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The presentation in this post was created and shared by Andy McLaughlin; a lecturer at the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen. He is a former teacher and leader in schools where he had a particular interest in digital pedagogies. Andy has been exploring the misalignment between national… Read more

We are delighted to announce that in partnership with Prodigy Learning, the licences for Microsoft learning resources (LearnKey) and the Microsoft Practice tests (GMetrix) have been renewed until June 2025!   Moreover, we are excited to offer you a valuable opportunity for professional development – FREE Microsoft Certification exams throughout… Read more

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This guest blog post was provided by the Community Learning and Development team at Aberdeen City Council. Supporting Children in the Digital World is a four week course developed by CLD Family Learning Aberdeen to help parents keep their children safe online and develop strategies to manage device usage.  … Read more

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Below is a playlist that shows the Curriculum Live Lessons, Professional Learning, and sharing practice sessions that were delivered as part of Scottish Digital Literacy week 2024. Continue to share the amazing work that is taking place in your settings and be sure to mention us @digilearnscot using #SDLW24 Read more

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- If you missed Computing Science Scotland Week, we have (most!) sessions available for you to view again!  (Unfortunately the tech gremlins appeared in a few recordings!) These videos, and many others are available to watch…
digital xtra fund now open - Digital Xtra Fund launches eighth funding round to drive digital skills for young people across Scotland Digital Xtra Fund has launched this year’s Round VIII (2023/24) Grant Awards, with the aim to help drive digital skills…
Listen to digilearn chat podcast - DigiLearn.Chat A podcast from the digital learning & teaching team at Education Scotland. Throughout this series, team members will come together to talk about experiences, courses, resources and stories from our experiences of working with…
- This session's Cyber Scotland Week will take place 27th February - 5th March 2023.Let us know what you're up to on twitter @digilearnscot with #CSW2023 Education Scotland will be delivering and supporting live sessions all…

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- BACKGROUND  Learning intentions  We are learning about computers and how they work We are creating instructions to control computing devices I can identify different types of computers and the job they do I know that…
- BACKGROUND  Learning intentions  We are learning about computers and how they work We are creating instructions to control computing devices I can identify different types of computers and the job they do I know that…
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- BACKGROUND  Learning intentions  We are learning about computers and how they work We are creating instructions to control computing devices   I can identify different types of computers and the job they do I know…
- This guide has been developed to support any educator deliver Computing. It is split into three levels for Primary, as in the Experiences and Outcomes, making it simpler to plan and assess.  Each level is…
- These 'big ideas' for computing are designed to help educators and learners learn the essential understanding in computing that all students should acquire during the Broad General Education.It has been inspired by Wynne Harlen's Principles and…
- This guide has been developed to support any educator deliver Computing. It is split into three levels for Primary, as in the Experiences and Outcomes, making it simpler to plan and assess.  Each level is…
post by andy mclaugjlin, what is digital literacy - The presentation in this post was created and shared by Andy McLaughlin; a lecturer at the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen. He is a former teacher and leader in schools where he…
- We are delighted to announce that in partnership with Prodigy Learning, the licences for Microsoft learning resources (LearnKey) and the Microsoft Practice tests (GMetrix) have been renewed until June 2025!   Moreover, we are excited…
family learning cyber aberdeen - This guest blog post was provided by the Community Learning and Development team at Aberdeen City Council. Supporting Children in the Digital World is a four week course developed by CLD Family Learning Aberdeen to…
Woman holding laptop and micro:bit - Hardware Funding Update "Using the devices and accessories has allowed us to create more engaging microbit lessons and to expand teaching of computing constructs into makecode arcade. V2 microbits has also enabled us to link…
Micro:bit - In May 2022, every school in Scotland received 20 V.2 micro:bits, thanks to a partnership between The Micro:Bit Education Foundation, Nominet and The Scottish Government.  Additionally, primary schools received 20 additional micro:bits as part funding…
Boy holding iPad controlling Sphero - We were delighted to be able to support and deliver a day long professional workshop with all staff of Kingswells Primary School.  We were asked to facilitate this activity after delivering an information session to…