Welcome back!  Hope everyone has had a great summer, and are looking forward to Teaching Technologies in the session ahead.

We’re continuing to add to our site and outline the most recent changes below, however we have really exciting news …

Introducing the RAISE Team

With the support of funding from Education Scotland and the Wood Foundation, Dumfries & Galloway have now appointed a team of RAISE Teachers.  RAISE stands for Raising Aspiration in STEM Education and the team, under the leadership of David Maxwell, Education Officer, comprises:

• Carol Moyes (gw08moyescarol@ea.dumgal.sch.uk)
• Karen Creighton (gw08creightonkaren@ea.dumgal.sch.uk)
• Keith Walker (gw08walkerkeith@ea.dumgal.sch.uk) [0.4 FTE]
• Nicola Henry (gw09henrynicola2@ea.dumgal.sch.uk) [0.2 FTE]

There are lots of exciting plans in the pipeline, one of which is to expand this site to cover all the STEM subjects and not just Technologies.  Please spread the word and encourage colleagues to subscribe by email (and to add this site to favourites!).  That way you’ll always be in the know about what the Team are up to.  Look out for a full introduction to the team and their role coming to your school soon.

In the meantime, here’s what new on Teaching Technologies …

Microsoft Educator Scotland

Microsoft have now created a section on their site specifically linked to the Scottish curriculum.  We’ve updated the link on the General Support & Reference page to take you straight there.  It’s definitely worth a look.

Benchmarks on Your Phone

We’ve added a new section to the General Support & Reference page to showcase apps that you might find helpful.  The first one to be added is a handy app for quickly accessing the CfE Es&Os and benchmarks.  Please let us know about others that you find useful so we can share them too.

STEM Draft Strategy

While still in draft status, you may find it interesting to see what is being proposed.  You’ll find it in the General Support & Reference page

New Pages and Sites Added

A couple of new pages have been added this month.   We now have a page where you can find sources of Funding for your STEM projects.   We’ve also added a new page for Developing the Young Workforce where you’ll find resources to help you make the connections between STEM subjects and STEM industry careers.

On the Video page we have added a new link to Into Film where you can find support and ideas for making films with children.

Until next time enjoy Teaching STEM!