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September 2005 - Posts

In the Real World
Shed Man 23 September
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Back in the ICT Staff Tutor office, the general consensus was SETT was successful. Read More
Home
Shed Man 22 September
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Well back home, fed and watered, and reflecting on the last two days.Firstly, the negative that ICT provision and use in schools is patchy.  There are some excellent nuggets but in a sea of darkness.  How do we overcome this?  We do have Read More
Coming to an end....
Fiona 22 September
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The last keynote from Chris Yapp was very interesting, covering the role of the teacher in todays society and the re-engineering of teachers role in the future.  He talked about the number of roles a teacher has to play and how technology could lessen Read More
Three Down...One to Go
Shed Man 22 September
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SSDN seems really amazing, but still some questions like the rollout, the reliance on technology, the backing of education managers.  Our masterclassers were very positive and eager to join in the process of making it work.  So already some Read More
Education for Citizenship
olliebray 22 September
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Two excellent resources for Scottish schools were reviled at the ‘What’s new in Education for Citizenship’ presentation this morning. The MSP’s in Schools scheme has been highly popular all over the country and is already fully booked for 2005. Young Read More
SSDN
olliebray 22 September
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An interesting presentation from the SSDN team during the early Masterclass session this morning. But how can Masterclass be more involved in this project? Read More
Another day at SETT
Fiona 22 September
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Today sees another line up of keynotes, seminars, round table discussions and spotlight sessions.  Today’s keynotes are Guy Claxton, one of the UK’s foremost thinkers on creativity. Then in the afternoon you can hear Dr Chris Yapp on ‘Putting the Read More
Games for Learning
olliebray 21 September
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There were a lot of ideas from the digital gaming key note presentation. I personally found the presentation interesting and informative. Although until we are able to equip our classrooms with easy computer access for every student I think the use of Read More
Getting on Top of IT in the geography Classroom!
olliebray 21 September
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As always Val Vannet from the High School of Dundee gave an enthusiastic presentation on the use of IT in the classroom. Although the talk was specifically aimed at Geography there were lots of possibilities for cross-curricular links to other subject Read More
The Day draws to a close
Shed Man 21 September
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As ever SETT has been an exhilarating but tiring experience.  There are so many seminars that I would have liked to have gone to.  Ken Robinson suggested that academics think of their bodies as transport systems for their minds.  My Read More
Val's Geography Experience
Shed Man 21 September
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A seminar on ICT in Geography brought us all an experience, including presenter Val Vannet, who did not have troubles to seek, but overcame technical difficulties with great aplomp. Her view that there has never been a better time to teach Geography Read More
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
olliebray 21 September
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The fist key note presentation got SETT off to a flying (and singing) start!   Sir Ken Robinson delivered an excellent, and humorous, presentation on creativity in education. I share many of Ken’s ideas and feelings on creativity. The main focus Read More
May Be a Hard Act to Follow
Shed Man 21 September
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Sir Ken Robinson has set a high standard for this year's series of keynotes and seminars. Whiteinch Primary set the tone and Heather really is good at the housekeeping announcements.  But Sir Ken took control of the 1500 odd delegates in the audience.  Read More
Podcaster
Fiona 19 September
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The software publisher Kudlian Soft is offering Mac users a free pre-release version of their software Podcaster.  This software will allow you to create your own broadcast quickly and easily to share with others across the internet. Read More
Google blog search
Fiona 16 September
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The BBC has announced that Google has a new website that allows people to search for weblogs, Google Blog Search.  This means that you can search for a weblog on a topic or subject of your choice.  By getting people to read and comment on other Read More
Day 4 at Masterclass
DIzatt 09 September
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Last day at Masterclass! This morning saw all four groups make their presentation. They were all quite different but all interesting and entertaining - everything from singing, group activities with Roamer to role play. There was a lot of relieved Read More
Day 3 at Masterclass
DIzatt 08 September
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On the menu today is Digital Technology and Digital video where we are given the opportunity to edit video footage, create animation and play with the Digital Blue microscope. Lots of plasticine, playdough and puppets being taken to extreme! This Read More
Masterclassers hard at work
Fiona 07 September
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The Early Years masterclassers are hard at work evaluating the variety of ICT available for young children. What other resources are being explored at the Stirling Management Centre this week? Read More
Digital Video
DIzatt 07 September
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This workshop allowed everyone to use iMovie and gave them the opportunity for some well earned freedom outside to take their video footage. The staff at Stirling Management Centre were slightly bemused but co-operated fully when asked to star in the Read More
ICT and Inclusion
DIzatt 07 September
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This session aimed at highlighting the different aspects of inclusive education, what it entails and how learners can be supported by ICT. Everyone stayed awake despite the lovely lunch - well done! Let us know what you thought? Diane Read More
Day 2 of Masterclass
DIzatt 07 September
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20 very inspired people turned up again today for the second day of Masterclass. The group had formed into four groups to do their first presentation on Learning Styles. All of these were imaginative, entertaining and relevant and I think everyone enjoyed Read More
Computers and Beyond
DIzatt 06 September
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This session at the Early Years Masterclass looked at the whole issue of ICT and what that means. Delegates had the ideal opportunity to 'play' with everything from new software programs such as 2Simple Talking Stories and Tizzy's Busy Week, ICT Read More
Learning Styles
Fiona 01 September
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Using ICT is just one of the ways in which children can learn. Everyone has a different way of learning, known as a learning style. Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences is one of the most well known of these theories. In the session ‘Learning Read More
Early Years Masterclass
Fiona 01 September
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The Early Years Masterclass programme aims to establish a shared vision of the role of ICT across local authorities. Throughout the week participants will look at ways of developing ICT across the curriculum by attending a number of sessions.  We Read More