Pupils as Digital Leaders in Laurieston Primary School
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, supported a session with the Digital Leaders group of pupils in Laurieston Primary School These pupils are being supported for them to then support classes around the school in the use of technologies in their classrooms. [more]
Developing collaborative online class spaces in Office 365 in Glow
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services has worked with key staff at Graeme High School, Falkirk High School, Braes High School and St Mungo’s High School to develop online collaborative class spaces with Microsoft Office 365 in Glow. Office 365 in Glow One part of [more]
Developing an online collaborative classroom with Microsoft Office 365 in Glow
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services led sessions with all teaching staff at Nethermains Primary School, Antonine Primary School, Carmuirs Primary School, Bonnybridge Primary School, Shieldhill Primary School, Denny Primary School, St Joseph’s Primary School and St Patrick’s Primary School on developing an online [more]
OneNote Class Notebook Creator
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer in the Curriculum Support team of the Service and School Improvement division of Falkirk Council Education Services has been providing support to staff in several high schools in Falkirk on the use of OneNote Class Notebook Creator. What is OneNote? The ordinary OneNote is a free tool available to anyone. OneNote [more]
Pupils as Digital Leaders at St Bernadette’s RC Primary School
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, supported a session with the Digital Leaders group of pupils in St Bernadette’s RC Primary School. These pupils are being supported for them to then support classes around the school in the use of technologies [more]
In March 2015 March Church from Harvard University will come to Falkirk to launch an exciting new course run in conjunction with the Tapestry Partnership called ‘Making Thinking Visible’. 50 participants will have the opportunity to study in a year long programme that will look at thinking routines and building a culture of thinking in [more]
Engaging with Learning Activities using QR codes & mobile devices
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, presented a professional development session to teachers from several educational establishments on engaging with learning using QR codes and mobile devices. This session was supported by Yvonne Manning, Principal Librarian, Service and School Improvement Team [more]
Falkirk Staff Online Spaces for Sharing Resources and Collaboration
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, has been supporting many central staff and staff within educational establishments across Falkirk Council to set up shared online spaces for making available resources to colleagues working in Falkirk Council, and to provide them with [more]
Pupils as Digital Leaders at Shieldhill Primary School
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, supported a session with the Digital Leaders group of pupils in Shieldhill Primary School. These pupils are being supported for them to then support classes around the school in the use of technologies in their classrooms. They are [more]
Primary ICT Co-ordinator Support – OneNote to Wikipedia
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer in the Curriculum Support team of the Service and School Improvement division of Falkirk Council Education Services provided guided hands-on support to primary ICT Co-ordinators (and to which secondary colleagues were also invited to participate). These sessions are designed to ensure that ICT Co-ordinators are provided with guided hands-on [more]
Video-conferencing between classes using Adobe Connect
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer in the Curriculum Support team of the Service and School Improvement division of Falkirk Council Education Services has been providing support to schools on making use of the video-conferencing tool Adobe Connect to connect classrooms. Adobe Connect is one of the suite of tools included to Glow users, referred [more]
Falkirk Teaching for Deep Learning – A new cohort of facilitators
On 29th October Yvonne McBlain led the second training meeting for our newest cohort of Falkirk Teaching for Deep Learning programme facilitators. There are 20 facilitators from 13 schools – 11 primary establishments and 2 secondary. All of these teachers have chosen to make their development of the facilitator role part of their professional learning for [more]
Video-conferencing between classes with Lync
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer in the Curriculum Support team of the Service and School Improvement division of Falkirk Council Education Services has been providing support to schools on making use of the video-conferencing tool Lync to connect classrooms. Lync is one of the suite of tools included in Microsoft Office 365 through Glow. [more]
Using ICT to develop creativity and innovation in the classroom
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services presented hands-on practical sessions for all probationer teachers in Falkirk primary schools, on using ICT to develop creativity and innovation the classroom. There was a guided exploration of the wide variety of open-ended software installed on [more]
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, supported a session with the Digital Leaders group of pupils in Laurieston Primary School These pupils are being supported for them to then support classes around the school in the use of technologies in their classrooms. [more]
Steve Dougan, Falkirk Council Opportunities for All Co-ordinator, has been working with staff in all of Falkirk Council’s high schools as well as staff in Forth Valley College to develop the SCOTS (Schools College Opportunities To Succeed) programme for learners in Falkirk. The video below provides a summary of the programme and the positive impact it [more]
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services has worked with key staff at Graeme High School, Falkirk High School, Braes High School and St Mungo’s High School to develop online collaborative class spaces with Microsoft Office 365 in Glow. Office 365 in Glow One part of [more]
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services led sessions with all teaching staff at Nethermains Primary School, Antonine Primary School, Carmuirs Primary School, Bonnybridge Primary School, Shieldhill Primary School, Denny Primary School, St Joseph’s Primary School and St Patrick’s Primary School on developing an online [more]
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer in the Curriculum Support team of the Service and School Improvement division of Falkirk Council Education Services has been providing support to staff in several high schools in Falkirk on the use of OneNote Class Notebook Creator. What is OneNote? The ordinary OneNote is a free tool available to anyone. OneNote [more]
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, supported a session with the Digital Leaders group of pupils in St Bernadette’s RC Primary School. These pupils are being supported for them to then support classes around the school in the use of technologies [more]
In March 2015 March Church from Harvard University will come to Falkirk to launch an exciting new course run in conjunction with the Tapestry Partnership called ‘Making Thinking Visible’. 50 participants will have the opportunity to study in a year long programme that will look at thinking routines and building a culture of thinking in [more]
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, presented a professional development session to teachers from several educational establishments on engaging with learning using QR codes and mobile devices. This session was supported by Yvonne Manning, Principal Librarian, Service and School Improvement Team [more]
Malcolm Wilson, ICT Curriculum Development Officer within the Curriculum Support team of Service and School Improvement, Falkirk Council Education Services, has been supporting many central staff and staff within educational establishments across Falkirk Council to set up shared online spaces for making available resources to colleagues working in Falkirk Council, and to provide them with [more]