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Connected Live Podcast 006: China, gifted students and emotional literacy

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Representatives from three different educational groups introduce what each of their projects involves. Fiona Fisher of the Scotland China School Links Program, Bridget Doogan of Scottish Health talking about ‘emotional literacy’, and Margaret Sutherland of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils feature in these short interviews.
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Ewan’s Been Blogging For 5 Million Years…

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If you want to get a great sense of why Scotland is perfectly poised to lead the way in education then you only need to look to her history. Ewan’s argument is that we have always been at the forefront, that it is in our nature.
Ewan’s presentation was first presented earlier this year at Alan […]

Connected Live Podcast 005: Crazy Talking and Active Learning

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In this podcast Tim Laver, principal teacher of History and Modern Studies at Bishopbriggs Academy, talks about the Consolarium, and the Crazy Talk animation application, followed by an explanation by teachers from Gullane Primary School of their Active Learning project.

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Is irresistible learning the holy grail of Education? Mick Waters is the man trying to make it so in England…

How does the map know where we are? On a children’s trip, the child who asked that question unknowingly illuminated one of the key problems that educators have faced. Educator’s have been following someone else’s […]