Ollie Bray
@olliebray.bsky.social
When I am not riding my bike, paddling my canoe or wandering in the mountains, I'm focused on reviewing the Scottish Curriculum. Currently working at @EducationScotland
For any other lighthouse fans: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
Five incredible lighthouses from around the world - BBC Bitesize
Introducing five amazing lighthouses from across the globe. Full of legend, history, art and wonder.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
For any other lighthouse fans: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
An easy read... www.forbes.com/sites/trueta...
May 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
An easy read... www.forbes.com/sites/trueta...
Love it ot hate it, here comes the future... openai.com/sam-and-jony... (and it will arrive quickly).
Watch the film | Sam and Jony introduce io
Building a family of AI products for everyone.
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May 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Love it ot hate it, here comes the future... openai.com/sam-and-jony... (and it will arrive quickly).
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“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
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Why #LearningforSustainability is now key for student teachers in Scotland. Important article in TESScot about the new #LfS framework for initial teacher education supporting #Target2030 #LfSforAll @rushtondr.bsky.social @lfsscotland.bsky.social @olliebray.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Why sustainability is now key for student teachers in Scotland
A new framework will help teachers at the start of their career in Scotland to respond to urgent environmental and sustainability challenges
www.tes.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Why #LearningforSustainability is now key for student teachers in Scotland. Important article in TESScot about the new #LfS framework for initial teacher education supporting #Target2030 #LfSforAll @rushtondr.bsky.social @lfsscotland.bsky.social @olliebray.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Keynote Speaker @olliebray.bsky.social is kicking the day off by sharing where Education Scotland are and planning on going with the Curriculum Review
#starme25
#starme25
May 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Keynote Speaker @olliebray.bsky.social is kicking the day off by sharing where Education Scotland are and planning on going with the Curriculum Review
#starme25
#starme25
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Get lost! Well, Millenials & Gen Z will if they over-rely on GPS instead of Maps+Apps. As good a case as any for physical+digital solutions. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @olliebray.bsky.social @appalachiantrail.bsky.social @markrpriestley.bsky.social @hargreaves-s.bsky.social
We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris
The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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April 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Get lost! Well, Millenials & Gen Z will if they over-rely on GPS instead of Maps+Apps. As good a case as any for physical+digital solutions. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @olliebray.bsky.social @appalachiantrail.bsky.social @markrpriestley.bsky.social @hargreaves-s.bsky.social
High levels on the Middle Findhorn towards the end of the week...
April 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
High levels on the Middle Findhorn towards the end of the week...
You smashed it! :-)
I should know by now that when my husband says ‘5k’ he actually means 15! Rule of 3 🤪
@olliebray.bsky.social
@olliebray.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You smashed it! :-)
Got a lot of paddling done last week and finally got a float down the Beauly - spectacular gorge at the end....
26km down the river Beauly 🛶 one of the most beautiful rivers I’ve paddled.
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April 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Got a lot of paddling done last week and finally got a float down the Beauly - spectacular gorge at the end....
The polar ears living in an abandoned arctic weather station - www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
The polar bears living in an abandoned Arctic weather station
A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour.
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April 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The polar ears living in an abandoned arctic weather station - www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Out and about on the Jurassic Coast with @lornabray.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Out and about on the Jurassic Coast with @lornabray.bsky.social
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Announcing our Keynote Speaker
@olliebray.bsky.social
#scottishteachers #teachscotland #educationscotland #primaryteacher #secondaryteacher
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#scottishteachers #teachscotland #educationscotland #primaryteacher #secondaryteacher
April 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Announcing our Keynote Speaker
@olliebray.bsky.social
#scottishteachers #teachscotland #educationscotland #primaryteacher #secondaryteacher
@olliebray.bsky.social
#scottishteachers #teachscotland #educationscotland #primaryteacher #secondaryteacher
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NEW: The final paper on Scotland’s 'curriculum improvement cycle' (or CIC) has been published - we reveal its key messages tes.com/magazine/new... @olliebray.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social
CfE review success depends on ‘broader ecosystem’
Just one ‘misaligned’ component - be it inspection, teacher education or qualifications - could ‘disrupt the balance of the entire system’, warns a new Education Scotland paper
tes.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
NEW: The final paper on Scotland’s 'curriculum improvement cycle' (or CIC) has been published - we reveal its key messages tes.com/magazine/new... @olliebray.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social
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📢The Curious Teacher Conference: a 1 day professional learning event to enhance knowledge, skills and wellbeing of school teachers.
