Scottish Learning Festival News

October 15th, 2010

Scottish Learning Festival 2010

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With over 160 seminars, an innovative twilight programme and more than 200 exhibitors, the Scottish Learning Festival 2010 was the biggest and best Learning Festival ever resulting in nearly eight hundred more delegates than last year.

SLF 2010 has proven itself as popular as ever with the education community from both home and abroad. This year delegates travelled from as far afield as New Zealand, Australia, Paraguay, and all over Europe to attend Scotland’s most popular educational event. Closer to home each Local Authority was well represented.

The new and innovative Scottish Education Village layout proved a huge success with delegates who had the opportunity to speak directly to education specialists from LTS, HMIE, SQA and Scottish Government. Showcasing all the work that goes on within these four key organisations, the stand offered visitors the chance to interact and engage with all the latest technologies, with demonstrations from the Glow team, Scottish Government and the LTS Game Based Learning team.

September 17th, 2009

Dragons are coming

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Finalists for the LTS does Dragons’ Den competition at The Scottish Learning Festival have been decided.

Pitches will be heard from:

• Meldrum Academy, Aberdeenshire
• St Marys PS, Dundee
• Gavinburn PS, West Dunbartonshire
• Lairdsland PS, East Dunbartonshire.

Further information can be found on the Consolarium blog.

This session is one of the Education Showcases and takes place on Thursday 24 September at 13:00 pm.

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September 17th, 2009

Guitar Hero finalists for SLF’09

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See who is top of the leaderboard, posted on the Consolarium blog.

Groups from Baldragon Academy (winners last year) and Morgan Academy from Dundee and Cathkin High School from South Lanarkshire will be taking part in the Guitar Hero Challenge at the The Scottish Learning Festival.

This session is one of the Education Showcases and takes place on Wednesday 23 September at 16:00 pm.

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August 14th, 2009

LTS does ‘Dragon’s Den’ at SLF 09

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If you’ve got an idea for a computer game or a character that could capture the imagination of game players, then this year’s LTS does ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition could be your opportunity to showcase your ideas to a panel of experts. For information on how to take part in the competition visit the consolarium blog.

August 10th, 2009

Spotlight update, session L1A

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Details of this session have been revised and it will now be presented by Ollie Bray, National Adviser, Emerging Technologies and Derek Robertson, National Adviser: Learning and Teaching Futures, Learning and Teaching Scotland.

The spotlight will focus on ‘Understanding the new learning landscape’. More details

You can change your booking Edit your booking online or call the ticket hotline on 0870 421 1938.

August 10th, 2009

Seminar update, session B1A

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Details of this session have been revised and it will now be presented by Brian McLaren, Consolarium Development Officer, Learning and Teaching Scotland.

The seminar will explore ‘Professor Layton and the Curious Classroom: Learning from a narrative driven and puzzle filled computer game’. More details

If you would like to change your booking, you can edit your details.

Change your details or call the ticket hotline on 0870 421 1938.

October 1st, 2008

Consolarium champions

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After the exciting build up that was documented in the Consolarium Glow group (Glow login required), the finals in the Gamezone Challenge took place at the Education Showcase at the Scottish Learning Festival 2008.

The Guitar Hero Champion ’08 is David Whyte from Baldragon Academy.

The Mario and Sonic at the Olympics Champion ’08 is Simon Tait from Cathkin High School.

The Dr Kawashima Champion for Wednesday was Steven Beattie, Dens Road Primary School, Dundee. The Dr Kawashima Champion for Thursday was Vicky Mackenzie, Lairdsland PS, Kirkintilloch.

See the Consolarium blog for full reports of these popular events, that were part of the Games based learning program for SLF 2008.

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September 23rd, 2008

Guitar Heroes on Education Showcase

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Over the past month, Guitar Heroes have been practicing and posting their scores on the Consolarium Challenge (Glow login required).
Now they are coming to the Education Showcase at the Scottish Learning Festival 2008 for a grand final.

All contestants are from Baldragon Academy in Dundee: -
David Whyte
Craig Davidson
Ryan Simpson
Shaun Caldwell

See them battle it out at 16.00 on Wednesday 24 September in the Education Showcase area in the Exhibition Hall at the SECC.

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