Creativity Matters - Creativity in Science/Mathematics/Technologies
9 October in Stranraer Academy
10am - 3pm
Breakfast/Lunch provided
Speakers: Roma Agrawal Senior Structural Engineer with WSP, projects include the Shard development London/Matt Parker Mathematician, and stand-up artist/ Derek Robertson National Adviser Emerging Technologies, currently exploring games based learning.
Open invitation to local artists/practitioners with an interest in creativity and creativity as a skill for 21st century life. Audience:
Teaching staff 3-18, Senior pupils, CLN partners, Council departmental staff, Professional Sector.
Confirmation to Lesley.Sloan@dumgal.gov.uk by 3 October at latest (for catering).
Roma Agrawal
Roma is a
Senior Structural Engineer at WSP and has worked on complex and iconic projects
with high profile architectural practices, including the Renzo Piano Building
Workshop, SOM and John McAslan and Partners. Her projects range from tall
towers to sculptures, in a variety of materials and includes the Shard at
London Bridge, the tallest tower in Western Europe.
She was
awarded 'Young Structural Engineer of the Year 2011' by the Institution of
Structural Engineers and is currently a finalist for the 'Young Woman Engineer
of the Year' Award run by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Roma
was featured on Channel 4's documentary 'The Tallest Tower' and is actively
involved with extra-curricular activities to promote engineering as a career to
students and graduates.
Derek Robertson.
Derek began his teaching career
in Dundee in 1994. During his time in class he witnessed two boys, who were in
his lower ability maths group, engaging with a complex problem-solving
environment on the Super Nintendo console. He was astonished at how they
engaged with the problems, how they were challenged by them and how they used
their own suite of strategies to solve the problems in order to be successful
at the game. Derek noted that this behaviour did not happen in the traditional
maths setting and it made him reflect on the context of the game and why it
facilitated such impressive abilities in children who had not shown it in the
world of learning that they were expected to engage with in class. This chance
observation gave birth to Derek’s interest and passion for games based
learning. Two years as an ICT staff tutor in Dundee City Council was followed
by a position as a lecturer on the B.Ed(P) and PGDE(P) courses at the
University of Dundee. This position allowed him to establish games based
learning as a topic of study for his teaching students and then to his
successful application to lead games based learning initiatives for Learning
and Teaching Scotland via the Consolarium. Derek is now partnering local
authorities and teachers throughout Scotland to explore the impact of computer
games in the classroom and is contributing to the growing body of work that is
helping to change the discourse about the position and practical application of
games based learning in classrooms.
Matt Parker
Matt Parker is
a highly enthusiastic Mathematician whose life goal is to make people more
excited about Maths. Using a range of presentations and hands-on activities, he
communicates Maths in a very engaging and entertaining way. Matt talks about
Mathematics for organisations including the Royal Institution and the BBC and
he was the People's Choice Award in the 2009 national Famelab competition. Matt
also won the 2011 Josh Award for “Innovation in
Science Engagement”
His favourite
number is currently 496…
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