Scottish Learning Festival

Spotlight presentations

Why our Young People Embrace Technology to Engage in Learning - Stephen Heppell

In this Spotlight session, Stephen will consider, from the compelling body of evidence and exemplification, that children love to learn together, relish tough challenges, embrace and subvert technology for their learning, engage in it 24/7 and are capable of escaping from so many of the boxes that constrained their predecessors.

Climate Change as a Context for Learning - Heather Reid, OBE

This seminar explores some of the high-quality online resources that have been developed by LTS and will also exemplify good practice taking place in schools across Scotland with regards to partnerships and inter-disciplinary learning. The seminar also highlights some of the benefits of Glow and outdoor learning.

Assessment within Curriculum for Excellence - David Cameron and Frank Crawford

This spotlight presentation provides further information on the developments in assessment taking place in Scottish education today including emerging examples of assessment and the National Assessment Resource.