Blogging IT

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 [...]

I have blogged about the Learning Hubs initiative before.  Yesterday, I attended the first Project board meeting to move the project forward in East Lothian and our partner authorities.  Nigel Douglas provided us with an overview of the project and where we are to date.  He has been working to develop a sustainable model for [...]

We had the chance to meet with our Glow mentors today at the Scottish Learning Festival (SETT)  Having had the chance to ‘absorb’ the atmosphere and learn of the progress made with Glow, it was interesting to hear the views of the mentors in East Lothian and begin to explore the way forward.  As though [...]

Well, I’ve heard a few negative things over recent weeks about ‘Glow’ the new name for SSDN.  I did finally manage to open the promotional film to introduce it and I don’t think in all honesty it will win any oscars!  However, one of my mentors today remarked that there are worse things to be [...]

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 [...]

I spent the day at Preston Lodge working with 3rd years doing stop-frame animation as part of their activity week.  A rock band in the school  had been creating their own rock video, so the pupils decided to use it as a theme for their animations - we had animated rock videos galore!  We used [...]

Had arranged an interesting presentation today with Stuart Anderson from Apple who agreed to give interested staff a tour of the iLife apps and podcasting.  I use a mac at home and have my own web site using the iLife tools and my dot Mac account.  I was interested in what would be possible with [...]

Ok, I haven’t written my blog in a couple of days!  Why do people always say ‘Oh well, it’s near the end of term … you must be winding down.’  What is all that about?  It’s just so busy … in a good way of course.  So what have i been up to.  Well yesterday [...]

I am trying to convene a meeting for the PTs of music in East Lothian.   I’d like to explore  the requirements of the modern music department.  Technology has moved on significantly in recent times - no more so than in music.  Music software and technology (as with film and animation) was complex and accessible only [...]