Follow the links to sign up for some Adobe live lessons this summer. If you can’t manage the live lessons, check out the lesson plans in the second link which you can do when you want. Live lessons – loads of new free sessions: VE Day (tmrw) / Dylan Thomas Day / National Numeracy Day / World Ocean Day / EURO 2024 Lesson plans – useful ones for summer term
Celebrate International Day of Biodiversity and get pupils prepped to take part in one of the BBC micro:bit playground survey activities at the same time. We’ll make a biodiversity counter which your class can use later in the day to investigate biodiversity in your school playground. So get your micro:bits out of the box and register for a fun 45 minute session with your class. Suitable for ages 8 – 11 years.
We are very excited to announce that you can now find the tile for Adobe Express on the Aberdeenshire launch pad in Glow. This is ready for you and your pupils to start using on your Windows machines and Chromebooks and will shortly be accessible on your iPad. To support you in your use of Adobe Express, we have the following Aberdeenshire training dates: LoveLearning with Adobe: Graphics – Tuesday
Great news! You are now able to access Minecraft Education Edition on your Chromebooks as well as your iPad and Windows machines. Simply click on the Google Play Store icon on the bottom toolbar and then select Minecraft in the box that comes up, to instal on your machine. To log in, use your edushire details as you would with your iPad or Windows machine. More detailed instructions are within
All 3 year olds in Scotland are gifted a BookBug Explorer bag by the Scottish Book Trust. We were given a spare 2023/24 bag by the library service and I got to work making up a digital activity for each of the books in there. Click on the link to access the activities. Please let us know how you got on! Explorer bag 2023 2024
Join us on Wednesday 21st Feb at 4pm for training with Richard from Texthelp who will be showing you how to get the most from Read&Write. Sign up with your corporate details here to get the join link.
Follow the link to read the latest newsletter on Google Workspace from Glow Scotland https://glowconnect.org.uk/back-to-school-glow-google-newsletter-january-2024/
We have added another session to our CLPL offering. Come and join us for a day of learning! In the morning, Dave and Manny from Edpuzzle will show you how to use this resource which is free for all Aberdeenshire schools this session. Edpuzzle is a digital learning platform that allows teachers to create and share interactive videos with their students. Teachers can add questions, annotations, and feedback into videos.
Be Internet Legends Day 2023 is next week. This year’s event on Tuesday 28 November at 9.30am will celebrate Kindness online with interactive challenges and shout-outs for your school to get stuck into. They will also be picking five schools at random in the chat box to receive a Be Internet Legends goody bag. Sign up here to register and they will send you the link to join the assembly.
Check out the Back to School Glow Google newsletter for loads of updates from Google within Glow. Link here. Schools were emailed last week with an update on the Google Additional Services now available to Aberdeenshire staff on Glow: Google Earth Google Chrome Store Google Maps YouTube Google Arts & Culture Google Translate CS First Applied Digital Skills
