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Research and Policy
A Culture Strategy for Scotland
A Culture Strategy for Scotland shows how important culture is to Scotland’s prosperity and sets the future direction for supporting culture in Scotland...
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Online Teaching Tools
Silver of the Stars creative learning resource
An online tool that uses Scotland’s most exciting contemporary collection of silver, Silver of the Stars, as the inspiration for creative learning...
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Research and Policy
Innovation Population - the UK's views on Innovation
Published by NESTA and based on online surveys of 6000+ UK adults and focus groups in six locations including Glasgow, the report examines views on innovation, technology and progress...
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Research and Policy
Eric Booth Website
As "one of the 25 most important people in American arts education" Eric Booth has influenced our own thinking about creativity across teaching and learning here in Scotland...
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Online Teaching Tools
Embracing Failure: Building a Growth Mindset Through the Arts
Edutopia article on how to teach your students the recipe for success: taking risks, making mistakes, and integrating critical feedback...
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Online Teaching Tools
Paint like Jackson Pollock
Voted amongst the top 50 "coolest websites" by TIME Magazine - try your hand at painting like Jackson Pollock...
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Online Teaching Tools
Knot your average sheep...
Popularising mathematics the ovine way...
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Online Teaching Tools
Information is Beautiful
A blog dedicated to distilling the world’s data, information and knowledge into beautiful, interesting and, above all, useful visualizations, infographics and diagrams...
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Online Teaching Tools
8 1/2 Foundation
8 1/2 Foundation is a Scottish-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to introducing world cinema to children...
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Online Teaching Tools
The John Byrne Award - Edinburgh only
The John Byrne Award presents sixth-year pupils with a unique challenge...
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Online Teaching Tools
Creative Choices°
Creative Choices is dedicated to helping you develop your career in the creative and cultural industries...
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Online Teaching Tools
Dribble - Logo Design Inspiration
Dribble is a show and tell archive for designers, and offers professional cutting edge example of design from around the world...
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Research and Policy
Beyond insects and robots: designing an education fit for the future
How can we make the most of booming employment rates and improvements in artificial intelligence...
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Online Teaching Tools
App smashing for teachers: The power of app cross-pollination
TED Education article on stringing multiple tablet apps together to create, synthesise and adapt...
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Research and Policy
Creative Little Scientists
Creative Little Scientists aims to bring together creativity and science and mathematics in preschool and first years of primary education (up to the age of eight)...
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Online Teaching Tools
Inanimate Alice
An online new media fiction with teaching support, easily assimilated into learning environments; its use of multimodality (images, sounds, text, interaction) enables students to see storytelling in a new, multi-sensory light...
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Online Teaching Tools
Five top tips to run a successful design workshop
Based on the information in seperate guides for teaching design in primary and secondary settings, this article summarises the top five tips that will help to inform the quality of teaching when leading a design workshop, across all levels and settings...
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Online Teaching Tools
Live UnLtd
Live UnLtd backs people aged 11-21 who want to change their world for the better...
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Research and Policy
STEM to STEAM website
STEM + Art = STEAM In this climate of economic uncertainty, America is once again turning to innovation as the way to ensure a prosperous future...
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Online Teaching Tools
Rainstorms and Symphonies: Performing Arts Bring Abstract Concepts to Life
Edutopia article on what happens when early elementary teachers integrate music and theatre - student learning improves in reading, math, and science as they become better critical thinkers and problem solvers...