Author: George Milliken

31 May, 16:00 – 17:00, Get into Code with iPad – Webinar Series

When you teach code, you’re not only teaching the language of technology. You’re teaching new ways to think and bring ideas to life. And Apple has all the resources to help you bring code into your classroom.

Get Into Code with iPad

Aim

  • To explore Apple’s Everyone Can Code curriculum and the Swift Playgrounds app for iPad to start teaching code in your classroom in a fun and accessible way. 

Audience 

  • All Primary sector educators who are curious about coding

Requirements 

  • An iPad with the latest version of the Swift Playgrounds app and the Everyone Can Code Puzzles Teacher Guide installed is desirable, but not essential
Swift Playgrounds for iPad
Download Swift Playgrounds for iPad
Everyone Can Code
Everyone Can Code – Teacher Guide

Get into Code with iPad – Workshop 1

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

• think about things that use code 

• identify every day objects that use code

• try out coding with Swift Playgrounds 

• discover ways to incorporate code into the classroom in a fun and accessible way 

Workshop 1
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Get into Code with iPad – Workshop 2

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

• build on their knowledge of code from workshop 1

• identify coding concepts through games

• continue to explore coding using Swift Playgrounds 

• discover ways to incorporate code into the classroom in a fun and accessible way

Get into Code with iPad - Workshop 2
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Get into Code with iPad – App Design

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

• think about solving a problem in their community and design an app

• explore ideas and get started guided by the design process

• collaboratively brainstorm, plan and prototype an app using Keynote

• create a presentation to pitch their ideas as part of a showcase 

• discover ways to incorporate the customisable resources into the classroom in a fun and accessible way using the Apple Everyone Can Code resources

Get into Code with iPad - App Design
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24 May, 16:00 – 17:00, Get into Code with iPad – Webinar Series

When you teach code, you’re not only teaching the language of technology. You’re teaching new ways to think and bring ideas to life. And Apple has all the resources to help you bring code into your classroom.

Get Into Code with iPad

Aim

  • To explore Apple’s Everyone Can Code curriculum and the Swift Playgrounds app for iPad to start teaching code in your classroom in a fun and accessible way. 

Audience 

  • All Primary sector educators who are curious about coding

Requirements 

  • An iPad with the latest version of the Swift Playgrounds app and the Everyone Can Code Puzzles Teacher Guide installed is desirable, but not essential

Swift Playgrounds for iPad
Download Swift Playgrounds for iPad

Everyone Can Code
Everyone Can Code – Teacher Guide

Get into Code with iPad – Workshop 1

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

• think about things that use code 

• identify every day objects that use code

• try out coding with Swift Playgrounds 

• discover ways to incorporate code into the classroom in a fun and accessible way 

Workshop 1
Tap to book your place

Get into Code with iPad – Workshop 2

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

• build on their knowledge of code from workshop 1

• identify coding concepts through games

• continue to explore coding using Swift Playgrounds 

• discover ways to incorporate code into the classroom in a fun and accessible way

Get into Code with iPad - Workshop 2
Tap to book your place

Get into Code with iPad – App Design

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

• think about solving a problem in their community and design an app

• explore ideas and get started guided by the design process

• collaboratively brainstorm, plan and prototype an app using Keynote

• create a presentation to pitch their ideas as part of a showcase 

• discover ways to incorporate the customisable resources into the classroom in a fun and accessible way using the Apple Everyone Can Code resources

Get into Code with iPad - App Design
Tap to book your place

COMPUTING SCIENCE WEBINAR 17 MAY

17 May, 16:00 – 17:00, Design Build & Test Computing Solutions, Coding and Programming, Early – 2nd Level

A Glow account is required to join this webinar

It’s essential for young people to develop their computing knowledge and skills so that they can understand and participate in our increasingly digital world – being creators rather than solely consumers. This webinar will introduce you to why it’s important for your students to learn computing and how to plan for and teach computing science effectively. This webinar will focus on the experiences and outcomes for programming and coding, introducing attendees to engaging, accessible resources. A practitioner from the Scottish computing science leadership group will exemplify how they have embedded programming and coding across the primary curriculum.

