Category Archives: Technology

Teach IT Training

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We have now purchased Teach IT logins for every school in Aberdeenshire.

Teach-IT is an innovative teaching and learning resource full of inspiring cross-curricular learning activities designed to make teaching engaging and learning fun.

Since its launch Teach-IT has helped over 25,000 educators across the UK to:

• Introduce their pupils to the latest web-hosted technologies
• Enhance their own and their classes’ teaching and learning
• Improve their own digital competence and confidence
• Foster students’ higher-order skills such as creativity and enterprise

Teach-IT introduces a wide variety of exciting technologies such as Google Earth, Games Based Learning and the latest free Web tools to help teachers to understand why they are so appealing to young people. Teachers are shown step-by-step how to use and apply ICT to bring the curriculum to life.

Please check out Aberdeenshire Events to register for a twilight training session.

http://www.aberdeenshireevents.org.uk/event

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SMART

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SMART Exemplary Educator

Almost every classroom in Aberdeenshire is equipped with a SMARTboard

The software that works with the SMARTboard is always being upgraded, and the Learning through Technology team regularly run training sessions for any teacher to bring their SMART skills up to date.

Our lead trainer and SMART EXEMPLARY EDUCATOR is Susan, and earlier this year she submitted a short video to SMART In Canada to see if her work would qualify to be awarded a place at an international conference.

During the school holidays Susan travelled to Calgary in Canada to meet 77  other educators from 22 countries for a fantastic week of keynote presentations, hackathons, networking  all crammed into days that started at 6am and finished not before 7pm

Susan said the highlight for her was participating in the Hackathon and seeing the passion and determination the developers at SMART have to provide their customers with the very best end product.

The video made by Susan  can be found here and gives a tiny flavour of the trip.

We support schools in various ways with SMART training, your first port of call should be Aberdeenshire events to see if there is a training event near your school. Or call Susan at the Learning Through Technology team to discuss your specific requirements.

 

 

Scholar

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Scholar logo used with permission

Scholar logo used with permission

All the data for Scholar users including teachers will be at your school now.

Could you please ensure you pass login details to students studying courses supported by Scholar?

If you require any training for staff or students then please contact any of the Learning through technology team and we will arrange support.

Please remember even if you do not use Scholar as part of your lesson planning, by giving login details to students you give them a resource that is relevant to their studies

Free Office Software for School AND Home

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Glow users can now download 5 copies of Microsoft Office. This can be done by clicking on the Download Office Now tile on RM Unify. This tile can be found by scrolling through RM Unify using the arrows on the right hand side of the page (see pic below).

Office can be downloaded on Windows, Mac and Mobile Devices. Office 365 ProPlus is also available for Tablet and Mobile phone users

Apple Mac users now get Office 2015 for Mac

Guidance , prepared by the Scottish Government can be found here: https://glowhelp.wikis.glowscotland.org.uk/Microsoft+O365+Downloads 

If you cannot see the Download tile from your Shared Launchpad, please contact Jim or Susan (In Shared Launchpad scroll to the very end of the available tiles)

Technology Impact Review

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Education Scotland launched the Technologies Impact Review and the National Technologies Network (NTN) on the 9th of March. In the document they report that the concept which emerged from the review is of ‘digital technologies at the heart of learning’

The publication and presentations from the launch event can be found at the link below

http://goo.gl/j5lVoR