The case studies in this section provide staff with exemplars of how some schools in Scotland have started to implement the technologies experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence.
Within each of these studies you can find innovative teaching methods, video clips of good practice and numerous support materials for your own use.
These are by no means prescriptive teaching models for the curriculum but are provided to offer you inspiring illustrations of innovative practices that are already being used in Scottish schools today.
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Glow Meet with a dragon – early years fairyland topic
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (well, in Bathgate, West Lothian) the Primary 1 and 2 teachers in Windyknowe Primary School set themselves a huge task. They embarked upon a ‘Joining the Learning’ Fairyland activity that involved every one of the hundred Primary 1 and 2 pupils taking part in an Enchanted Forest project which culminated in them having a Glow Meet with a dragon!
Published on 30 January 2012
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Storytelling in Early Years using Glow Meet
After setting up a Glow Group for Early Years practitioners in West Lothian, Margo Kerr, Early Years ICT Development Officer, established a popular project where stories are read by pupils in the upper stages of primary schools. Children in the nurseries – and also in primary classes – watch and listen to the stories via Glow Meet.
Published on 30 January 2012
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Glow Groups for children - People who help us
Following introductory training in Glow, Amy Lumsden and Ruth Torrance, P1 teachers at James Gillespie's Primary School in Edinburgh, were keen to investigate if the Glow tools and functionality could support learning and teaching in their class. ‘People who help us’ is one of the Social Subjects topics covered by their pupils and Amy and Ruth felt it would be an ideal pilot to determine if Glow could be used successfully with pupils as young as P1.
Published on 30 January 2012
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Bringing the Katie Morag stories to life using Glow Meet
‘What’s it really like living on an island?’ That was the question being asked by the Primary 1 pupils in Bannockburn Primary after reading some of Mairi Hedderwick’s ‘Katie Morag’ stories. To help answer that question, one of the school’s Primary 1 teachers, Jenny Shineton, decided to use Glow Meet to enable the pupils to speak to children who do live on an island.
Published on 30 January 2012
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Entrepreneurial skills - Lenzie Academy
A.G. Barr Food and Drink challenge provides an insight into the entrepreneurial skills required to operate a successful business programme that encourages young people to take responsibility and ownership of the challenge
Published on 12 August 2011
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Improving communication skills – Duncanrig Radio takes over the airwaves
Pupils from school and the associated communication base, which caters for autistic young people, have been taking the radio airwaves by storm.
Published on 11 August 2011
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A multidisciplinary cultural enterprise project based on archaeology, involving all S1 pupils in real life outdoor learning in partnership with local businesses and specialist historical organisations.
Published on 2 June 2011
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An interdisciplinary, multi school partnership project exploring impacts, opportunities and adaptations associated with climate change in the Cairngorms National Park through the medium of film making.
Published on 31 May 2011
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CPD support framework to develop practical food skills/knowledge within a cluster
Developing practical food skills and knowledge for early years/primary colleagues led by secondary subject specialists.
Published on 19 May 2011
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Supporting multilingual approaches with children and families
Project to support children and families who speak English as an additional language to become more involved in nursery life. This has been assisted through the use of multilingual, multimedia resources developed to improve daily communication between staff, children and families.
Published on 9 May 2011
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