Sciences, Technologies

The Big Bang Scotland

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Hundreds of Scottish school pupils will be welding with chocolate and sculpting chairs from newspapers next week, while showcasing their own scientific innovations centred around everything from moths to the Mona Lisa.

www.thebigbangfair.co.uk

Open to 11-19 year olds showcasing their impressive array of innovations, inventions and investigations underpinned by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), The Big Bang Scotland is once again heading to Perth on Tuesday 12 June 2012.

Projects being judged on the day will range from a ‘forgery’ of the Mona Lisa to which sweets make the best glue, as well as investigations into suntan lotions, prolonging the life of freshly cut flowers, moths, glow sticks and even the Science of the Avengers!

Please contact Claire Grainger, Grainger Public Relations for more information – T: 07912 324 264 E: Claire@graingerpr.co.uk

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Scottish Learning Festival 2012 – registration now open!

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Creative Learning….Creative Thinking.

The SLF 2012 Conference Programme and visitor registration are now available on the SLF website <http://edscot.org.uk/LQE-TP3D-56SMKO-BIQ2G-1/c.aspx> .

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning will give the opening address to SLF.

In addition, there will be the following keynote speakers:
• Professor Keith Grint, Professor of Public Leadership, Warwick University Business School
• Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA.

The full programme of keynotes and seminars, along with details of the range of additional activities, is now available on the SLF website <http://edscot.org.uk/LQE-TP3D-56SMKO-BIQ2G-1/c.aspx> .


http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/slf/?dm_i=LQE,TP3D,56SMKO,2FJ6E,1

Community Learning and Development

Creative Identities – funding now available

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Creative Identities is part of the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities programme, which reinvests the proceeds of crime back into communities to benefit Scotland’s young people. The Scottish Government has allocated £2.25 million over three years (2011-2014) to Creative Scotland to deliver Creative Identities programme.

The purpose of Creative Identities is to provide access to high quality experiential opportunities in dance, film and music for young people (0-25 years) in communities where there is an identified and demonstrated need.

For full details on how to access investment through Creative Identities following the link below.
This opportunity is available in: All Scotland
For further information, please contact enquiries@creativescotland.com, or visithttp://www.creativescotland.com/investment/creativeidentities.

Music

Musical Futures website added to Creativity Portal

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Musical Futures believes music learning works best when young people are making music, and when their existing passion for music is reflected and built upon in the classroom. As well as a website full of resources and news the site also offers the 2nd Edition Musical Futures teacher resource pack. Each chapter has its own section, many with additional audio, video and other materials. If you prefer, download the entire pack, or order a hard copy for free.

Community Learning and Development

Teachers and CLD Practitioners – we need your creativity

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Competition for teachers and CLD practitioners



The Scottish and Credit Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQFP) invites teachers and those working in community learning to come up with a new title for the guide currently known as the Schools Toolkit. This competition is open to all secondary school teachers and workers in community learning settings in Scotland and the deadline for entries is Friday 29 June 2012.


http://www.scqf.org.uk/News/&action=fullnews&id=55

Music

Approaches to Composing – guidance from professional composers now on Creativity Portal

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The three films in this short series are aimed at pupils who are studying composing and arranging as part of an SQA course. Three composers, with varying backgrounds, offer a different take on approaches to composition.

David Trouton – music for theatre

John Harris – composing for concert hall and opera

Ken Johnston – Sibelius software and compositions which begin, not with a chord sequence, but a short riff.

https://wikis.glowscotland.org.uk/0000244/Creativity_Portal/Video_Resources/East_Lothian_CLN_-_Composing%2f%2fArranging

Music, Social Studies, Technologies

Sound Editing in Audacity for Oral Historians added to Creativity Portal

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A course created by Alan Coady of East Lothian that is intended for oral historians is now listed on the creativity Portal. The course may also be useful to anyone interested in editing spoken word files (mp3, wav etc.) The program is a free download and you can find it at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

The full resource can be found here: http://edubuzz.org/alancoady/files/2012/04/Sound-Editing-in-Audacity-for-Oral-Historians.pdf

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Creativity and You – national event

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The Creativity and You national event at the Glasgow Science Centre hosted by Education Scotland, Creative Scotland and Scottish Government was full to capacity and featured over 20 presentations and experiences – some of which broke the mould.

A small collection of presentations and links from the event are available to participants and anyone who was not able to make it: http://bit.ly/creativityandyou

You can also follow the discussions on Twitter: #creativityandyou

News, opportunities, research and strategy relating to creative teaching and learning in Scotland

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