Laurie O'Donnell

 
Had a lovely morning at Perth High School launching The Winning Game within Glow.
The main force behind bringing the game to Scotland is Winning Scotland Foundation. The Winning Game is based on The Winning Theory of Yehuda Shinar and has been developed by Dundee based games company TPLD.
I think it is going to be a [...]

Just finished reading Carol Dweck’s ‘Mindset – The New Psychology of Success’.
I think this is an important book for anyone involved in education and very worthwhile for the general reader. Her theory is that there are two basic ways of looking at the world – or ‘mindsets’. One is a ‘fixed mindset’ in which intelligence, [...]

I was interviewed for the April edition of Futurelab’s Vision e-zine by the roving educational technology journalist and commentator Merlin John.
The article is published under the heading ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet … Scotland’s ICT Renaissance‘.

Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, launched our new curriculum today.
Have a look at our shiny new home page and Scotland’s new curriculum.
This has been a really big task for everyone involved.
From the point of view of the LTS website it is hard to believe how far we have come over the [...]

Lovely tribute from Merlin John on his great website MJO.
Being described as ‘Scotland’s ICT leader’ made me smile and I am sure will raise a few eyebrows (including my own!).