Connected Falkirk Quick Guide
You can view an online copy of the Connected Falkirk Quick Guide here on Canva. Or you can download a copy below.
Education Scotland Document
You can view an online copy of the edited support version of Features of Highly Effective Digital Learning, Teaching and Assessment below. You can access an unedited copy here.
Guiding Principles and Support
Remember, any staff member within Education Services who is using, or intends to use, AI tools should ensure they are familiar with the AI in Education: Guiding Principles and Support information.
AI Teacher Tools: Starter Suite
A carefully curated collection of nine free AI-powered tools which have been assessed to ensure their educational value and ease of initial use. The document sorts the tools by educational function, gives an education focused use overview and provides quick guides for each tool. View the Starter Suite page for more info.
Accessibility Tools
You can find out more about built in accessibility tools on iPad, including a full session recording of our recent Accessibility: Reaching All Learners session here.
There are also a range of accessibility focused resources on this site including:
Connected Falkirk is our 1:1 device project in Falkirk Council. It provides devices at a ratio of 1:1 from P6-S6 and 1:5 from P1-P5 in all schools in Falkirk. Teachers are also provided with the same device. Connected Falkirk is focused on maintaining access to these devices and getting the most out of them for learning and teaching. Make sure you are in the Microsoft Team to keep up to date with all things Connected Falkirk.
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DigiLearnFalk deals with all things digital learning. Our aim is to enhance digital learning in Falkirk schools. We offer synchronous and asynchronous opportunities to learn via videos, guides, webpages, live sessions and more. Make sure you are in the Microsoft Team to keep up to date with a wide variety of offers locally and nationally.
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The Falkirk Apple Regional Training Centre is centred around our teaching community. We provide Apple approved training as well as opportunities for Falkirk educators to share their own learning and expertise. Any Falkirk teacher who holds Apple Teacher accreditation can become a facilitator at the Falkirk RTC. We also work in collaboration with other RTCs across Scotland. Visit our website to find out more.
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Falkirk Council Education Services including many schools, teachers and parts of the service use Bluesky to help stay connected with one another. If you are using Bluesky professionally please ensure you have consulted the guidance available on the DigiLearnFalk Team (you must be a member of the Team and logged into Glow to view this).
You can follow DigiLearnFalk via @DigiLearnFalk.bsky.social
And Connected Falkirk via @ConnectedFalk.bsky.social
Be sure to tag us in any digital learning activities or experiences you and your class(es) are engaging in, we’d love to see what you are up to!
To make it easier to connect with other schools and teachers in Falkirk we have created this Bluesky Starter Packs page which links you to all of our known Starter Packs so you can follow the right people quickly.
