs at levels 2 and 3. This can involve a wide range of software, additional devices and individualisation of support,\u00a0any time, any place, anywhere.
\nDuring his tenure as ASPECTS ESO, he has brought to education in Aberdeenshire, Texthelp RWG, Nessy learning and WIDGIT symbolisation to name a few high-profile initiatives. Away from work, his\u00a0DSC Publishing \u2018My little book of Spelling \u2013 High Frequency Words Sight words\u2019 book has sold over 11,000 copies across the UK since its publication in 2016. A qualified primary teacher who focussed on ASN, David \u00a0Cooper holds a PGDE (P), PGCE (Inclusion) and a CCET (Certificate of confidence in Educational Testing) and is on the British Psychological Societies register of Educational testers.
\nThe shared vision of the Love Learning Team is to fully integrate and expand the use of Technology within teaching and David\u2019s role is to ensure no one is left behind and everyone receives the support they need.
\nDavid Cooper is a parent living with his family in the countryside near Turriff. He enjoys gardening, music, reading as well as late nights, BBQs, dog walking and generally admiring the Aberdeenshire skyline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Paul Cruickshank Paul is a Quality Improvement Officer, working with a number of Aberdeenshire schools. Part of his\u00a0remit is Digital Technologies and this involves supporting schools in the daily use of technology to enhance learning, teaching and assessment: pedagogy, infrastructure and devices. Paul is a secondary qualified teacher with\u00a0subject specialisms in\u00a0English and Media Studies. Before he became\u00a0a QIO he\u00a0was an English teacher and Principal Teacher, before becoming a Depute<\/p>\n

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