Mr Marcus McGowan MSc PgDip BA (Hons)

This Business Education Learning Blog is aimed primarily at Higher Business Management students/teachers and ICT students/teachers.

The aim of this blog is to provide you with interesting articles, news, trivia as well as resources or links to materials which will help in your course of study.

I am a Teacher of Business Education and I have written for Education Scotland and BBC Bitesize.

If you'd like to contact me please click on the link to: email me

Saturday 30 November 2013

S2 STEM Awareness Day

Our first ever STEM Awareness Day was very successful. Pupils got hands on experiences in Lego robotics, codebreaking, bridge building, tower building, building a PC, forensics & fingerprinting, DNA testing, engineering and the Bloodhound car and other interesting activities. #STEM

Thursday 28 November 2013

Sony and the 'Smart Wig'

A most unusual product!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25099262

 

Friday 15 November 2013

STEM EEP Schools

Please watch Hamilton Grammar’s video entry to the #EEPschoolsentry

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe_sXAiHyvc

 

Scottish Space School

 

Applications are now on for the Scottish Space School! Hope to have a few applicants from our school to enter. It is an opportunity of a lifetime!

 

Terms and conditions are here: http://www.scottishspaceschool.org.uk/Pages/GuidanceNotes.aspx

 

And the application form is here: http://www.scottishspaceschool.org.uk/Pages/ApplicationForm.aspx

Wednesday 6 November 2013

Tuesday 5 November 2013

It is all in the eyes

The future is here now!

 

Tesco are installing facial recognition technology just like in the film, Minority Report, which then will tailor adverts to the person.

 

http://www.theweek.co.uk/technology/55896/tesco-installs-alan-sugars-minority-report-ad-screens

 

When I first saw this in the movie I thought it was hogwash. How wrong can you be? What other incredible changes will we see in the near future?

 

Product Failures Video

Good video on famous marketing failures.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxRqKgjD3vY

 

Robot who always beats humans!

Incredible video of a robot who always wins at rock, paper, scissors!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24803751

 

 

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