This resource is a digital version of The Kist / A’Chiste anthology and contains prose, poetry and drama in various dialects of Scots, and in Gaelic. Texts in Gaelic have been translated. Those in Scots usually have a glossary. The anthology is primarily targeted at learners working at second and third levels.
For more information click here
Education Scotland’s assessment team has published a professional learning resource for practitioners. It provides an opportunity to reflect on effective practice in learning, teaching and assessment, drawing on the work published on the National Assessment Resource (NAR). It also provides a structured look at the NAR flow chart as a tool for planning effective learning, teaching, moderation and assessment.
The resource can be ‘dipped into’ by individual practitioners keen to reflect and improve on their assessment practice as well as pairs, groups of practitioners, associated school groups (ASGs) or clusters working collegiately to reflect on and improve practice.
The resource can be downloaded here: TACLAN_onlinepdf
Find topical teaching resources connected to national and international events such as World Poetry Day (21 March); Scottish Biodiversity Week (May) and National School Grounds Week (June) in Education Scotland’s 2013 Resource Calendar of Events.
Scotland’s Colleges has launched Re:Source, a powerful new shared service for college staff.
Re:Source is a web-based service dedicated to enabling the open sharing of learning and teaching resources. It will allow staff to easily find resources specific to the Scottish curriculum and to share materials that others may find useful. It will also provide a single point of discovery to a wide range of resources from a variety of sources not previously shared through a national or open platform.
http://www.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk/home.html
Re:Source is managed and supported by Scotland’s Colleges, SQA, the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland and Education Scotland
A half hour talk by John Cleese on what creativity looks like and how to make space for it. He draws upon psychological research and makes reference to some of the key themes to our current education thinking – persistence, gestation (time), making connections and how humour is somehow tied to it inextricably.
Type ‘John Cleese’ in the search box to find the film: http://creativityportal.org.uk/
Class Clips is part of the BBC’s Learning Zone website and contains more than 9,000 free video clips from BBC programmes ready to play in the classroom.
The clips have been specially selected to support teachers in all subjects and areas of the curriculum; they are safe and appropriate for use in a learning context. A search engine allows users to search by primary or secondary level and by subject or topic.
A ‘creativity’ search brings up a wealth of inspiring resources.
This new website focuses on French-speaking countries around the world. Angus, from Scotland invites you to join him on a journey as he travels to member courties of the Oranisation Internationale de la Francophonie and meets new friends.
Aude from France, Assouan from Egypt, Nyanga from Gabon, Menembe from Madagascar and Takakoto from Polynesia describe their daily lives, as well as the history and geography of the countries.
The website includes:
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/passeportfrancophone/index.asp
This month EIS will include a succinct leaflet in the Scottish Education Journal detailing the support and materials already available for CfE and what is planned across the year from the partners involved in CfE Implementation.
The leaflet demonstrates Education Scotland’s commitment to work with teachers, schools, other education settings and authorities across Scotland, providing advice and materials as the implementation of CfE continues.
Download the leaflet here:
Artist and lecturer Julie Read has launched a new website, www.portfolio-oomph.com , specifically designed to support young people who wish to apply to art college. The site includes advice and guidance on portfolio preparation, video interviews with artists, designers and makers, and links to information on possible careers in the creative industries.
Also available is a range of e-books which provide in-depth guidance on subjects such as how to present work, how to choose the right subject and college and how to do well at interview. e-books cost between £2.50 and £10.95 and a range of e-courses is promised soon.
Creativity Portal redesign
The Creativity Portal has undergone an exciting redevelopment. It is more accessible than ever and tailors content to all users, ensuring you have easy access to the most vital case studies, creative partners, CPD, teaching tools and inspiration for your work.
Users can log in and receive a customised experience with resources recommended by similar users rising to the top. You can then recommend content yourself, helping to shape the Creativity Portal for others.
Creativity Toybox
Twenty-one very short creative exercises for use with whole groups of young people in the classroom or community setting. These will be warm-up/warm-down/filler activities that develop creative thinking skills. Click here to view the Creativity Toybox activities.
Creative Learning Networks
A themed area on the Portal where you can access information about the Networks together with links to CLN blogs and Glow groups. You’ll also find a series of short films illustrating the work of the CLNs including case studies from Aberdeen, Argyll and Bute, Edinburgh, Fife and Scottish Borders.
Click here to visit the Creative Learning Networks area
Creative Learning Contacts
A Who’s Who of local authority creative learning contacts across Scotland, together with Glow key contacts and weblinks.
Click here to view all Creative Learning Contacts
