Kirsty McFaul, Education Scotland
This resource focuses on the role Alan Turing and the Enigma machine played in deciphering coded messages during World War II. Why not use this as a context for maths during your WWII topic?
Want to see more about code cracking?
The Ice Age-themed ‘pre-reader’ challenges only ask learners to use one or two blocks of code at a time and the directions are represented by arrows, so they can start to code without needing to read.
This Star Wars-themed challenge introduces the use of directional words on screen. So as your learners develop confidence with directional language, they can try more challenging code too.
This Frozen-themed challenge introduces the use of degrees and angles to control the characters on screen.
We have delivered number of webinars with our Numeracy and Mathematics colleagues in the past year – those webinars can be viewed on this playlist.
We have also created bitesize tutorials on the tools and approaches we use in these webinars – these can also be viewed here:
This short tutorial video demonstrates how to use Windows Snipping Tool with Mathsbot manipulatives to create graphics for Jamboard, OneNote or Forms quizzes:
This professional learning model was developed by the Perth and Kinross Education Support Officer Team and shared with us. They have created a pathway to explore reading on screens: identifying challenges, solutions and ideas to develop your practice. The Sway below can also be expanded to view in full screen.
We developed and delivered two series of professional learning with our literacy and English colleagues last year and theses webinars have been curated in this playlist. The playlist has now had several more videos relating to literacy and English added to it, and it continues to grow.
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The Scottish Government (2017) states: “Every child and young person has an age appropriate and evolving understanding of the opportunities and risks which exist in the online world.”
This is defined within these outcomes:
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The digital team at North Lanarkshire Council have shared this summary of their recent work using Minecraft with primary school learners. To find out more… Read more
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