As the UK national co-ordinator for the ODS project, I would like to welcome you to the ODS (UK) pilot school community.
Christopher Leigh
Christopher Leigh
Liverpool John Moores University
ODS (UK) National Coordinator
My primary role is project manager for the National Schools' Observatory in the UK, but I undertake various public outreach activities on behalf of the Astrophysics Research Institute of Liverpool John Moores University. In terms of ODS, I am the national coordinator for the UK and involved primarily in the communities cluster.
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Ok, after much deliberation by the four judges, we are delighted to announce that the results of the ODS (UK) Competition are as follows:
First Prize:
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Well, the competition is now closed and it looks like we had three entries that made it on time, so thank you to those that entered.
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I've just uploaded a useful beginner's guide on buying your first astronomical telescope, which was created by Celestron. You can find the resource at:
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The contest coordinators have just uploaded a useful guide to uploding your comnpetition scenarios, so if you get stuck or are not sure about something, you might want to check out the following guide:
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The ODS (UK) national competition was launched on the 16th October 2014, and will provide UK teachers with the unique opportunity of winning one of three astronomy adventures to the beautifual Island of La Palma, to visit (among other highlights)
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If you're unsure about adding metadata to your resource, then this webinar might be useful. More details at:
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When you upload your entry to the portal, you will be asked to provide information about your learning scenario (information we refer to as metadata).
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Here we are asking the community to tell us about any excting and innovative uses of technology in the classroom. It may be a blog, or it may be a school embedding mobile technology into their daily routine.
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The main task at this point is for ODS Pilot Schools in the UK to test the usefulness and fuctionality of this BETA (draft) version of the ODS Portal.
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As part of the ODS project, we are running a series of teacher training workshops around the UK to demonstrate how robotic telescopes can be incorporated into your teaching.
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We have another in our series of teacher training workshops scheduled for the 15th November 2013 at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, London.
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We are running an ODS (UK) change-agent workshop at the annual ASE (Association of Science Education) conference in Birmingham early in the new year.
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On Saturday 25th January the Open Discovery Space (UK) Project will be running an astronomy themed change-agent workshop at the
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We are running an astronomy-themed practice and reflection workshop at the Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) of Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) on the 6th May 2014.
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The NSO provides UK and Irish schools with access to the robotic Liverpool Telescope. By allowing students to explore the Universe we live in, we aim to enthuse them about science and technology.
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Wonderful light pollution simulator and demonstrator showing how our view of the night sky is obscured by the current levels of street lighting, and how simple changes in the design of street lighting can dramatically improve the situation.
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