Blogging IT

I spent this morning visiting two of our classrooms in East Lothian with Phil Denning, our area inspector. Having met with Don and being a keen observer of East Lothian developments, he was keen to see how we use technology in Learning and Teaching, particularly with regard to the use of social software [...]

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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.

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I met with the PTs of the English departments this afternoon to begin to look at the technology requirements of the modern English classroom. The task was to look at current provision, consider current curricular ‘requirements’ for technology and to look towards future developments and to consider the implications. We recently [...]

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I led the Digital Video TeachMeet Roadshow at Law Primary on Friday. Just as we have our Guineapig Mum in East Lothian, Law is our Guineapig school! They were the first to experience and provide feedback for our TeachMeet format in November when we delivered our Digial Images Roadshow. [...]

I am currently investigating a joint funding initiative to employ an animator/film-maker in East Lothian for 2 years. Lesley Smith from the Arts Service is co-ordinating the bid for this post to support the work we have been doing for many years in East Lothian through our work in schools, our input from Oscar [...]

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What a really productive day today. We had our first full day Glow mentor meeting of 2007. This meant a very early start for me to set up and a fairly frantic journey for many of the mentors through the particularly awful Edinburgh traffic. We had a fairly heavy agenda as [...]

An ATI - Apple Teacher Institute Event has been planned for the 10th to 13th April 2007 at Cheltenham College.  Having attended one myself some years ago when it was held in Glenalmond College in Scotland, I would recommend it.  It is a chance to learn more about digital creativity tools and to explore how [...]

I attended  the East Lothian Celebrating Success event today.  The event takes place every 2 years and gives schools the opportunity to show the excellent work they have been doing and share ideas. The theme this year was A Curriculum for Excellence and the schools were to demonstrate something for at least one of the [...]

The end of another week draws in.  A particularly long week for me - the first full week in 8 … I really was a part timer!  Thanks to Dave for showing me around Technorati …. I know this is probably ‘old technology’ already for anyone reading for this, but better late than never!  What [...]

Curriculum for Excellence – Kathleen RobertsonBackgroundNational debate led to the curriculum review and ultimately to a Curriculum for Excellence.  The Values, Purposes and Principles of Curriculum for Excellence mirror those of Early Years.
Current positionTo look at the 3 to 15 curriculum - bringing 3-5 and 5-14 together to ensure a smooth transition.  ICT is an [...]