Schools across Scotland are engaging with a range of tablet devices such as iPads, Windows 8 tablets, Android Tablets, Kindles and Chromebooks to help effect better outcomes for learners and to help enhance and enrich learning in Curriculum for Excellence. The purpose of the Learning with Devices site is to help share the developing narrative of the pedagogy that is being employed with tablets and devices in our schools with a wider audience so that we can continue to learn from and with each other.
Michael Russell blog – launching the ‘Learning with Devices’ site
http://engageforeducation.org/2013/06/michael-russell-blog-launching-the-learning-with-devices-site/
24 June, 15.45 http://bit.ly/142PY3w
Children’s Services (Quality Improvement) are delighted to announce a series of Glow meet sessions to share practice around Shetland schools. Join Pat Brown, Headteacher at Mossbank/Olnafirth, who will share ideas about using philosophy in the primary-school classroom as a valuable approach to Higher Order Thinking Skills.
GIRFEC Wellbeing competition – What does wellbeing mean to you? http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People/wellbeingwk/competition
The Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) team is looking for talented young writers and artists/designers to help develop a meaningful guide for young people about GIRFEC. The competition is open to young people aged between 11 and 15.
Writing competition – entrants are invited to write a 500-word short essay, story or poem about one of the eight GIRFEC ‘indicators’ of wellbeing – the words that describe what it looks like when things are going well for a child or young person.
Design competition – we’re also looking for a design for a cover for the guide – or perhaps for a web-based version.
The closing date is 30 September 2013.
19 June 10.00 am http://bit.ly/17kXNEW
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/eslb/2013/06/13/ask-an-astronaut-with-the-scottish-space-school/
Join us in Glow TV for the fourth year of ‘Ask an Astronaut’ in collaboration with the Scottish Space School. Take part in this exclusive opportunity to talk to two star guests Rick Hieb and Amber Gell. Rick Heib is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He has logged over 750 hours in space, including over 17 hours of EVA (space walk). He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65. He is currently the Vice-President of Lockheed Martin and part of what they do, with other partners, is combining their talents to launch a bold new era of space exploration.
Three new exciting learning journeys as well as an additional three videos have been released this week on Game On Scotland, including a unique Creativity led Learning Journey.
Education Scotland have created a set of 5 Learning Experiences that cannot be categorised by subject or even considered inter-disciplinary learning across a couple of subjects. Their focus is developing creativity skills – whilst delivering Es and Os from almost every subject. It is suitable or at least adaptable across all levels.
The journey is designed to embed creativity skills such as making connections across settings and knowing how to influence change, whilst allowing connections to curriculum areas as learners personalise their own journeys.
The learning journey contains the following learning experiences:
- Being a coach – beyond sports
- Building an ambition – beyond sports
- Living your ambition – beyond sports
- Planning your ambition – beyond sports
- Dreaming your ambition – beyond sports
This context for learning encourages learners to connect the ambition of Commonwealth competitors with their own ambitions and dreams, especially where they are not passionate about sports.
Taking the thinking that athletes use to plan training schedules, nutrition and diet, funding, and build support networks, learners will design their own personal “success plan” towards their dreams and aspirations in life or to coach their peers in areas they already feel confident.
Edinburgh International Book Festival (10-26 August)
The Design a Book Cover Competition is an exciting opportunity to showcase your pupils’ creative skills whilst encouraging them to engage with books and reading. It’s open to all primary schools and it’s easy to take part. There are two entry categories: P1 – P3 and P4 – P7 and there are prizes to be won for your school and pupils. The closing date is Monday 3 July 2013. Full details and the Entry Pack can be found on the competition website or by emailing michelle.mcleod@bailliegifford.com
Final Glow Broadcast! 10 June, 10.00 am http://bit.ly/13wLOz1
For the final ‘Look, capture, create’ Glow TV broadcast join the learning team at Dundee Contemporary Arts to explore the visual elements – line, shape, form, colour, tone, pattern and texture to create a design to promote Scottish biodiversity. And watch as we reveal and celebrate the Glow Stampede of Scottish fish, flora and fauna, your collaborative artwork.
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