The Australian government has launched its new national cultural policy, which articulates a revised funding model and vision for the arts and creative sector. The policy “explicitly aims, as a matter of equity, to make the arts more accessible to all Australians”
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V&A at Dundee Teachers’ Survey
The V&A at Dundee invites primary and secondary school teachers from across Scotland to take part in a survey which will help them shape their education programme for the organisation.
V&A at Dundee’s aim is to offer a programme which will encourage interdisciplinary practice and learning, covering a wide range of Curriculum for Excellence areas. For example, a session looking at Hollywood Costume might discuss the use of costume design to represent particular faiths and debate issues of potential stereotyping, or how people of different faiths are represented in film genres. A session looking at Green Design would explore moral issues about climate change and sustainability.
If you’d like to participate through the online survey, please click on the following link: http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=136327212796&SCE=3
If clicking on the link does not work, please copy and paste the address into your browser.
The Festival of Dangerous Ideas (13-21 June)
This year’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas will be launched in Glasgow by world leading social entrepreneur Mel Young.
There will be events happening throughout the week all over Scotland.
To register your own event, find out more information on the website.
World Poetry Day (21 March)
World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in 1999 and is celebrated on 21 March. The aim is to promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry. Visit the Education Scotland website for information about resources to support learning related to World Poetry Day.
CfE and Glow News – March 2013 issue
The latest CfE and Glow News is now online and includes information on: National Qualifications, CfE, Promoting Diversity and Equality publication, revision support for NQ English and Maths, and information about forthcoming Glow TV events.
GTCS launches revised Professional Standards
A suite of revised Professional Standards for teachers was launched by GTC Scotland this week.
The revised Standards which will replace the current four Standards in August 2013 are:
- The Standards for Registration (incorporating the Standard for Provisional Registration and the Standard for Full Registration)
- The Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning
- The Standards for Leadership and Management (incorporating the Standard for Middle Leadership and the Standard for Headship).
Glow is evolving – March update
Maureen Gore, Education Scotland’s Assistant Director, Emerging Technologies, provides the latest update on the Glow Migration Project
We are delighted that every Glow user across Scotland will have free access to the latest Office365 web application suite including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Lync. Everyone can create and share learning and teaching resources which are then easily accessible both at school and at home. These tools will become available as each stakeholder migrates into the new environment.
The National Glow Team are currently working on simple step by step guides on using Glow to enhance learning and teaching. These examples will be based on learner/teacher scenarios setting out the use of the new Glow components, how they could be applied within a learning context to exemplify potential impact upon learning. This was done previously through Glow Cookbooks. Find out more on the Glow Scotland blog.
Paper Animation and Maggie’s Design Competition events on Glow TV
Paper Project – Animating with an Ooglie Animator
18 March 11.00 am
http://bit.ly/YiJIBf
Join us for a live session of animating in the classroom, creating a character and getting going with Bruce Husband an OOGLIE animator. This animation workshop builds on the paper creativity challenges and is most suitable for first and second level learners.
Maggie’s Design Competition
20 March 4.00 pm
This Glow Meet gives teachers an opportunity to learn more about the competition and get ideas and support for teaching architecture in the classroom from Stone Opera architect Hanneke Scott-van Wel. There is a great prize for students interested in making architecture a career and an opportunity to have work featured in an exhibition at The Lighthouse.
For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx
(Glow login and password required)
Senior School Leadership meeting via Glow TV, 12 March, 3.45 pm
Scotland’s Biggest Ever Simultaneous School Senior Leadership Team Meeting takes place today, 12 March, 3.45 pm
Join the event here: http://bit.ly/ZmbXQo (Glow login and password required)
Members of management teams from schools across Scotland are invited to this Glow TV event to:
- learn about the strengthened model of career-long learning for teachers, replacing traditional notions of CPD
- discover ways of enabling more school-led professional learning to be at masters level
- learn about and share outstanding examples of school improvement through teacher learning.
For full details of this and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx.
(Glow login and password required)
Chemistry Resources encourage problem solving and analytical thinking
Learn Chemistry
Learn Chemistry is a free online resource for chemistry teachers and students. It allows teachers and students to explore thousands of resource downloads, substance pages, articles and activities. These free-to-access teaching materials relate content to everyday life and real-world challenges in areas such as: Pharmaceutical; Air quality; Lifestyle; Scarce natural resources; Agricultural productivity; Energy
Free-text search, intuitive navigation and filters allow quick and easy access to a wide range of chemistry resources – including experiments, worksheets, videos, simulations, and games – at home or in the classroom.
Created for use with pupils at varying levels of ability, materials are designed to encourage students to approach challenges through problem solving and analytical thinking.
