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Storyline in Lithuania

Feb

2009

Ona Leonaviciene, seen in these photographs with her classes, is an English teacher in a secondary school in Marijampole, Lithuania. For many years now she has been using Storyline to teach English as a second language. She presented her experiences at the 3rd International Storyline Conference in Glasgow in 2006 and has been invited to ...

Storyline Talk at Alford Academy

Feb

2009

Alistair Thomson As part of our ongoing commitment to developing partnerships and easing transitions for pupils, we recently hosted a visit by Steve Bell, an Educational Consultant with Storyline Scotland. He presented an overview of Storyline, an alternative teaching approach that encourages study in the context of a strong narrative. This informal twilight session was ...

Greek Storyline Website

Feb

2009

Ifigenia Iliopoulou, a PhD student in the University in Volos, has recently created a Storyline website at ifigenia-istoriogrammi.blogspot.com Ifigenia took her Master’s degree some years ago in Strathclyde University, Glasgow and hopes to complete her Doctorate this summer. She is the author of the first Storyline Book in Greek and has used the approach in ...

Creative Sparks Conference

Feb

2009

Edinburgh Corn Exchange On 27th February 2009 the Scottish Book Trust held the Creative Sparks Conference at the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh. Keynote speakers Ninive Caligari and Michael Rosen spoke on Igniting the Desire to Write and Read. More than 50 delegates chose to attend seminars on how to use the Storyline Approach. The presentation began ...

Children in a Sustainable City Winner of the Dogme 2000 Prize

Feb

2009

Lisa Adelsköld and Lisa Petri We are proud to announce that the Storyline ”Children in a Sustainable City” has been rewarded with an environmental prize from Dogme2000. Dogme2000 is a co-operation between 7 different municipalities in Denmark and Sweden whose aim is to be leaders in the fight for a more sustainable society. They perform ...

BEd 4 Storyline Elective Course Edinburgh University

Feb

2009

At the invitation of Barbara Frame the BEd (Hons) Primary Co-ordinator for Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh University, Sallie Harkness and Steve Bell were invited to work with the final year students who have chosen Storyline as their special study.

Storyline Diary

Jan

2009

Since 2003 Yvonne McBlain, a Creativity Support Teacher for Falkirk Council Education Department has been encouraging teachers as part of a Creativity Inservice Team. This has involved her in exploring and developing thinking skills, creativity and Storyline. Recently, and supported by Quality Improvement Officer Liz Rose, she has published a record of the development of ...

Storyline in Alaska

Oct

2008

We are delighted to learn from Ken Brown that he was selected as a Wal-Mart & Sam’s Club Teacher of the Year in 2007 for Interior Alaska. He says “ I am certain that my use of the Storyline Method in the classroom was responsible for my nomination and selection for this award.” Ken and ...

“A Classroom with Six Languages”

Oct

2008

Comenius Project creates Storyline for pupils of special schools from six European countries Schule am Meer in North Germany’s Cuxhaven was the venue for the latest gathering of the Comenius funded “Stars Project”. From 22-26.October 2008 the group, involving schools from Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, Estonia and Ireland met for the 5th time, although it ...

Rendsburg Storyline Workshop

Oct

2008

For foreign language teachers of primary and secondary schools in Schleswig-Holstein Gisela Ehlers IQSH-Kiel, Course Director The workshop started on Monday with the creation of the story setting “Our Street” including houses, shops and a beach area. The very attractive frieze that was produced became the focus for lively discussion about second language teaching possibilities ...