ScotEduBlogs
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A aggregation of Scottish educational blogs. This blog aggregates 90 odd sites by professionals, teachers, leaders etc.
ScotEduBlogs
1w ago
“102 Mask” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license ..read more
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2w ago
Good people
I have found
Can seem
Far and few between
Or many maybe keep it hidden well.
They shield their good with armour
That keeps them safe from laughter
Or hurt that bounces off their outer shell.
Good people
I have found
This week
In plentiful supply
Not hidden, mocked or slandered
But loved and held up high.
As role models
And trusted souls
And those we’d happily see
As brothers, sisters, mum and dad:
Our Calais family ..read more
ScotEduBlogs
2w ago
Plastic or mat?
Giving you choice.
Dry or in comfort?
Hearing your voice.
My heart cracks to see this
This no choice at all
A coin tossed at your birth
And how it did fall
Has given you tails
While my head is held high
And your daily choice
Is live or die.
But the smile that you give me
The joy on your face
At the thick silver sleep mat
Lovingly placed
In your hand
Makes me know
That whatever I do
From now on will be done
Mindful of you ..read more
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2w ago
“96 Prancing Stag” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license ..read more
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2w ago
How angry you must be, Lee
That when you came to see, Lee
The criminals of Calais
They unlearned* all your English.
And took away your sight, Lee
So that you couldn’t see, Lee
The women and the children
The families and the hope.
Of safety and a land, Lee
Where they stand hand in hand, Lee
With those who care and help them
To build a better life.
So please rethink your words, Lee
Next time you go on TV
And stop your lies and hate, Lee
Just stop.
*whilst I understand that Mr Anderson may have used a regional dialect variation of the verb “teach” when speaking in his interview , I offer him the ..read more
ScotEduBlogs
2w ago
What price a haircut?
You got one today
My son, from your pal
As per norm.
10 minutes
10 pounds maybe
Maybe a pint
In comfort
With chat
In the warm.
And then my new friend there
An hour or more
On a chair with his pal
In the rain
But dreaming
Of sunshine
And safety
And home
And hoping for all that again ..read more
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2w ago
Welcome to Calais
Our flat wall announces
Bienvenue chez vous.
But what about you?
Not this vous
But you
Unwelcome
Unvalued
But you.
Who travelled to get here
Through hell and high water
For better, for freedom
For worse.
L’enfer, c’est les autres
And this hell indeed
Was created by others
Who don’t
Have a clue
About you
And the welcome
You need
So take mine
And be welcome chez nous ..read more
ScotEduBlogs
2w ago
Hands of Hope, Cork, CC BY, Lorna M. Campbell
Last week the OER24 Conference took place at the Munster Technological University in Cork and I was privileged to go along with our OER Service intern Mayu Ishimoto.
The themes of this year’s conference were:
Open Education Landscape and Transformation
Equity and Inclusion in OER
Open Source and Scholarly Engagement
Ethical Dimensions of Generative AI and OER Creation
Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Education
The conference was chaired with inimitable style by MTU’s Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin and Tom Farrelly, the (in)famous Gasta Ma ..read more
ScotEduBlogs
2w ago
Read Generative AI and Creative Learning: Concerns, Opportunities, and Choices by Mitchel Resnick
As each new wave of technology ripples through society, we need to decide if and how to integrate the technology into our learning environments. That was true with personal computers, then with the internet, and now with generative AI technologies.
I just listened to the generated audio rather than read this.
Really powerful summary between the instructionist and constructionist approaches to AI in education. Resnick is of course the father of scratch, so is firmly on the constructionist side.
The ..read more
ScotEduBlogs
3w ago
A car on a train
Who knew?
A man on the moon
That too.
The things that we thought
Beyond expectation
Are now de rigeur
For this generation.
Except……..
Where the norm
Is no train
And no moon.
Where things have played out
To a different tune.
Where rights aren’t upheld
Where things are not fair
Where people don’t get
Their birth-given share.
And so….
We need to speak up and take care
So that those who have not
Over there
Can make the same journeys as us
By car, by space rocket or bus.
And shoot for the moon and the stars
Even when playing football round cars
Without judgement
Suspicion or shame ..read more