Would creativity be at the centre of all of these categories?
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Category Archives: Technologies
Google Model Your Town in 3D [great school project / competition opportunity]
Re-posted from OllieBray.com: This would be a great and real project to do with a class of young people (any anyone who was interested) between now and the end of February 2012.
The Google Model Your Town Competition is about geo-modeling – making photo-textured models of real-life buildings that appear in Google Earth. It is open to people all over the world – last year the winner was from Lima, Peru.
Making 3D models is easy using Google SketchUp or Google Building Maker and you can find out more about creating 3D models by looking a Google’s Your World in 3D Pages.
More information about the completion in the YouTube Video at OllieBray.com.
Scotland’s Islands art and music project
On Islay, Mull, Tiree and Bute the Creative Arts in Schools Team (CAST) have
been holding two day workshops offering pupils the opportunity to work with
a musician and two visual artists.
The concept for the project is Œrecognising and celebrating potential
opportunities for our islands through harnessing tidal/wave energy.¹
The pupils reflected this concept by focussing throughout on experimental
application of modern technologies such as digital art and audio sequencing
to conventional art, crafts and music.
During the workshops CAST and the pupils were joined via glowmeets by a
marine tidal scientist from SAMS and a geo-poet. Elements of their talks
have been incorporated into the artwork and music by the pupils.
The outcome of the workshop has been pupil-led multimedia art work and
music.
Creativity has been at the heart of every step of this process.
The project has been funded by ŒScotland¹s Islands¹ and Argyll & Bute
Council
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ab/ArgyllButeCreativeLearningNetwork/2011/
11/28/scotlands-islands-art-and-music-project/
Free Xmas/Winter Concert Packs for use with your whiteboard
There is some great stuff for Christmas on ABC Creative Music Online.
Click on http://www.applebananacarrot.com/Xf.htm
to see short videos on what is available..
in Xmas/Winter Concert Pack 2011 (Free to all Schools)
• Cool Singalong Christmas Carols for Primary featuring fun child
friendly musical backings with onscreen lyrics and inspiring guide vocal.
• Creative Non-Religious Music activities for a Xmas/Winter Concert including
a ‘We Are We Do Xmas’ Rap Composer and Christmas Boing Song
in Topics & Cross Curricular Activities P6&7 (Free to all Schools in Pilot Areas* and with Current Subscription)
• Cross Curricular ‘Make Xmas Different’ activity for P6/7 looking at:
• What Xmas means to you,
• Origins of Christmas, Christmas across the world,
• Commercialisation of Xmas including an ad survey,
• Rewrite lyrics to ’12 Days of Christmas’
• Compose and video an alternative ‘Non-commercial’ Xmas Ad as a Rap.
• includes onscreen ‘what to do’ videos and Teacher Workbook with CFE Codes
If you need more information or have any questions please contact Tom Bancroft on 07974 983701 or tom@applebananacarrot.com
Using Technology to Support Higher Order Skills: including Creativity
A slideshow created by Ollie Bray, National Adviser for Emerging Technologies in Learning here at Education Scotland, highlighting the uses of technology in the classroom to support higher order skills with great reference to creativity. Well worth a skim through!
Free CPD opportunity on digital storytelling and book trailers – ReadIT
ReadIT, is a European, Comenius funded research project supporting teachers to use new technologies to improve teens engagement with reading and writing. The project will train teachers on making booktrailers in the classroom and will then provide the opportunity for participating teachers to use what they have learned in their own classrooms. Scottish Book Trust is now in the process of recruiting teachers to take part in the online course which will cover digital storytelling, the theory and practicality of making booktrailers, and the pedagogy behind using these new approaches in the teaching of English and literacy. For more information contact Scottish Book Trust.
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/ReadIT/whats-involved
BBC L.A.B. Radio Workshop: Make a Sport Podcast
Glow event: BBC L.A.B. Radio Workshop: Make a Sport Podcast – The Interview, Monday 21 November, 10.15 am
http://glo.li/twPYg6
Over two Mondays in November and December, we want you to work with us to make your own radio programme or podcast – on a sporting theme. We’ll be hosting two workshops in the L.A.B at BBC Scotland, and you can join in from your classroom. Click here <http://newsletters-ltscotland.org.uk/LQE-LTS3-3GU5HR-8EH7B-1/c.aspx> to sign up.
Face Britain – online self portrait challenge
A national project that invites all young people in the UK to submit a self-portrait. Your artwork will be part of a world record attempt and hopefully the biggest online gallery of self-portraits in the world. Make your face famous!
‘I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here’
An online scheme that connects pupils and scientists was inspired by reality TV. Science and a dose of reality http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6118762
There is a huge bank of questions on scientific topics on the ‘I’m a Scientist’ website. http://imascientist.org.uk/teachers.
Pupils interview Cabinet Secretary on their own radio show
Supporting learners sharing practice. Improving communication skills – Duncanrig radio case study
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/sharingpractice/i/improvingcommunicationskillsduncanrigradio/introduction.asp?strReferringChannel=sharingpractice&strReferringPageID=tcm:4-671139-64
Pupils from Duncanrig Secondary School and the associated Communication Support Base (CSB) which caters for pupils with autism spectrum disorders, have been taking the radio airwaves by storm with their very own radio project. The pupils have been performing their own radio shows on community radio. The project was set up to support inclusion in a realistic and fun setting way, as well as enhancing communication skills. Pupils showcased their work at the recent Scottish Learning Festival and also took the opportunity to interview Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Michael Russell, on the day.
