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Glow Meet this Thursday – Vox Motus and the Lyceum

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Join us for an exclusive Glow Meet with Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison, the Artistic Directors of Glasgow-based theatre company Vox Motus, who are behind the Lyceum’s show The Infamous Brothers Davenport.

Hear about the show and their directing process. The Meet will also be recorded so you can watch with your class, or encourage them to do so on their own, at a later date!

26th January at 6pm.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: http://bit.ly/voxmotusevent

For more information about Vox Motus see www.voxmotus.co.uk

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Young Scot Awards 2012 – could you nominate a young person in the Arts category?

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Young Scot, the national youth information and citizenship agency for Scotland, wants to hear about inspirational young people who have made a real difference in your local area. Nominations are now open for the Young Scot Awards 2012, sponsored by The Co-operative Foundation, which celebrate the achievements of 11 – 26 year olds who have made a positive impact on the lives of others.


There are 13 categories including Sport, Arts, Enterprise, Heritage and Volunteering, with nominations open to individuals and groups aged from 11-26. Three finalists in each of the 13 categories will be selected and will be invited to the glittering awards ceremony in Hilton Glasgow Hotel on 26 April where the winners will be revealed.


For further information and to nominate a young person or group, please visit www.youngscotawards.co.uk <http://www.youngscotawards.co.uk/>  before 26 February 2012.


http://www.youngscot.net/news/young-scot’s-search-for-stars-gets-underway-as-nominations-open-for-young-scot-awards-2012.aspx <http://www.youngscot.net/news/young-scot’s-search-for-stars-gets-underway-as-nominations-open-for-young-scot-awards-2012.aspx>

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Creative Entrepreneurial Challenge in East Ayrshire

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Enter the dragons – Sir Tom Hunter’s Challenge

http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/newsarticle.aspx?p=7161

East Ayrshire Council reports on the challenge issued to all East Ayrshire pupils last week by top entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter to come up with the best new idea for a product, innovation or business. Ideas included everything from Happy Hampers and Ghost Tours, to sun-lotion impregnated baby wipes – and the amazing Plectraband (a plectrum attached to a wrist band). But winners on the day – chosen by the audience using instant electronic voting in a fast, exciting finish – were Auchinleck Academy’s Vicky Greig and Ross Anderson with their 99p MiMovie phone app idea. The app selects the perfect movie for you, based on your mood and situation at the time.

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Glow Meet this coming Thursday: Vox Motus at Lyceum Theatre

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Join us for an exclusive Glow Meet with Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison, the Artistic Directors of Glasgow-based theatre company Vox Motus, who are behind the Lyceum’s show The Infamous Brothers Davenport.

Hear about the show and their directing process. The Meet will also be recorded so you can watch with your class, or encourage them to do so on their own, at a later date!

26th January at 6pm.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: http://bit.ly/voxmotusevent

For more information about Vox Motus see www.voxmotus.co.uk

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Glow Meet: King of Masks – Part of Chinese New Year Celebrations

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The King of Masks is a brilliant street performer who practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. He laments that he has no grandchild to pass on his magical skills, so he adopts an orphan boy to become his apprentice. But the boy turns out not to be what he seems… A special film from China full of colour, fireworks and adventures!

On the day of the screening of the King of Masks live in Glasgow Glow TV be broadcasting the introduction to the event which lasts approximately 10 minutes. You are able to request a free DVD to watch along in the classroom during the live screening in Glasgow. To request your free DVD please contact matt@eightandahalf.org.

At 11.55am we will return live to Glasgow to take part in the live interactive workshop with Chinese opera singer and Ricefield workshop leader Fong Liu from St. Ninian’s High School who will be dressed in full Chinese costume. This workshop will last approximately 15-20 mins.

THIS EVENT IS RECOMMENDED FOR PRIMARY 4 AND ABOVE.

Why not sign up and join us on the day Don’t forget to request your free DVD!

http://bit.ly/kingofmasksevent

Date and time:
06/02/2012 10:15
Programme Duration:
2 sessions – 30 mins in total
Supporting materials:
Find out more on the Glasgow Film Festival Website
Technologies

Education, Culture and Heritage UK wide E-Learning Event

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Thursday 16 February 2012

http://bits2blogs.eventbrite.com/

Bits 2 Blogs is the regional e-learning event for museum, library and archive professionals. It provides a varied day of presentations and workshops that:

•Showcase the ways in which digital technologies and social media are being used to support and enhance educational programmes in the cultural heritage sector.
•Demonstrate how social media can be used to build engaging relationships with our audiences.
•Provide practical demonstrations of technologies that are relevant and affordable to the sector.
•Demand no prior experience. Bits 2 Blogs is specifically designed to inspire and appeal to all!
A full programme is still to be finalised, but confirmed speakers and topics so far include-

Alison Clark-Jenkins Regional Director of the Arts Council for England will deliver our Keynote speech.

