A CPD opportunity listed at CPDFind
I’ll be attending this great looking opportunity next weekend, it is covering Using the Social Web to develop the Four Capacities and lead by David Noble who of course produces the great Booruch podcast.
I’ve two reasons for posting this information:
Firstly I think this is a great cpd opportunity, the Booruch […]

CBS last night kicked off their CSI:NY crime show (on Channel 5 in the UK) in Second Life. Second Lifers can solve the cliffhanger to the television series that would otherwise not be played out until a show in February. By throwing players online the mystery can be resolved - by them - far quicker.
This […]

Chatting to a colleague today who works as a Primary Music Specialist, I realised that I was slightly vague about their curriculum and at what age they might introduce any given concept.
Instrumental Instructors tend to view P5 beginners as newcomers to the language of music, when in fact they must already be familiar with many […]

The keynotes for the Scottish Learning Festival have been made available now in a version that will play on your video iPod or MP4 player.
It’s a great way to revisit the rich resource that each keynote address provides. You can right-click (or ctrl-click on a Mac) each of the links below to download these to […]

Allow me to guide you to a short video from Clarín entitled One Man Band which could equally well have been called S2 Coursing:

go to http://www.videos.clarin.com/
click the VXV button on the left (you may have to scroll down)
choose Animación producida por Pixar…”El hombre orquesta”

As the section is called Latest Videos, there’s no saying how long […]

Over on the Consolarium blog we see how pupils from a Dundee Primary School made a huge impact at this year’s Be Very Afraid event at Bafta, London.
Derek Robertson from LTS accompanied the Consolarium students on an exciting first airplane ride, first trip to London and first time working hard at Bafta to show visitors […]

Cross-posted at edu.blogs.com

Thanks to the kind people at Core-Ed the video and slides of my last ’season’ of talks on how all of us can lead education and technology change in our schools, Local Authorities and organisations have been put online for all to view. There’s also a Google Video without the slides.

Every time I […]

The new issue of Connected magazine will be heading out to schools and subscribers over the next couple of weeks - and the online edition follow soon.
Do you have any comments or ideas for Connected?
If you would like to make your voice heard, why not join our new readers’ panel?
To get involved email us at connected@LTScotland.org.uk […]

Gigajam, available to all Scottish teachers and learners through Glow, provides exciting new ways to learn how to play musical instruments. See the video for the highlights of this new technology.

One of the biggest problems facing us as our pupils move more of their lives online is most parents don’t know what their kids are up to. East Lothian took the bull by the horns and organised an information evening for parents.
The Musselburgh Grammar School (MGS) Internet Safety for Parents and Families night opened with […]