As part of the Strategy development we are working with Young Scot to find out how young people use technology to support their learning and also more generally how they use it in their day to day life. The survey can now be accessed by visiting: http://www.youngscotsayswho.org/consultation/Technology-for-Learning/survey Technologies for Learning Strategy
This website will not be updated until after the Scottish Parliament elections on May 5 and the formation of the next Scottish Government. Technologies for Learning Strategy
Scotland’s Digital Future: a strategy for Scotland was launched on March 3rd by Fiona Hyslop, MSP, Minister for Culture and External Affairs. Page 25 of Scotland’s Digital Future specifically mentions the work that we are doing on this Technologies for Learning Strategy. Alignment of the Technologies for Learning Strategy with the aims of Scotland’s Digital [...]
As part of the development of a Technologies for Learning Strategy we are seeking views and opinions of two very important stakeholder groups – parents/guardians and teachers/practitioners. To assist us in the process we have prepared short anonymous surveys for both groups. These can now be accessed from the Engage for Education website and [...]
As part of the work on the development of this strategy we have gathered research and intelligence in a number of areas. This has included literature reviews by Scottish Educators in a number of topics related to Technologies for Learning. The first literature review that we are publishing on-line is by Bob Hill. Bob was asked to investigate The Impact of Technology on Learning [...]
This is a regular series to keep interested parties up-dated with the development of the Technologies for Learning Strategy. Internet Safety and Responsible Use – A successful conference on Internet Safety and Responsible Use for Scottish Educators took place in Stirling this week. Adam Ingram, MSP (Minister for Children and Families) launched the second year [...]
This is a regular series to keep interested parties up-dated with the development of the Technologies for Learning Strategy. Engagement – over the past six week we have continued to engage with a wide range of stakeholders. This has included representatives from industry and the public sector. As part of initial engagement strategy we also [...]
This is a regular series to keep interested parties up-dated with the development of the Technologies for Learning Strategy. Engagement – We have just returned from the Education World Forum, UK Education Leaders Conference and BETT 2011 (10-14 January 2011) where we took the opportunity to hold a number of meetings with the industry, international [...]
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could see ourselves as others see us? The Vice Premier of no less a Nation than China described Scotland as “Land of miracles. Home of the brilliant”. He visited Scotland first on his UK visit and paid our country the additional huge compliment of negotiating the homing of a [...]
Tony Blair meets Libyan Leader. BP get Libyan oil contract. Downing Street deny Lockerbie bomber deal The Herald are reporting that Downing Street are continuing to deny that the man in prison in Scotland for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie was any part of a deal with Colonel Gadaffi, the Libyan [...]