Rich Mintz Vice President of Strategy at Blue State Digital will deliver a session via Skype related to online fundraising, advocacy and social networking. Blues State Digital are an innovative American company who famously managed the online fundraising campaign for Barack Obama’s successful presidential run.

Jane Finnis Chief Executive of Culture 24 will talk about their recently published report ‘Lets Get Real: How to Evaluate Online Success’.

Luke Smith of the Imperial War Museum will present ‘Lives of the Great War: Building First World War life stories across archives through crowdsourcing’.

Chris Wild, creator of the award winning blog, ‘How to be a Retronaut’. Featured on BBC Radio 5 Live,

Nick Stanhope of ‘History Pin’ update on progress of this exciting project.

Mark Batey, how to plan and create engaging video material

Mike Ellis of Thirty8 Digital tackles the question ‘What the hell are we supposed to do with mobile?’. Should cultural heritage organisations be developing apps, building mobile-friendly pages, or ignoring mobile and hoping it’ll go away?

Philip Graham of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland – ‘Learning to let go: Social Media at RCAHMS’.

Jeremiah Alexander of Newcastle based company Ideonic will present Hidden Newcastle, an innovative digital project inviting people to search for and discover the hidden lives and stories of Newcastle.

Event organised by Renaissance North East Learning Team, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, supported by Arts Council England.

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Newspaper article: Paul McKenna on Creativity

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“Creativity doesn’t have to mean composing a symphony or a screenplay or a hit song. Writing an essay at school is a creative act. Finding a way to communicate with your teenagers is a creative act.

Solving a problem at work is a creative act.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2082906/In-final-life-changing-series-PAUL-McKENNA-reveals–How-just-creative-Walt-Disney.html#ixzz1jo5gdbiF

Early Learning

Early Years CPD from Children In Scotland – places still available

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Nature Kindergartens: making a start
8 Feb 2012, Half day morning

It is widely accepted that unstructured outdoor play improves children’s physical and emotional development, mental well being, social skills and opportunities for creative learning.
Between 2006 and 2008 almost eighty nature kindergartens were developed in schools in Fife where children go out into woodland, forest or foreshore on a regular basis.
At the end of the day participants will go home determined to make something happen, and confident of their ability to do it!

Transforming Early Years Spaces on a Shoestring
8 Feb 2012, Half day afternoon

A quality environment for children’s development cannot just be bought ‘off the peg’. Enriching children’s learning environments takes careful planning and consideration of the whole needs of the child both physical and emotional. A balance between simply providing new equipment on a regular basis and integrating this within a philosophy of development is required. The tutor is was pre-school education coordinator at Fife Council.

This half-day workshop will give participants an understanding of what is, and what is not, required to provide rich and meaningful early years experiences, and provide ideas as to how to achieve this.

The tutor – Chris Miles

Chris was a Nursery School Headteacher for twenty years, and Pre School Education Coordinator for Fife Council Education Service for eight years. During both these careers aspects of her work attracted national attention. She maintains an involvement in Nature Kindergartens through her chairing role in the Forest Schools Group within the Forestry Commission, and is in demand for consultancy and training work across Scotland, on a variety of issues involving early education. Chris was recently awards an MBE for services to Education and Young People.

Further information or to book, please visit us online at http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/training or contact us by telephone on 0131 222 2446.

Early bird rates are currently available from £45 for one workshop or £85 for both.

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Glow Meet from Lyceum Theatre and Vox Motus’ artistic directors

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Join us for an exclusive Glow Meet with Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison, the Artistic Directors of Glasgow-based theatre company Vox Motus, who are behind the Lyceum’s show The Infamous Brothers Davenport.

Hear about the show and their directing process. The Meet will also be recorded so you can watch with your class, or encourage them to do so on their own, at a later date!

26th January at 6pm.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: http://bit.ly/voxmotusevent

For more information about Vox Motus see www.voxmotus.co.uk

Social Studies

Only four weeks left for pupils to get creative for conservation

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http://www.nts.org.uk/designcompetition

Friday 10 February is the last date for entries to be received for this Creative Challenge. The National Trust for Scotland is asking secondary school pupils to design an interactive, environmentally-themed game to take out on the road next summer.

The Trust launched its competition at Ben Lomond near Drymen, Scotland’s most southerly Munro. Ben Lomond is one of the most popular mountains in Scotland, with around 30,000 walkers of all ages visiting it each year. Helping Trust staff at the launch were pupils from Drymen Primary, who were photographed doing their best to try and figure out some initial ideas. The Ben Lomond Design Competition challenges teams of pupils to invent a portable, interactive game which is easy to set up and explain, is fun for all ages and which highlights how we need to conserve our environment.

The Trust hopes that the new family activity will raise awareness of its work to care for Scotland’s countryside and wildlife. For full information and an entry pack visit: http://www.nts.org.uk/designcompetition.