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Online Teaching Tools
Creative Teaching and Learning Graphic Equaliser Tool
The Graphic Equaliser was created by Education Scotland as an interactive tool for educators to explore and assess how creative the learning experience and teaching is...
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Online Teaching Tools
Everything is Creative: online infographic and meme maker
Everything Is creative is an online digital poster/meme/infographic making tool that offers educators the capacity to do the following: • Build creativity infographics that relate creativity skills directly to their own practice, learners, subjects and themes...
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“An inherent link seems to exist between creativity and science and mathematics education...”
—Creative Little Scientists, EU Funded Research Project
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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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Quotes
“I believe Scotland stands on the threshold of becoming a world leader in creativity, if, and only if, the education sector embraces the challenge of creativity across the curriculum to realize the Curriculum for Excellence...”
—Eric Booth, international creative learning consultant and author of The Everyday Work of Art
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Quotes
“The sciences develop enquiring minds and nurture learners’ natural curiosity, imagination and creativity...”
—CfE Briefing 15 - Sciences for all
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Online Teaching Tools
TED - The Creative Spark
Over 300 filmed talks on a broad range of creative themes by some of the leading speakers and innovators...
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Online Teaching Tools
Transforming Learning approach
An improvement approach that offers a suite of resources aimed at empowering transformational change and leadership at all levels...
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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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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...
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Quotes
“Scottish education has embarked on a highly ambitious programme of change…...”
—Teaching Scotland's Future
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Quotes
“Science and arts are not an either/or...”
—Creative Industries Federation
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Online Teaching Tools
Young Engineers and Science Clubs
A network of over 430 science, engineering and technology clubs throughout Scotland, with a membership of more than 5,000 young people engaging in practical hands-on science and engineering activities to enthuse them to pursue a career in science...
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Online Teaching Tools
Room 13 Scotland
Room 13 is a social enterprise organisation which encompasses an expanding network of linked studios worldwide...
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Quotes
“Good teachers should be reflective, with critical and creative thinking skills...”
—Teaching Scotland's Future
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Online Teaching Tools
Improving Gender Balance in Coding Clubs
A toolkit for encouraging gender balance that can be used to inform all voluntary learning experiences, clubs and Community Learning and Development...