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Norwegian Teacher Trainers visit Glasgow

Aug

2004

Marit Storhaug, August 2004 On Monday 16th August a group of lecturers from Oslo University College Faculty of Teacher Education visited the University of Strathclyde’s Jordanhill Campus. The main purpose of this visit was to meet Steve Bell and discuss ways in which Storyline might be used as a tool in the initial and inservice ...

Storyline 1 Summer Course in Oregon

Aug

2004

The Storyline 1 course is validated by Portland State University. To gain credit the participants have to attend all five days of the course, keep a reflective diary with an entry for each day and turn in a storyline plan for their grade level. This five day programme has been running for a number of ...

Swedish study visit to Storyline Scotland

Jun

2004

In November Eva Marsh and Ylva Lundin visited Scotland to learn more about Storyline. Eva works for The Swedish National Agency for School Improvement and Ylva is a Storyline tutor and designer commissioned by Gothenburg Road Traffic Department and the Municipal Consumer Guidance Office in Gothenburg to design topics for road safety and about energy ...

Scottish Study Tour

Jun

2004

For the last three years six Swedish educators from schools in the area between Gothenburg and Malmo have been studying together as part of a Government-sponsored management course for principals. Although the official course finished last year they have continued to work together whenever possible and recently they found funding for a short trip to ...

Foreign visitors in Aberfoyle Primary School

Feb

2004

Steve Wretman and Helena Moreau, editors from the Skolbarn (Schoolchildren) teachers’ magazine published in Sweden enjoyed a morning visit to Aberfoyle Primary School last week, Tuesday 2nd March. They were especially interested to see the Rain Forest Storyline which filled the Primary 1/2 classroom. After chatting to the children they spent some time interviewing the ...

Storyline Visit by Faroese Students

Jan

2004

The Scottish wintery weather made four visitors to Aberfoyle Primary feel at home. The foursome – Katrina Joensen, Friogero Olsen, Bergtora Neilsen and Ester Poulsen – are from the Faroe Islands. And they are in Aberfoyle working with the pupils as part of their four-year teaching degree. The students are working with two classes at ...

Report of two one-day courses on planning literature based Storylines

Jan

2004

Skarpnacks skola, Stockholm, Sweden by Sallie Harkness I am most grateful to Mait Adegaard, Vice Principal of Skarpnacks Skola for organising these courses and for inviting me to Stockholm where she was a gracious and enthusiastic hostess. Staff at Skarpnacks Skola are experienced Storyliners and have, in the past, enjoyed attending courses delivered by Steve ...

Storyline Summer School 2003: Portland, Oregon

Aug

2003

This summer Barbara and John Frame of Edinburgh University were invited to work with Jeff Creswell to run two courses at Parkrose Community School in Portland, Oregon, from August 13th and 22nd. The first course was the alumni course, specially organised for experienced Storyline teachers and held over three days. The focus this year was ...

The Magic Key and Aberfoyle Primary

Jun

2003

Elspeth Davis and her class of 5 and 6 year old pupils have recently been involved in an exciting Storyline adventure. A series of letters, obviously very old, were discovered hidden in the playground of the school. The letter writer explained that he had lost the key to his castle in the woodland behind the ...

Intercultural Storyline challenge: Denmark meets Scotland!

Jun

2003

Danish teacher trainees using Storyline at Aberfoyle Primary School, Scotland. Tutored by experienced Storyline educator and head teacher of Aberfoyle Primary School, Carol Anne Omand, we: Anne Mette Linnet and Soren Birk Jensen from Frederiksberg College of Education, Copenhagen, got the chance to plan and teach a three week Storyline in a 3rd/ 4th form ...