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The New Meaning of Text
Today will come to be seen as a landmark in the history of Scottish education, with the publication of the new Curriculum for Excellence frameworks in the eight curriculum areas of expressive arts,...
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Brave New World
I would guess this is by far the most significant post I have written since I started the blog, as today I announce to the world that I will be leaving Learning and Teaching Scotland in early July and...
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Discovering Dundee
As the Pope was making his way across Scotland yesterday from Edinburgh to Glasgow, I was journeying – slowly – in the opposite direction to the City of Discovery. The Dundee Contemporary Arts centre...
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Waiting for Superman
The American education establishment is braced for the release, later this week, of Waiting for Superman, the latest documentary from ‘The Inconvenient Truth‘ director Davis Guggenheim. While the 2006...
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There’s Been a Murder
I came upon this really interesting free movie-making software today, and I have been messing about with it to see what it can do. There seems to be an increasing number of these apparently frivolous...
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Discovering the Western Isles
The Literacy Adviser is currently on tour to Skye, Lewis and Shetland with the Discovery Film Festival road show. We are screening some fantastic short films from around the world for young audiences,...
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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...
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The 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...
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Message 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...
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Visual 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...
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Comic 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...
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Time 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...
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Using 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,...
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A 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...
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Found 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...
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Resources 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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