{"id":10065,"date":"2025-04-23T09:26:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/digilearnfalk\/?p=10065"},"modified":"2025-05-07T10:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:09:22","slug":"falkirk-digital-learning-leadership-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/digilearnfalk\/2025\/04\/23\/falkirk-digital-learning-leadership-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Falkirk Digital Learning Leadership Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Digital Learning Leadership Week (26th to 30th May 2025) is focused on developing and enhancing digital learning leadership across our education establishments in Falkirk. Through a series of events, including digital partners and guest speakers, we’ll explore strategies, approaches and tools to help us meaningfully integrate technology into teaching and learning to improve learning outcomes and experiences for children and young people.<\/p>\n

This week is about creating the time and space to collegiately discuss, explore, share and develop the ways in which we can lead the leverage digital tools effectively, to improve educational outcomes for our students and equip them with the confidence, skills and knowledge needed to thrive in an ever-changing, fast-paced digital world. From strategic school leadership level, to classroom based leaders of learning – there are events for everyone over the course of the week.<\/p>\n

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Google Discovery Day: Leading Digital Learning<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Time<\/strong>:\u00a010am – 3pm \u2022 <\/span>Location<\/strong>: Forth Valley College<\/span><\/p>\n

Audience: Senior leadership\/digital leads in all sectors<\/span><\/p>\n

Description:\u00a0<\/span>Join Canopy and Google for Education to explore how school leaders can effectively lead digital learning in their establishment to improve student outcomes. The session emphasises strategic and pedagogical approaches and innovative uses of technology. Hear inspiring stories from local schools who have successfully implemented digital learning strategies, overcome challenges and are having an impact on learners and learning. Explore how to leverage technology to enhance teaching and learning, and ultimately, drive student success. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your school does not have to be actively using<\/strong> Google Workspace for Education<\/strong> to attend, the session focuses on leadership of digital learning. Lunch is provided at this event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This full day workshop aims to equip school leaders with strategies and frameworks to effectively lead the consistent and meaningful use of digital learning tools in their schools, particularly in relation to Google Workspace use on iPad. Sessions will have a Google focus, but strategies shared could be applied in any school setting. <\/span>The day will be split into four parts consisting of:<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Reality – Usage, Impact & Potential: Participants will reflect on their school’s current usage of digital tools, identify barriers to best practice, and potential for improving provision.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defining Success – Powerful and Effective Workflows: This section focuses on agreeing upon core workflows that support school priorities and balancing consistency with pedagogical freedom. We will introduce Google’s Gemini AI tool in this session.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leading the Change – Supporting Staff & Embedding best practice: Practical strategies to support staff in adopting and embedding Google Workspace effectively will be discussed, including the use of Google tools for leadership and planning professional development.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning from the Field – Effective Leadership in Practice: Participants will hear real-world examples of leading Google Workspace implementation from local peers in a Q&A panel format.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Teaching and Learning Using Google on iPad<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Time<\/strong>: 10am – 3pm \u2022 \u00a0Location<\/strong>: Grangemouth Town Hall<\/span><\/p>\n

Audience: Classroom teachers, faculty heads and SLT in all sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Description:\u00a0<\/span>Join Canopy and Google for Education in this professional development day for classroom teachers who lead learning in their classroom every day. Focused on enhancing your teaching and learning using Google Workspace tools. Find solutions to your questions about AI, digital pedagogy and practice. Discover tips and tricks to reduce your workload using Google tools to maximise productivity and lead change in your setting from the ground up. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your school does not have to be actively using Google Workspace for Education<\/strong> to attend but this session does focus on Google tools, please ensure you have logged into Google Workspace via Glow (including checking you have <\/span>access to Google Gemini<\/span><\/a>) and accepted the terms and conditions prior to attending this session. This session is perfect for those already using Google Workspace who wish to delve deeper into the tools or those who are interested in using Google Workspace to get hands on and discover what is possible. Lunch is provided at this event.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Day overview<\/big><\/p>\n

Today is all about maximising impact using Google Workspace and your iPad in the Classroom. Join us for a practical, hands-on workshop focused on getting the most out of Google Workspace and iPads in your classroom. This day is designed for teachers who want to enhance learning, save time, and create inclusive learning environments using technology. Here’s what you can expect:<\/span><\/p>\n

Session 1: The Connected Classroom – Mastering Google Classroom on iPad:<\/span><\/p>\n