DigiLearn

This blog post is a summary of key points in Audit Scotland’s report that might be useful for educational settings, such as schools, nurseries and local authorities to consider. Read the full report with this link Tackling digital exclusion (audit.scot).   “Digital exclusion is strongly associated with poverty and people with certain protected characteristics.” Anyone working with groups that may be at-risk of digital exclusion should consider the potential barriers in place to them accessing and… Read more

Over the next few months, we will be hosting a number of events to support Computing Science education in Scotland. These events include Computing Science Week(s) In Person Computing Science Conferences Pilot Review of Computing Science education as part of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle  Chat CST – A virtual sharing practice event for Computing Science Teachers Live Lesson Programme Read on to find out more about each event and how to take part… Computing Science… Read more

Below is a playlist of the sessions that were delivered by practitioners during TechTok24. Each video is linked below. Thanks to Russell White from Moray House for organising and hosting this successful virtual conference. Read more

The BBC micro:bit playground survey results are here! Primary school teachers and pupils across the UK have been taking part in the BBC micro:bit playground survey. An exciting investigation to help children aged 7-11 get to grips with data science and digital skills in a way that relates to their everyday lives. Students have measured their playground areas, explored temperature differences between natural and synthetic surfaces, tracked how active their break times were, and counted… Read more

We are pleased to give you and your colleagues, an early heads-up on events and resources for high school teachers and students from the 5th Ada Scotland Festival 1-11 October 2024. The Ada Scotland Festival mission remains to champion gender balance in tech and computing, providing inspiration for our young people and to build a stronger, fairer, more diverse work force now and for the future. However, school resources are not just for computing and IT… Read more

Keynote on the iPad allows learners the chance to create everything from simple to more complex animations directly out of the box on their device.  Top 5 is aims to take you through 5 of the main features and techniques that you can use on all core apps on the iPad.  Follow along with each of the lessons and download the sample files to get started with your pupils and be sure to share any results… Read more

I am currently reading my way through Digital Play Technologies in The Early Years (Stephen, C., Brooker, L., Oberhuemer, P. and Parker-Rees, R. (2020) Digital Play and Technologies in the Early Years. Paperback. Published: 30 September 2020.) and have selected a chapter to share with you. Chapter 5: Digital Play as a means to develop children’s literacy and power in the Swedish preschool.  Marklund, Leif & Dunkels, Elza. (2016). Digital play as a means to… Read more

This module has primarily been developed to further enhance the skills of the learners to take part in, for example, cyber competitions and challenges including the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge.    Participants will explore the challenges a country may have when dealing with a national cyber security incident from a non-technical, political, economic social and legal perspective.   Participants will also develop their public speaking and presentation skills to discuss cyber security issues at the highest… Read more