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Scotland on Screen
An exciting educational resource that puts hundreds of important historical film texts online, providing students with a rear-view mirror on our society over the past century...
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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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“An inherent link seems to exist between creativity and science and mathematics education...”
—Creative Little Scientists, EU Funded Research Project
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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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Scottish Screen Archive
The Scottish Screen Archive is a free film and video collection of over 100 years of Scotland's history, offering more than 32,000 items...
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Expressive Arts National Network Centre
A new professional learning community for expressive arts has been set up within glow...
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Rock Operator
A collaboration between geologists, teachers, and artists that explores the igneous rock and geology of Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags - including an 8 minute animation, lesson activities, an online game and geological information for pupils...
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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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Knot your average sheep...
Popularising mathematics the ovine way...
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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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Creative Pathways - Careers within Dundee's creative sector
The ‘Creative Pathways’ brochure developed by Dundee City provides anyone interested in working in the creative industries sector with all the information required to consider the wide variety of jobs that exist within it...
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“The collections of Scotland's museums and galleries are a vital resource for education...”
—Helena Gillis, Museums Galleries Scotland
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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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MoovBank
Powered by BalletBoyz – the internationally acclaimed dance company of stage, TV, and pioneers of innovative dance education projects...
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“If we take a moment to really think about the attributes that underlie creativity, its importance in developing these skills becomes clear...”
—Kate Latham, Head of Learning and Community Engagement at the Jupiter Artland Foundation
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“Creativity is all about bringing imagined possibilities to life: an idea, a philosophy, a mathematical formula, a work of art...”
—Dougie Irvine, Visible Fictions
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National Trust for Scotland Schools Resources
This section contains practical information about class visits to Trust sites, including planning your visit, and free resources for curriculum-based work...
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“Creativity is the gift which sets human beings apart from the rest of the animal world, a practical exploration of our dreams and ideas...”
—Catherine Cassidy, Associate Director Education, Scottish Ballet
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Sound Editing in Audacity for Oral Historians
This course is intended for oral historians but may be useful to anyone interested in editing spoken word files (mp3, wav etc...
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What is Graphic Design Poster Competition
A collection of posters on Flickr submitted to a contest: come up with something creative or witty that visualises the question 'What is Graphic Design...