ICT Staff Tutors

For decades, modern language departments have found penpals for their pupils, and linked to European schools to help develop language and an appreciation of the culture in the country where that language is spoken. It’s not only in language learning, however, that these links can benefit. Every subject (or topic area) can benefit from [...]

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Sharon McQuillan from Barnhill Primary is piloting one of the Modern Foreign Languages outcomes from Curriculum for Excellence. I am sure you will be interested to read the blurb she sent me……
“At Barnhill we are trialling the following outcome :
Organising and Using Information
I have worked with others using ICT where appropriate and can contribute [...]

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I’m a little bit behind in blogging about this, but on Monday I saw Derek Robertson (LTS Consolarium) issue Nintendo DS Lites to a small class of 5th and 6th year pupils. Half of them had their own consoles and half were given a loan of a device. The game they were given and asked [...]

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