Scottish Learning Festival News

September 23rd, 2009

TeachMeetSLF’09

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Remember to check-in with TeachmeetSLF09 that gathers from 6.00pm till 9.00pm Wednesday 23 September at BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA

Short presentations, chat and social networking (in person) will be happening.

Twitter #tmslf09

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September 8th, 2009

SLF 2009 channel on Radiowaves

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Young Radiowaves reporters from Rimbleton Primary School and Kirkcaldy High School are looking forward to visiting SLF 2009 and interviewing V.I.P.s, teachers, guests and even some exhibitors.

The interviews will be posted on the Scottish Learning Festival channel on the Radiowaves website.

Alternatively, you can subscribe to the RSS feed to be kept up to date with any new podcasts as they are posted.

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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.

November 17th, 2008

Images from Conference in Pictures

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If you attended this years event, you probably saw, and maybe even took part in, Conference in Pictures in Hall 4 - a pictorial gallery capturing the meaning behind the words.

These images, with delegate’s comments, are now available to view on the SLF website on the Conference in Pictures page. Why not use these free images in a discussion with colleagues or young people or at an in-service day.

You can still find the online Conference in Pictures, complete with post-it notes, in SLF Extra in Glow (login required).

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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 19th, 2008

TeachMeet’08 at SLF

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After some scrambling - it is a pleasure to relay the news that TeachMeet08@SLF has a home. This exciting and inspirational gathering will take place in the Forth room at the SECC from 6 - 9 pm on Wednesday 24 September. There will be selection of long (7 minute) and short (2 minute) presentations and roundtables, sharing information on a wide range of technologies. There will be refreshments and a chance to meet and network with colleagues.

Further details on the TeachMeet wiki.

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September 11th, 2008

Conferences in Pictures

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There are now 2 sets of Conference in Pictures online in Glow.

Login to find out more in the SLF Extra group and Early Years Glow group.

Write your comments on the post-it notes supplied and drag them onto the images to add to those previously submitted.

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August 12th, 2008

Improving presentations

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For those that could not attend the LTS Inspiration Session yesterday (11/08/08) on learning how to improve presentations, there are online bookmarks (via delicious) for the videos that were shown, and a list of supplementary resources can be accessed.

An overview of this event, and others in the series, is on the Connected Live blog: (LTS Inspiration Sessions: Run your own) - Scroll down to Month 4. Comments welcome.

These lunchtime sessions were based around the world famous TED Talks, followed by debate and discussion about the video clip and how it relates to our work or education in general. For a personal response to this session see Andrew Brown’s blog.

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May 30th, 2008

“Here we come!”

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We are pleased to announce that Channel 4 Education, one of our lead sponsors, are giving an Educational Showcase with the title of “Here we come!” Channel 4 Education Showcase.

Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor and his team will be available to showcase some of the innovative, cross platform projects, games and web based services they are commissioning for 2008/9. They will be focussing on issues derived from young people’s needs and desires that may be outside the more formal education curriculum. This will be taking place at 12.30 on Thursday 25 September. Further information and booking available through the seminar page.

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