Author: Brian Clark

AI in Schools Week 2025 – Catch Up Resources – CLPL and Live Lessons

Welcome to out Catch Up Gallery of recordings from AI in Schools Week 2025.  You  will find recordings of CLPL sessions and live lessons on this page.

Full resources to support the delivery of the live lessons in class can be found at

Playlist

AI CodeAlong – Control A Fish With Your Voice – Recap

This is a recap for you and your class to follow along to that will show you how to create a voice recognition AI using https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/ and connect that to a simple Scratch project where you can use your AI to control a fish sprite!

Based on the activity done as part of the code along during AI in Schools Week 2025.

The video takes you through how to build the program.  Pause/rewind as you need!

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Resources

This project is based on the excellent Fish Food project from Raspberry Pi Foundation.  Just one of many AI based coding projects for you to discover!

Download Fish Food PDF Instructions

Check out the full set of AI Raspberry Pi Foundation resources here:

Machine Learning With Scratch Activities

AI Toolkit: Explore a selection of AI and Machine Learning platforms

 

 

Scratch CodeAlong: Build A Language Translator – Recap

This is a recap for you and your class to follow along to that will show you how to create a multi-language translator tool in Scratch! Based on the activity done as part of the code along during AI in Schools Week 2025.

The video takes you through how to build the program that asks the user to enter a word or phrase in English and it will translate it into a language of your choice.  It will also speak the translation back to you!

We will then expand it so it can deal with many languages!

Screenshots from final program

 

 

Full tutorial

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Full code used for the Cat sprite for those that are interested (the video explains it all!)

And the code for each of the language sprites is below.  Each sprite has the same code, only the name of the language needs to changes

Password Generator – Scratch Code Along Recap and Resources

Cyber Scotland Week 25 – Scratch Code Along Recap and Resources

Create a strong password generator using Scratch as part of Cyber Scotland Week 2025!

In this session, you and your class will learn to use lists and random numbers to generate and store random strong passwords using three random words as advised by the National Cyber Security Centre. 

This Scratch activity is suitable for learners who have some prior experience with Scratch, and likely for learners in P5 or above. 

Resources

Video Tutorial

Use this with your class – feel free to pause when you need to!

YouTube player

AI Strategy, implementation & leadership project for school and local authority leaders in Scotland

Course Objectives:

Build awareness and understanding of AI in education (AI Essentials) and the potential threats associated with AI (AI Safeguarding) as well as adopting a strategic, purpose-driven approach to AI use in schools (AI Strategy). Drop-in clinics will provide follow-on support as participants begin to apply what they have learnt to their real-life contexts.

This is a 3 part series to support schools and local authority leaders develop AI in education settings.

  • Workshop 1 – AI Essentials: 24th February 2025 – 4- 5:30pm
  • Workshop 2 – Safeguarding the use of AI in Education: 10th March 2025 – 4- 5:30pm
  • Workshop 3 – Building an AI Strategy: 24th March 2025 – 4- 5:30pm

There will also be opportunities to attend drop in clinics if you have specific questions or are looking for specific support. These will be held on 

  • Drop-in Clinic 1- 3rd March 2025 – 4- 5pm
  • Drop-in Clinic 2- 17th March 2025 – 4- 5pm
  • Drop-in Clinic 3- 31st March 2025 – 4- 5pm
  • Drop-in Clinic 4- 12th May 2025 – 4- 5pm
  • Drop-in Clinic 5- 2nd June 2025 – 4- 5pm

Drop In Clinics

Drop in clinics will be informal sessions where participants are invited to come along and share their progress, ask questions and receive support as they navigate the series of workshops and begin to implement AI in their schools and teaching, learning and working practices.  Participants will benefit from the thoughts, experiences and feedback of their peers and colleagues as well as the EVR CPD team (Dave & Dina) in these drop in sessions.

Registration details for each event below:

Workshops

Workshop 1

AI Essentials

This session will provide leaders with an introduction to the fast-developing field of AI in education and encourage them to consider how AI could be used in schools to enhance pedagogical practices.

Mon, 24 Feb
16:00 – 17:30 GMT

Register

Workshop 2

Safeguarding the use of AI in Education

This session will look in detail at how we must safeguard our learners as we implement AI across educational practices. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the ways AI can change existing threats (such as access to inappropriate tools) and generate new safeguarding concerns (such as misplaced trust).

Mon, 10 March
16:00 – 17:30 GMT

Register

Workshop 3

Building an AI Strategy

This session will support leaders to identify and adopt a strategic approach for the use of AI within their school(s) building on Prof. Rose Luckin’s strategic quadrant approach.

Mon, 24 March
16:00 – 17:30 GMT

Register

Drop-In Clinics

Drop-in Clinic 1

Mon, 3 March
16:00 – 17:00 GMT

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Drop-in Clinic 2

Mon, 17 March
16:00 – 17:00 GMT

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Drop-in Clinic 3

Mon, 31 March
16:00 – 17:00 GMT

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Drop-in Clinic 4

Mon, 12 May
16:00 – 17:00 BST

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Drop-in Clinic 5

Mon, 02 Jun
16:00 – 17:00 BST

Register

image showing different types of code

Code your own computational quiz

Can you beat the quiz?

Got what it takes to beat our Very Computational Christmas Quiz?

20 questions, no time limit.  Try it on your own, as a group or as class!  Let us know how you do @digilearnscot

TRY THE QUIZ

Too easy?  Looking for a different challenge?

Why not try to customise our quiz code with your own questions, colours and images.  Interested?  Follow out tutorial below…

Customise our Quiz with Code

The quiz was built using HTML, CSS and Javascript – key languages of the web!

Take me to the Quiz Editor

You can use our tool to edit your own quiz – follow the instructions below

Instructions

STEP 1: Edit the name of the quiz  and who its by (HTML)

STEP 2: Change the background and the colours (CSS)

STEP 3: Edit and add your own questions (Javascript) and save