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Connected Live Podcast 017: The Walkodile, staying safe on the way to school

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Three-year-old Stephen introduces the Walkodile - a device to keep young children safe on their way to school.
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Connected Live Podcast 016: Chinese in Scotland

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Interviews with people involved in international education initiatives who were attending the Scottish Learning festival 2007, including the Scottish Churches China Group which has produced a new resource pack about China and the UK German Connections organisation.
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Connected Live Podcast 015: Play and animation in a Curriculum for Excellence

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Educators and students from North Ayrshire Council, a Shetland school and Argyll and Bute Council share their knowledge and experiences at the Scottish Learning Festival on a variety of topics, including play and active learning for early years children, animation techniques, secondary citizenship and developing rich tasks for Curriculum for Excellence.
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Connected Live Podcast 014: ScotLearnFest07 - a Glowing report?

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Three of the Glow Mentors from Clackmannanshire explain what they’ve been doing at Scottish Learning Festival and the seminars, keynotes and networking opportunities they have enjoyed.
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Connected Live Podcast 013: Maths, PE, food and health - interdisciplinary learning in action

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Morna Crombie from Curriculum for Excellence and pupils from St Stephen’s Primary School in Dalmuir in Clydebank demonstrate interdisciplinary learning with a short drama combining food and health, physical activity and maths.
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How can you join Connected Live in Second Life?

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Leon Cych, who’s been helping us with Connected Live’s Second Life conference space, has written up a really helpful guide for those wanting to view bonus videos and listen to podcasts in our Second Life emporium.
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Connected Live Podcast 012: Student tour guides, keeping it real

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A pupil from Doune Primary School, explains how the pupils act a junior tour guides at Doune Castle to guide other school children round the castle and explain its history. They dress in medieval costume and have medieval weapons to shwo the visitors.
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Connected Live Podcast 011: BBC Soundtown in Dundee

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A chat with pupils and teachers from Baldragon Academy in Dundee, which is hosting this year’s BBC Soundtown radio studio, and who were there to hear David Robertson from the BBC talk about the media industry.
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Connected Live Podcast 010: Sharing music across the world

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An interview with June McGregor from the Scottish Music Centre, who talks about the Centre’s online composition chart which helps young people aged from 12-years-old share their own compositions in any genre with the rest of the world, and the other work of the Centre in promoting Scottish music.
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What got you hooked on Web2.0 in education?

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If you’re reading this, the chances are you’re already pretty sold on the potential of new web technologies in education. But how did that happen?
At last week’s Scottish Learning Festival I enjoyed hearing from John Johnston, at his talk Audience, Purpose and Conversation: the World Wide Display Wall, about how he got hooked. […]