LearnPremium Evaluation

The Maths resources within the LearnPremium web site are being evaluated by Murdo Beaton, Maths teacher at Portree High School.

Am Baile Education Resources Update

Worksheets to support the following topics in S1 and S2 have now been created. They are currently being versioned into Gaelic and will be available shortly.

The topics are:

Celts, Picts and Norse
Crofting
Energy
Famous Highland Personalities
Farming
Fishing
Highland Crafts
Religion
The Clearances
Tourism
Travelling People

BBC update

A second meeting took place on the 10th of May with the BBC in Inverness. Jo Macdonald from the BBC has been invited to speak to the ICT Gaelic committee on the 2nd of June in Aviemore.
For more information about the service provided by the BBC Gaelic Department click here.
Details of the BBC plans for its digital curriculum for Scotland can be found here.

Gaelic Masterclass Feedback

The first session of the Masterclass ICT training for Gaelic secondary teachers was held yesterday in the Stirling Management Centre. The feedback from the participants has been positive.
One quote from the day was "I found the training day yesterday most useful and enjoyable. The potential of the internet was opened up to me after being made aware of the effectiveuse of the available search engines. Also, making use of the search results and being able to discern the quality and appropriateness of these results was given some consideration."

There are still places available for the remaining two days. The costs of the course will be met by the ICT Gaelic Committee.

If you want to go then contact Nick Morgan from LT Scotland on 08700 100 297 or email n.morgan@ltscotland.org.uk

Modern Studies Course

This is now at the planning stage. It will be based on the Modern Studies course created in Dingwall Academy. This course will be updated and customised for delivery over the web. It will use the template that will be constructed by LTS for the History online pilot course. This is to ensure that pupils and teachers navigate a common web interface to access their online materials.
The current Dingwall Modern Studies course has been versioned into Gaelic and is available online in the resources section of Gaelic Online

Gaelic MasterClass

Schools have now been circulated with the dates of this ICT course for Gaelic secondary teachers. It will take place in the Stirling Managment Centre. There are three dates available. These are the 17th of May, 24th of May and the 15th of June.
If you have not received details of these courses then please contact Nick Morgan in Learning Teaching Scotland.

History Online Pilot

History Online Pilot
Meeting took place in LTS offices Glasgow on Friday 29th April.

There was agreement to produce a one year S1 course based on the new Storlann history book, Seallaidhean à Eachdraidh.
Other history teachers will be consulted as to the best units to be develped as an online course.
The project will be managed by LTS working with the three teachers from the participating schools. These schools are Greenfaulds High, The Nicolson Institute and Islay High.
In the course of developing these material, the pilot will also produce a template that can be used in future online course production.

Am Baile project

Am Baile project

This project is now in progress. George Strachan a retired PT Geography teacher has been commissioned to work with the Am Baile team to produce online resources for S1 and S2 within the Am Baile web site. The intention is to create a school section within the Am Baile web site.

BBC Developments

BBC Developments
A meeting took place on the 8th March with Margaret Mary Murray, Head of Gaelic Department, and Jo Macdonald to explore how the current initiatives within the BBC could support the Gaelic ICT Secondary Committee.
The BBC is keen to work closely and develop a partnership with the Gaelic ICT Secondary Committee. Discussions on this are ongoing. One possible project that the BBC are interested in is to work in collaboration with the Gaelic ICT Secondary Committee in versioning current BBC Scotland education online resources. The BBC Bitesize web sites for Standard Grade would be a valuable resource for Gaelic medium pupils and teachers. These web sites are popular revision sites with pupils and teachers at home and within schools.
A further meeting is scheduled with the BBC.

LearnPremium

LearnPremium

The Guardian online subscription service to schools LearnPremium is being launched as a Scottish version as LearnScotland in September. This provides high quality resources for pupils and teachers.
Some sections of the current LearnPremium site have been versioned into Welsh and are available to schools electronically. I am following this up with Joanne O'Brien the Business Development Manager for Learn Premium