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Coming to an end....
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
Another day at SETT
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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