2904, 2015

Global Treasure Apps – Create a location-based interactive trail

Peter Murray
April 29, 2015
CfE, Digital Learning, Early Learning and Childcare, Health and wellbeing, Literacy and English, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Senior Phase, Skills, Technologies
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Calling teachers around the world! Download Global Treasure Apps for FREE for your students! Global Treasure Apps are fun, interactive and informative apps, shining a new light on the world around us. The app won an International Serious Play Award in LA in 2014 for “outstanding visitor engagement with a measurable learning opportunity”, making Global Treasure Apps leaders in the field of Game Based Learning on Location. Global Treasure Apps are launching

2704, 2015

Weather and Climate Change Glow Meet

Peter Murray
April 27, 2015
CfE, Early Learning and Childcare, Primary, Professional Learning, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills
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Holidaying in Ibiza or even backpacking across Europe was not an option last summer for four inspirational undergraduate students from all across Scotland, who spurned the ordinary and instead single-handedly organised an extraordinary trip to the Arctic. The main purpose of the trip was to study how climate change is affecting the landscape and the people of the Arctic. Team leader, Cameron MacKay, was motivated to go on the trip

1404, 2015

BBC Radio Scotland: ‘Dream Job’ Series – Bryan Burnett

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April 14, 2015
CfE, Skills
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BBC Radio Scotland presenter Bryan Burnett speaks to 4 young people about the ‘dream jobs’ they hold and explores the issue of how to find your ideal profession, what it takes to make a dream become a (financially viable) reality and how to develop personal ambitions and strengths for a successful career path. The four exciting episodes include: 1. BAFTA award-winning games designer Sophia George Ballet dancer Andrew Peasgood 3. Blue Peter

0204, 2015

SLF extra – Developing the Young Workforce in early years and primaries

Peter Murray
April 2, 2015
CfE, Early Learning and Childcare, Professional Learning, Skills, Young People
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Another event in the SLF Extra series took place on Tuesday 24th March 2015. This was a partnership event between Education Scotland, AHDS and SCEL. The event attracted over 160 delegates from all over Scotland, mainly those in leadership positions within Early Years and Primary settings. Everyone gathered together to unpick the implications of Developing the Young Workforce for these sectors and to help school leaders think about their next

3103, 2015

Our Environment Competition deadline extended!

Peter Murray
March 31, 2015
CfE, Health and wellbeing, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies, Technologies
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The ‘Our Environment Competition’ is a great way of engaging young people with their local environment and conservation issues. Children identify and collect information about an issue in their local environment, collate the information and propose a solution. Submit your entry as a presentation, poster, leaflet, video or photo storyboard – or maybe you can think of another creative way. Have you already been working on an environmental project? You

3103, 2015

CPD for Primary Teacher – Unlocking the Thinking Behind Computing

Peter Murray
March 31, 2015
CfE, Early Learning and Childcare, Primary, Professional Learning, Skills, Technologies
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Computing At School Scotland have a course running soon for teachers who are absolute beginners at Computing and want more confidence and understanding. You can learn from our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SxjjU_-RM There is more information below and on http://www.cas.scot/unlock/ (as well as a link to an Eventbrite booking page)

2403, 2015

Enter ‘Our Environment Competition’ and win £1000!

Peter Murray
March 24, 2015
CfE, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Sciences, Senior Phase, Skills, Social studies, Technologies
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There’s still time to get your competition entries in for the Our Environment Competition! It’s easy to enter and you can win £1000! Identify an environmental issues in your local area/school grounds. Collect data about the issue (these easy-to-use surveys might help you!) Young people can present their ideas for solving the problem (via presentation, leaflet, poster, video, photostory – or something else!) You

2303, 2015

Young Person’s Conversation Day: Working Together on the Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce Agenda

Peter Murray
March 23, 2015
CfE, CLD, Early Learning and Childcare, Responsibility of All, Senior Phase, Skills
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The second Young Person’s Conversation Day on 10th March 2015, organised by the Skills Team (3-18) in Education Scotland attracted almost 180 young people from schools, colleges and universities across Aberdeen City, Angus, Dundee and Paisley and another 30 colleagues from Scottish Government, Local Authority, SDS, Parent organisations, Third Sector and Industry/Employers. Everyone gathered together in Montrose Town Hall to discuss key issues from the Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce (DYW)

1703, 2015

Call for Proposals for the Computing Science Education Conference

Peter Murray
March 17, 2015
CfE, Early Learning and Childcare, Glow TV, National Qualifications, Primary, Research, Senior Phase, Skills, Teacher Education, Technologies
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Message from Kate Farrell the Co-Chair of Computing at Schools Scotland(CASS) I am delighted to announce the launch of our 2015 CS Education conference! This year we will be hosted by the School of Computing at the University of Dundee. The conference will be on Saturday 7th November 2015. After a ‘slimline’ conference last year we will be back to our multiple strands plus workshops model that has worked well in

0303, 2015

KoduKup competition

Peter Murray
March 3, 2015
CfE, Skills, Technologies, Uncategorised
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KoduKup About the Competition The Kodu Kup is open to anyone from a Scottish school aged between seven to fourteen years old. Children must be entered by their school teacher as a team of three, forming a mini “game studio”. What Should be Submitted? Teachers should enter their pupils’ games by sharing them from inside Kodu Game Lab, this automatically uploads them to www.kodugamelab.com. Once uploaded, e-mail david.renton@wcs.ac.uk