- May 24th, 2012
Copyright in Education
- Dawn Adams
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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.
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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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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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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!!
- May 10th, 2012
The Shared Responsibility Project
- Jennifer McDougall
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On Wednesday 16th May at 3.45pm we will be joined in the Glow TV Studio by PC Elaine MacLennan, SCDEA, who will be discussing and highlighting the Shared Responsibility project that is currently undertaken by schools throughout Scotland.
The project is run in conjunction with the Government of Colombia, The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and the Science Centre Glasgow.
Scotland currently has the highest prevalence of cocaine use per head per capita of population in the world, (2011 UNODC report-annual prevalence of use as a percentage of the population aged 15-64)and Shared Responsibility is a creative and innovative project, utilising the concept of global collaboration to impact on the demand for Class A drugs and improve the environment/community both at home and abroad.
The aim of the project is to generate attitudinal and behavioural change in a fresh and inventive way by equipping young people with the tools they need to live healthy positive lives and assist with making the right choices in life.
Shared Responsibility embraces the key messages delivered in the national Choices for Life programme. It is hoped this will lead to pupils making positive choices in life, resulting in healthier lifestyles and enhanced citizenship. The programme is interdisciplinary in nature and designed to illustrate the benefits of Curriculum for Excellence. The project has developed pupils understanding, not only of their place in the world, but of the different beliefs and culture in Colombia and how cocaine in particular has an impact on communities on the other side of the world.
So why not sign up and join us in Glow TV?
- May 10th, 2012
Calling all educators interested in Modern Foreign Languages and ICT
- ggallacher
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Thursday 17th May
We are hosting a CPDMeet on Glow on the use of technology in the learning of Modern Foreign Languages. Catriona Oates (facilitator of MLPSNet on Glow) will host the online webconference. It will be of interest to language educators in all sectors; primary, secondary and special education.
It starts at 4pm on Thursday 17th May. More details and sign-up here
MLPSNet is a community on Glow which is open to all educators. See more details.
Note that this CPD opportunity came about as a request from one of our CPD community members. You too can ‘order’ free, online CPD on any subject matter using the service
- May 4th, 2012
Simple Acts on Glow TV
- Jennifer McDougall
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Every Wednesday at 11am
Simple Acts is about inspiring individuals to use small, everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees and Glow TV is getting involved once again to highlight this just before Scottish Refugee Week.
Simple Acts consists of 20 actions that can be done by anyone and that encourage us to learn and do more with refugees. With every person who joins in on the idea and does a small thing with and for refugees, we get a little closer to removing barriers between communities and to creating the kind of world we all want to live in.
We believe that if everyone does at least one of these simple actions, we could make a big change to the way refugees are perceived in Scotland. Simple Acts are both fun and educational, contributing to the Scottish Government’s Curriculum for Excellence.
Over the next few weeks we will be joining the Scottish Refugee Council every Wednesday at 11am in Glow TV to find out more about:
There are also supporting materials in the Simple Acts Glow Group which will also be of use.
Also if you are fundraising at school you can get the most out of your Simple Acts by raising funds for vulnerable new arrivals at Scottish Refugee Council. There are many ways you could help - you could charge for quiz entry or even for others to taste your cooking! You can find out more about fundraising on the Scottish Refugee Council website.
Find out more about what is on offer in Glow TV and sign up and join us - just look for the Simple Acts logo!
- May 4th, 2012
SCCYP - Your RIGHT wee blether feedback
- Jennifer McDougall
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Friday 11th of May @ 11:00
Once again join Tam Baillie and the Blether Bear live from Eyemouth Nursery and Primary in the Scottish Borders to hear about all the exciting things your children said in a RIGHT wee blether.
Tam will be saying thank you to everyone who took part and telling the story of a RIGHT wee blether.
It will be a chance for your children to find out what the Blether Bear has been doing and to ask Tam what he has been doing since our last Glow Meet.
Sign up and join us for fun and games on the day!
- May 4th, 2012
Going Sport Mad!
- Jennifer McDougall
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Thursday 10th of May 2012 @ 13:45
Join this exciting event to preview the Bank of Scotland National School Sport Week and London 2012 World Sport Day with the London 2012 Mascots Wenlock and Mandeville!
With a little under 100 days to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games begin, Mid Calder Primary School in West Lothian will be hosting a very special Glow event designed to give schools ideas on how to have their very own celebration events around Bank of Scotland National School Sport Week and World Sport Day.
As well as suggestions for fun using the flags of competing teams, the London 2012 Mascots Wenlock and Mandeville will be making a special appearance to introduce their very own dance routine that celebrates the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games!
Bank of Scotland National School Sport Week, delivered in partnership with sportscotland – the national agency for sport, uses the excitement around the upcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire school children to try more sport. From 11-15 June, schools across Scotland will be staging their own Games, Torch Relays and celebration events. Following the week, schools also have the opportunity to get involved in celebrations that will welcome the World to the UK for the London 2012 Olympic Games when World Sport Day, presented by Bank of Scotland takes place on 25 June.
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