The Lewis Chessmen
Storm clouds roll in across Lerwick Harbour This time last week I was in Shetland on the final leg of the Discovery Film Festival Road Show, presenting a CPD session on Moving Image Education with a...
View ArticleThe Millionth Monkey’s Movie
It was once said that a million monkeys typing on a million typewriters for a million years would eventually produce the works of Shakespeare, but what if you gave them a movie camera? How many times...
View ArticleMessage from Stornoway: I Can and I Will
Last weekend I had the pleasure of chairing the first ever TeachMeet Hebrides in Stornoway on the beautiful Isle of Lewis. The sun shone as we gathered in the bright new foyer of Lews Castle College...
View ArticleVisual Literacy – No Longer a Luxury
We are fast approaching that time of year when we gather together to celebrate the birth of the moving image. More television – and especially films on television – will be watched in the next three...
View ArticleComic Genius. Not Just for Kids.
An enduring superhero makes the transition from page to screen. As we enter another festive season, books remain one of the most popular of Christmas gifts, but in the age of digital, with its...
View ArticleTime To Get Into Film
See. Think. Make. Imagine. It may be too late for Christmas, but one of the best professional development offers for teachers in the UK at the moment comes absolutely free, and it will still be...
View ArticleUsing Film Boosts Literacy Development
Scottish Film and Literacy Festival Click on the image for more details of the festival programme. Just as I am making final preparations for next week’s inaugural Scottish Film and Literacy Festival,...
View ArticleA Feast of Film
Introducing the first Scottish Film and Learning Festival You know that feeling you get when you have been planning a big event for the past few months and suddenly it’s over? That’s how I’m feeling...
View ArticleFound In Translation
One of the highlights of last week’s Scottish Film and Learning Festival was Rob Smith’s presentation ‘Using Film in the Classroom‘, which you can hear (though unfortunately not see) on the Radio...
View ArticleResources Galore!
The annual Scottish Learning Festival takes place next week (21st and 22nd September) at the SECC in Glasgow, and for any teachers fortunate enough to be able to attend I would recommend a visit to...
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