Glow Scotland

May 30th, 2012

Going bananas about Algebra!

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow, Glow TV, Mathematics, Pupils

Join us in Glow TV on Thursday 31st May at 2pm for this very different ways of learning about algebra.

This lesson will show basic uses of algebra using bananas as an everyday context, and be mainly suitable for P4 pupils.

During the live transmission Tom Renwick from Maths on Track will be seen working with a P4 class, initially measuring the weights of three bananas labelled a, b and c and then going on to evaluate simple expressions such as a+b and a-b etc.

Towards the end of the event you will have the weights of three bananas measured in your own classroom and your pupils will be invited to evaluate simple expressions based on their own data.

As in most areas of maths lack of associated numeracy numeracy skills can hamper understanding, so Tom has prepared graded practice sheets (three pdf’s provided in Supporting Materials and suitable for smart board use) showing the numeracy skills which will be associated with the algebra the lesson, given that bananas usually weigh between 100g and 200g.

It would be beneficial if pupils watching the live transmission were reasonably competent with these numeracy skills beforehand since it’s Tom’s intention to have as many P4 pupils as possible ‘going bananas about algebra’!

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May 28th, 2012

Glowing Thursdays - Sailing for Olympic Gold

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Glow TV, Perth and Kinross, Pupils

Join us in Glow TV on Thursday 31st May at 12pm to meet another inspirational Olympian - double gold medal-winning sailor Shirley Robertson who will be speaking at Perth Grammar on the school Olympic-themed fundraising day.

Shirley Robertson OBE made it in the history books by becoming the first British woman to win two Olympic Gold Medals at consecutive games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Shirley has gone on to develop a highly
successful media career including with the BBC and CNN. She will be visiting Perth Grammar to tell the compelling and inspirational story of her personal journey to achieve her dreams and to support S1 pupils with their Olympic challenges. This will be part of the school fundraising day when all pupils will be involved in a sponsored walk to raise more funds for Sport Relief.

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May 28th, 2012

Learning Stories - An Education Scotland Identified Good Practice Event

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories CPD, East Lothian, Glow TV, Pupils

Join us in Glow Tv on Wednesday 30th May for an exciting insight into a new way of reporting in a school. In Ormiston Primary School every child has a journal called a Learning Story containing photographs, video links and comments from parents, children and teaching staff. These Learning Stories have become integral to the life of learning at Ormiston Primary School and have replaced the end of term report card.

These colourful and detailed books help children to share purposefully their learning with their families and helps to give the families more depth of knowledge of how they can support their child at home. They also give the school the opportunity to find out what children are learning at home which forms a rich picture of all the achievements for each child.

During this Glow Meet headteacher Helen Gardyne and her pupils will share their journey of development with their Learning Stories and this will hopefully inspire you on your own journey and to reflect on the nature of reporting on children’s learning.

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May 28th, 2012

Simple Acts - Spirit Project Update

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Glow TV, Pupils, Religious and Moral Education

Do you know about Simple Acts and the Spirit photography project? If not this is another chance for students to get involved in the project and share any videos or interviews they have taken so far.

As part of Refugee Week 2012 the Scottish Refugee Council are a running a photographic project around the theme Spirit. An online gallery will be created where people can upload videos and interviews with each other. Schools across Scotland will be invited to take photos and videos that capture this theme and these will be added to the online gallery.

In this Glow Meet, students will get to see photographs and videos that have already been uploaded and will be able to discuss how these represent Spirit and can ask questions about taking their own photos/videos.

This project is most suited to P4 and upwards and will take place on Wednesday 30th May at 11am.

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May 28th, 2012

Moderation in Practice - What does it mean to you?

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories CPD, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow TV

Join us on Tuesday 29th May at 4pm in Glow TV to find out more about what moderation can mean to you. A number of personnel from local authorities and Education Scotland will take part in an open discussion around ‘participating in moderation activities - the opportunities and challenges it presents’

During this session practitioners from across the country will share their experiences of moderation in practice. There will be practitioners from all sectors participating in this event, relating their experiences: within their own establishment or sector, across different sectors and in particular at key points of transition.

Practitioners who have participated in the Quality Assurance and Moderation exemplars on the NAR will relate their experiences. The Quality Assurance and Moderation Team in Education Scotland will give an update on work being developed at present to support the moderation process.

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May 24th, 2012

Copyright in Education

Dawn Adams

Comments: 1 Comment Tags: Tags: copyright, intellectual property rights, IPR
 : Categories CPD, Technologies

The subject of copyright can often be a confusing and complicated one. Whether it’s using music, video or digital images for learning and teaching it can be hard to navigate the minefield that is copyright and intellectual property rights. More and more teachers and learners know that simply copying pictures from random websites is illegal and could lead to prosecution.

In a series of blog posts we’re going to explore the topic of intellectual property rights (IPR), improve understanding of what this means in education and highlight some useful resources to provide support.

Copyright Symbols by MikeBlogs, 2008 (CC BY 2.0)

Copyright is all around us – the web, music, films, learning resources, books, games, adverts – the list goes on! Pupils and teachers may interact with music, movies, software and digital content everyday but do they understand that these works may be protected? Do they recognise how intellectual property rights affect them personally? Do you?

What are Intellectual Property Rights?
It may be an unfamiliar term but the output from an intellectual or creative effort is Intellectual Property.
Intellectual Property Rights are available to the originator/author. These rights allow for the protection of intellectual property and control its use by others.

