Archive for 'Communication'
Literacy starts young in East Lothian!
Buggy Buddy books in action
One week ago today, we held a target literacy conference in East Lothian. Literacy is a key focus for the authority and this conference was the starting point for building a coherent strategy to ensure all our children are literate. One of the key outcomes of our Service Improvement [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2008 under Communication, Culture, Curriculum for Excellence, Early Years, Event, Language, Literacy, Parents, Schools, Talking and Listening, conference, elcouncil.
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Britain’s Best Young Speaker… could this be you?
The BBC is embarking on a mission to find Britain’s Best Young Speaker. This thrilling, once in a lifetime competition will be shown on BBC TWO early in 2009.
In this epic elimination show, thousands of 14 to 18 year olds will compete in a series of challenges that could [...]
Posted: June 4th, 2008 under Communication, Competition, Schools, Talking and Listening, Uncategorized, elcouncil.
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Curriculum for Excellence Developments
Edublogger
Today we had a joint Local Authority presentation and discussion about Curriculum for Excellence. It was a chance for us to hear the latest developments from those close to the initiative and to find out how our colleagues in other LEAs are moving forward. There were some clear messages regarding the science [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2007 under AiFL, Change management, Communication, Curriculum for Excellence, Language, Maths, Schools, elcouncil.
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Can you make a difference? - to be continued …
Photo courtesy of Ewan
I wrote a post a few weeks ago describing the plans for an Enterprise and IT project where pupils devised and participated in a campaign to improve their locality in some way. Technology was used to support the publication of the campaigns - podcasting and film being particularly relevant.
Posted: June 7th, 2007 under Communication, Curriculum for Excellence, Enterprise, Event, Film, Schools, Technology, elcouncil.
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A Lesson in Communication
Communication has featured a lot in my day today. A project to ceiling mount all the projectors is currently being rolled out across the Authority. Managing a project that involves many teams - an installation team, interactive whiteboard team, janitorial services, property can be a tricky business. It is easy to assume [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2007 under Communication, Interactive Whiteboards, Schools, elcouncil, glowscotland.
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