Please sign up here

11 May, 16:00 – 17:00, (Secondary) Get Started with Micro:Bit – Delivered by the Micro:Bit Education Foundation

Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation to explore resources and tools to bring physical computing to the secondary curriculum.

About this Event

A staff Glow account will be required to access the Microsoft Team where the session will take place.

Join Aimée & Giles from the Micro:bit Educational Foundation to hear all about the resources and tools available to help you bring physical computing to the computing classroom with micro:bit, with links to CfE. Learn about the wealth of free materials and lessons available, plus online tools for coding in MakeCode and Python.

Free to join and no resources required – https://microbit.org/projects/

Sign up here

10 May, 16:00 – 17:00, Building confidence and creativity with computing science Early – 2nd Level

A Glow login is required to join this webinar.

It’s essential for young people to develop their computing knowledge and skills so that they can understand and participate in our increasingly digital world – being creators rather than solely consumers. This webinar will introduce you to why it’s important for your students to learn computing and how to plan for and teach computing science effectively. This webinar will focus on the experiences and outcomes for computational thinking, introducing attendees to engaging, accessible resources. A practitioner from the Scottish computing science leadership group will exemplify how they have embedded computational thinking across the primary curriculum.

Please sign up here.

10 May, 16:00 – 17:00, CyberFirst summer courses

This webinar is for anyone who works with young people and/or parents. In the webinar you will have the opportunity to hear:

• About the different courses offered as part of the CyberFirst program

• See example of the content of the CyberFirst program

• Have an opportunity to ask any Questions

CyberFirst Advanced, Futures and Defenders learning programmes have been SCQF credit rated by SQA. These courses have also been certified by National Cyber Security Centre and should encourage young people to learn new skills, meet like-minded people and take the first step on their CyberFirst journey. Young people do not need to be studying for a Computer Science qualification but will need to have an interest in tech and computing.

Sign up here

05 May, 16:00 – 17:00, (Primary) Get started with Micro:Bit – Delivered by the Micro:Bit Education Foundation

Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation to explore resources and tools to bring physical computing to the primary curriculum.

About this Event

A staff Glow account will be required to access the Microsoft Team where the session will take place.

Join Aimée & Giles from the Micro:bit Educational Foundation to hear all about the resources and tools available to help you bring physical computing to the primary classroom with micro:bit. Learn about the wealth of free materials and projects available for teaching with Scratch and MakeCode including an amazing global competition based on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Free to join and no resources required – https://microbit.org/projects/

Sign up here

04 May, 16:00 – 17:00, Collaborative event – Computing Science Tackling Gender Stereotypes

You will require a glow login for this webinar.

This is a collaborative event to share practice and discuss strategies following on from the webinar – Computing Science Tackling Unconscious Bias and Gender Stereotypes.  If you have not attended the webinar you can still take part and join in with this collaborative event.

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04 May, 16:00 – 17:00, SSERC CRIS mentor programme workshops

SSERC and Education Scotland have teamed up to bring you the CRIS mentor programme. It is designed to build confidence and to develop understanding of a number of issues related to cyber resilience and internet safety in the teacher community across Scotland. The knowledge and experience gained by delegates through the programme can then be used, along with the provided resources, to mentor other staff and pupils within their school communities.

The programme focusses on 4 key areas of CRIS:

  • Digital Footprint
  • Passwords and Encryption
  • Dealing with Online Issues
  • Securing your devices

 

The Digilearn team will be available for drop-in workshops, where you can ask questions, discuss ideas and share resources. These sessions will be:

  • 04 May, 1600 – 1700
  • 11 May, 1600 – 1700
  • 18 May, 1600 – 1700
  • 25 May, 1600 – 1700

Join the meetings here

 

Further info and sign up details are available here