Con Morris19th March
At the recent CPD Network event, Iain White and Ian McCracken, head teacher and learning resources manager respectively, of Govan High School shared their journey from school library to learning resources centre. During the short talk, I was grateful to Douglas...
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Lorna Arbuckle19th MarchSumwher school have been using Glow for teaching and learning for 6 months. All students, teachers and staff have Glow log-ins. Parent users for Glow are planned to be introduced during the next school session; Sumwher has an active Parent Council.
To address the findings of the school report the school and Parent Council has decided to use Glow and Glow Groups as a medium to provide relevant information for parents .
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rreed16th MarchLTS appoints two Outdoor Learning Development Officers
LTS are delighted to announce the appointment of Chalmers Smith and Ryan Reed as outdoor learning Development Officers (DO’s) from 1st April 2010 for a period of 12 months.
Chalmers Smith, who has been seconded to LTS from Mid Lothian for the past six months as the Outdoor Learning Framework DO, will continue on the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence through Outdoor Learning by leading the development of support for staff....
Read morenickmorgan15th MarchThe UNESCO
Associated Schools Network in the UK has launched a
competition to find the school that best communicates the key messages of 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. The task for entrants is to "devise a creative and effective campaign that can spread the IYB messages to the local...
Read more Con Morris8th MarchIn January, we opened a professional community for supply and temporary teachers on Glow called CPDStepIn (see the CPD Team blog post -
CPDStepIn- Start here)
We would now be delighted if others could join us in supporting colleagues who may have difficulty accessing CPD and PRD by the more traditional routes. We are looking for colleagues who can:
share a CPD resource or a weblink
host a discussion
run a CPD...
Read more skumar2nd MarchFancy yourself as a games designer? Now is your chance to design, create and market your own computer game with great characters and compelling storylines. Your game only has to meet two criteria for your chance to win some great prizes.
1. It should be an adventure/platform/puzzle game with a story behind it.
2. The player should be able to control a character and solve a puzzle or collect items to progress to the next level / complete the game.
If you are a pupil at a school in Scotland...
Read more brianclark26th FebruaryFancy yourself as a Games Designer?
Do you think Sonic is super?
Do you marvel at Mario?
Are you crazy about Crash?
Love Lara?
Fancy yourself as a games designer? Now is your chance to design, create and market your own computer game...
Read more Anne Macleod15th OctoberHM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) has published its draft Gaelic Language Plan for consultation. The Plan proposes measures to encourage the increased use of Gaelic in four key areas:
Identity
Communications
Publications
Staffing
Responses to the consultation on the HMIE's Draft Gaelic Language Plan can be made to HMIE, Longman House, Longman Road, Inverness, IV1 1SF. The consultation runs until 27 November 2009.
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