Copyright is one of several Intellectual Property Rights but is very relevant in education. Other rights in the Intellectual Property ‘family’ are moral rights, patents, trade marks and design rights. There are also performers’ and photographers’ rights and confidentially and trade secrets.

This might seem complicated but there are several benefits of IPR and they are to:
Encourage innovation, share knowledge, protect the creator, allow work to be developed, allow commercial return and allow the work to be used in the public sphere.

For more information about IPR there are several useful sources:

NEN, Copy Rights and Wrongs, Know the Score – What is IPR?
http://copyrightsandwrongs.e2bn.org/ipr-and-copyright/what-is-ipr

NEN, Copy Rights and Wrongs, Know the Score – What is copyright?
http://copyrightsandwrongs.e2bn.org/ipr-and-copyright/what-is-copyright

May 18th, 2012

Creative Connections fife 2012 - An Early Years Gathering

Jennifer McDougall

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Fife Council’s Cultural Partnerships Team, in partnership with Fife’s Childcare & Early Years Services and The Byre Theatre are delighted to announce their early years event ‘Creative Connections fife 2012’ on Wednesday 23 May 2012 at The Byre Theatre, St Andrews.

Bookings are still open, so if you are an early years practitioner or have a professional interest in this field, then this day will be of interest to you. Book today!

To book contact [email protected] or telephone 01592 583255.

Find out more about Creative Connections 2012 - An Early Years Gathering. Also visit our Glow Group

If you are unable to attend in person please join us via Glow. All sessions will be live on Glow TV - sign up and register for all the events in Glow TV!

May 16th, 2012

Education Scotland Identified Good Practice - Aboyne Academy

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Aberdeenshire, Curriculum for Excellence, Development, Events, Expressive Arts, Glow TV, Mathematics, Pupils, Religious and Moral Education, Sciences, Social Studies

The practice of inter-disciplinary learning in the Secondary context is one that is central to the underpinning ethos of Curriculum for Excellence. Schools all over Scotland are looking at ways in which this can be made as purposeful and meaningful as possible for both pupils and teachers and in that aspect Aboyne Academy is no different from any other.

Aboyne Academy’s efforts in this area were given favourable comment during a recent inspection so much so that the inspection team recommended that this practice be celebrated and shared via Glow TV.
During this Glow Meet you will be able to meet the teachers from a range of departments who have begun to collaborate in order to make inter-disciplinary learning work for them. You will see how Geography, Science and Maths, Drama and Guidance and RME and Physics have all worked together on different projects in a complementary fashion. You will be able to hear how the teachers worked together and what impact they feel such working has had on the teaching and learning at Aboyne.

Join in the Glow Meet in Glow TV on Tuesday 22nd May at 11am and get the chance to ask questions of colleagues who are are making inter-disciplinary learning work in their setting. Sign up and join us in Glow TV.

May 11th, 2012

Authors Live - David Walliams

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GlowTV brings David Walliams in to schools across Scotland

We hope you had the opportuntiy to join over 240 schools - around 7200 excited Glow users - across Scotland as they participated in the Authors Live Event. If you missed it then you can watch again, go to GlowTV watch-again.

About David Walliams (courtesy of the BBC)

David Walliams was born in Merton, London in 1971. He studied drama at the University of Bristol and one of his first jobs was to work as a writer for the Ant and Dec Show. Twenty years later he is a household name, as famous for his heroic fund raising efforts as he is for his TV and film appearances. In 2008 David released his first book for children The Boy in the Dress and the follow-up Mr Stink won the People’s Book Prize Award. Both books have since been adapted for stage and cinema. His third book Billionaire Boy was one of the biggest hits of 2010. David’s latest book Gangsta Granny was published in March 2012.

Gangsta Granny tells the story of Ben, who is bored every time he is made to stay at his grandma’s house, as all she wants to do is to play board games and eat cabbage soup. But then Ben finds out she was once an international jewel thief and they hatch a plot to steal the crown jewels.

Partners
Authors Live is produced in association with the Scottish Book Trust and Creative Scotland. The Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing in Scotland and their Authors Live programme is funded by Creative Scotland’s First in a Lifetime Fund. The Authors Live webcasts are also available through Glow - the world’s first national intranet for education allowing joined-up working the length and breadth of Scotland.

May 10th, 2012

The Ethical Dilemma- Special Edition

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow TV, Highland, Pupils, Sciences

This is a special edition of the Talking Stem Cells Ethical Dilemma series with this event featuring Dr Bill Ritchie who was involved in the creation of Dolly the Sheep.

This workshop event is aimed at S1-S3 pupils (but is also suitable for P6/7 who would like to ask Dr Ritchie questions about his work) and is a mix of a short presentation from Dr Ritchie, interactive enquiry, student debate activities and live questions and answer interaction.

The Scientist

Dr Bill Ritchie is best known as the embryologist who, with a team of experts, produced the first cloned lambs from cultured cells, Morag and Megan. The following year he and his colleagues produced Dolly the first cloned animal from an adult cell. Following this success they produced Poly etc. the first cloned animals from transgenic cells. Later he produced the first cloned animal with a gene knocked out. This proved the principal that disease genes could be deleted from animals. There will be plenty of opportunity for the students to interact with the scientist.

The Patient

In addition to the scientist there will be input from a patient suffering from a disease who might have the potential to be treated by stem cell treatment.

This event will be coming live from Gairloch High School in the Highlands and you can find a Student pack associated with this event in the Stem Cell Glow Group.

Sign up and join us in Glow TV on Thursday 17th May from 11-12.30pm - or for as long as you can!!