Keynote speaker: @olliebray.bsky.social (update on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle).
Keynote speaker: @olliebray.bsky.social (update on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle).
March 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢The Curious Teacher Conference: a 1 day professional learning event to enhance knowledge, skills and wellbeing of school teachers.
Keynote speaker: @olliebray.bsky.social (update on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle).
Keynote speaker: @olliebray.bsky.social (update on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle).
Got the sail up on the canoe today...
March 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Got the sail up on the canoe today...
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@olliebray.bsky.social kicking off the conference with provocations around strategy and strategic change
March 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@olliebray.bsky.social kicking off the conference with provocations around strategy and strategic change
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Exciting to be at the stage of ‘snagging’ for the new Journal of Leadership Scholarship and Praxis in education! We are looking forward to the launch next week when #LSPE will be open access! @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @julie67.bsky.social @douglashutchison.bsky.social @mbcph.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Exciting to be at the stage of ‘snagging’ for the new Journal of Leadership Scholarship and Praxis in education! We are looking forward to the launch next week when #LSPE will be open access! @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @julie67.bsky.social @douglashutchison.bsky.social @mbcph.bsky.social
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This webinar will be a good opportunity to hear about what “evolved framework” will look like, why it it needs to evolve and its role in the #CIC 👇🏻
In December Education Scotland published a Curriculum Improvement Cycle discussion paper called ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework.’
Sign up to our webinar to learn more about this paper.
👉ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax
Sign up to our webinar to learn more about this paper.
👉ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax
February 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This webinar will be a good opportunity to hear about what “evolved framework” will look like, why it it needs to evolve and its role in the #CIC 👇🏻
In December Education Scotland published a Curriculum Improvement Cycle discussion paper called ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework.’
Sign up to our webinar to learn more about this paper.
👉ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax
Sign up to our webinar to learn more about this paper.
👉ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax
February 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In December Education Scotland published a Curriculum Improvement Cycle discussion paper called ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework.’
Sign up to our webinar to learn more about this paper.
👉ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax
Sign up to our webinar to learn more about this paper.
👉ow.ly/T6hT50UJrax
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Great listen for anyone interested in the Currixulum Improvement Cycle in Scotland by @olliebray.bsky.social and Andy Creamer. Particularly interesting differentiation between knowledge and content - certainly the best explanation I’ve ever heard! educationscotland.podbean.com/e/the-curric...
The Curriculum Improvement Cycle episode. Part 1: The background and case for change | Education Scotland podcast
The Curriculum Improvement Cycle episode. Part 1: The background and case for change
A process is now in place for reviewing and evolving Scotland’s Curriculum - this is known as the Curriculum Impro...
educationscotland.podbean.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Great listen for anyone interested in the Currixulum Improvement Cycle in Scotland by @olliebray.bsky.social and Andy Creamer. Particularly interesting differentiation between knowledge and content - certainly the best explanation I’ve ever heard! educationscotland.podbean.com/e/the-curric...
Good piece (thanks @joecar80.bsky.social ) - www.joewilsons.net/2025/02/open...
Open Badges , Digital Credentials and Open Standards #Bett2024 #Bett24 Digital Badging Commission #openscot
A blog about living and working around the creative edge of education and learning
www.joewilsons.net
February 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Good piece (thanks @joecar80.bsky.social ) - www.joewilsons.net/2025/02/open...
Funny what pops up in the old news feed. 20+ years ago as Fair Trade Towns were taking off, I thought to myself - 'why couldn't FairTrade schools be a thing'. Lots of them now of course 🙂 www.tes.com/magazine/arc...
Selling without a sting
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February 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Funny what pops up in the old news feed. 20+ years ago as Fair Trade Towns were taking off, I thought to myself - 'why couldn't FairTrade schools be a thing'. Lots of them now of course 🙂 www.tes.com/magazine/arc...
Great to clip into the skis yesterday
Beautiful day ski touring on Cairngorm mountain 🏔️ @olliebray.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Great to clip into the skis yesterday
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DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test
DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test
Chatbots we tested can write a mean sonnet and struggled with images of clocks, but vary in willingness to talk politics
ChatGPT and its owners must have hoped it was a hallucination.
But DeepSeek is very real. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test