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Sciences, Technologies

Water Works – year long photography competition

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Looking for a new idea to enrich the STEM Central water context <http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/stemcentral/contexts/water/index.asp> ? A trickling burn, a flooded street, a horse’s trough or a grand Scottish loch – no matter what comes to mind when you think of water the Water Works competition wants your photographs. The James Hutton Institute  <http://www.hutton.ac.uk/> via the Centre of Expertise for Waters  <http://www.crew.ac.uk/>  are running a year long competition aimed at raising awareness of water and water-related issues across both primary and secondary ages. The competition, with monthly prizes, aims to encourage learners to think about the natural environment and make the link between CfE curriculum areas Sciences, Technologies and Expressive Arts. The competition page gives background on the competition and entry instructions. <http://www.hutton.ac.uk/news/photographs-show-how-water-works>


https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/eslb/2012/02/10/water-works/



Sciences, Social Studies, Technologies

Developing global citizens through sciences, social studies and technologies

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Interdisciplinary learning for a low carbon and zero waste future
Venue: Menzies Hotel, Glasgow, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, Friday 30 March 2012


http://ltsblogs.org.uk/globalcitizenship/2012/02/09/developing-global-citizens-through-sciences-social-studies-and-technologies/

This CPD event provides an exciting opportunity for secondary school practitioners to discover how cradle to cradle technologies and a circular economy can be used as a rich and stimulating context for interdisciplinary learning relating to sustainable development education and global citizenship within Curriculum for Excellence.

The Scottish Government is committed to a low-carbon and zero-waste economy and the development of enterprise, creativity, STEM (Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Maths) and higher order thinking skills in young people are essential if we are to realise these ambitious plans for the future. The circular economy concept proposes the use of sustainable technologies, innovative design and production methods and systems thinking to minimise waste and reduce the exploitation of the Earth’s precious resources. This event will draw on exciting developments within industry which are set to transform the way our economy operates in the decades ahead.

This is a partnership event organised by Education Scotland, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the University of Edinburgh.

To book, please email: globalcitizens@educationscotland.gov.uk or Tel. 0141 282 5172. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Drama, Languages and Literacy, Sciences, Social Studies, Technologies

Festival of Dangerous Ideas

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The Festival of Dangerous Ideas aims to re-establish the importance of dangerous ideas as agents of change in education – to shift the axis of what is possible! As Oscar Wilde once said: ‘An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all’.

Whether you want to contribute to one of our events, host an event of your own, provide a venue, sponsor a session, or even hold a dinner, exhibition or debate, we would love to hear from you.

During the week-long festival, in conjunction with Creative Scotland and partners, there will be a variety of activities happening around Scotland, including:

•My Dangerous Idea (opportunities for sharing ideas)
•Dangerous Words (what’s the future for books? is the kindle the beginning or the end?)
•Dangerous Wisdom (philosophy cafe – what is the purpose of education?)
•Dangerous Research (a platform for academic voices with FERRN)
•Dangerous Theatre (forum and invisible theatre with Visible Fictions)
•Dangerous Gardening (introduction to guerrilla gardening with an expert from New York)
•Emporium of Dangerous Ideas.
This opportunity is available in: All Scotland
For further information, please contact karen.lawson@scotcol.ac.uk (Karen Lawson), or call 07764 310 470, or visit http://www.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk.

Drama, Technologies

Live stream of Stellar Quines stage play rehearsal

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Stellar Quines is venturing into the world of live streaming. We are live streaming our Rehearsal Room 17 on Thursday 26 January 2012 which will take place at the Traverse. The List by Jennifer Tremblay will be rehearsed during the day by directors Muriel Romanes and Emma Faulkner and actress Maureen Beattie, then given a rehearsed reading in the evening followed by a discussion in Traverse Two.

The sections being live streamed are two hours of the rehearsal in the afternoon, 2pm – 4pm, and the evening performance and discussion which will start at 7.30pm and end by 9pm. There will be an attached moderated chat room, linked twitter etc and you can view it all through the website for our next show ANA which is www.stellarquines.com/ana Hope to see you there either in person or online.

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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.

Social Studies, Technologies

Scotland The World Over – upload your own saltire images

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Would you like to participate in Blipfoto’s new film, ‘Scotland The World Over’? Born and bred in Scotland, Blipfoto has touched the lives of people in over 173 countries. To celebrate its success, the Scottish Government has commissioned the film, to made with your help! The film will premiere worldwide on Burns Night, 25 January 2012. To find out how you can become involved, visit: http://tiny.cc/21qln

Sciences, Technologies

Free access to Glasgow Science Centre for Glasgow Schools

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Glasgow’s primary schools are being given free access to the Glasgow Science Centre’s education programme. The council has agreed to provide its primary school classes with free sessions at the exciting educational activities available at the Science Centre.The year-long initiative will enable more than 35,000 pupils access to the array of workshops, live science shows and interactive exhibits currently on offer at the Centre. The sessions, which also include lessons in the Planetarium, are linked to the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) experiences and outcomes.



http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/Free+access+for+primary+pupils.htm

Technologies

Glowing Thursdays – Animate With Banff!

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Thursday 8 December, 11.00 am
http://glo.li/sR7SbQ

This Glowing Thursdays hands over to a school and its pupils to find out just what they have been doing! For their first appearance on Glow TV the pupils of primary 6/7 C (ASN) at Banff Primary and S1 at Banff Academy (CSU) would like to share their experiences of making animated movies using the digital blue camera. Click here <http://newsletters-ltscotland.org.uk/LQE-MI2G-3GU5HR-8N5G4-1/c.aspx>  to sign up.