Author: George Milliken

finding information with digital clpl

Finding Information with Digital (This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like CLPL)

14/11/23 and 18/03/24

This session is part of the This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for finding and evaluating online information with ‘big ideas’ like:

  • How can I teach better searching skills?
  • How do I develop analytical and evaluative skills in learners?
  • What can I do about fake news and misinformation?

Examples of digital literacy partners, resources and planning will be shared.

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creativity with digital clpl

Creativity with Digital (This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like CLPL)

31/10/23 and 04/03/24

This session is part of the This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for being creative with digital media with ‘big ideas’ like:

  • What is creativity?
  • How can digital skills help my learners be more creative?

Examples of digital literacy partners, resources and planning will be shared.

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learning with digital clpl

Learning with Digital (This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like CLPL)

26/09/23 and 19/02/24

This session is part of the This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for learning in school and for the future with ‘big ideas’ like:

  • How can I reduce cognitive load?
  • Am I creating choice overload?
  • What skills should be in my learners’ ‘pencil case’?

Examples of digital literacy partners, resources and planning will be shared.

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living with digital clpl

Digital Literacy for Life (This is Developing Your Digital Literacy Curriculum)

12/09/23 and 05/02/24

This session is part of the This is Developing Your Digital Literacy Curriculum CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for daily life in the 21st century with ‘big ideas’ like:

  • What is a computer?
  • Can I make an app?
  • How does technology help us?
  • Is technology sustainable?

Examples of digital literacy partners, resources and planning will be shared.

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What digital literacy might look like clpl programme

What Digital Literacy Might Look Like (This is Developing Your Digital Literacy Curriculum)

05/09/23, and 12/09/23; then 15/01/24 and 29/01/24

This session is part of the This is Developing Your Digital Literacy Curriculum CLPL programme. Participants will reflect on their current digital literacy planning, the need to teach these skills clearly and contextually, and how these skills and knowledge should shape staff skills development.

This session is essential to attending any of the other sessions, as these are branches from this session. Participants will explore, and reflect upon, digital literacy in Curriculum for Excellence, curriculum design rationale and how to improve their planning and teaching.

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This is Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety

This programme aims to support teachers develop their own knowledge and understanding of cyber resilience/internet safety and cyber security. It will explore the skills and knowledge children and young people need to participate effectively in a digital society.

Participants will reflect on the need for cyber resilience and how to teach it, develop a school curriculum for teaching cyber resilience/internet safety to learners of all ages and access resources and coaching to deliver your own cyber training in your setting. 

There will also be a session exploring cyber security and how to develop this as a curricular area in your school.

This CLPL will run before and after the Christmas holiday.

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New sessions coming in 2024!

This is Digital Leader (GTCS professional recognition)

This programme aims to provide teachers with the skills and knowledge they need in the role of Digital Leader. It will provide a series of online training events to support teachers reflect on their practice, critically engage with national and local policy and developing school curriculum, staff skills and school improvement measures.

Applicants must be digitally literate with appropriate certifications, such as Microsoft, Google or Apple educator awards. They must also have the support and permission of their head teacher in order to guarantee the time to develop and implement changes to curriculum, teacher skills and school improvement measures.

This CLPL will run from September 2023 to May 2024.

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What digital literacy might look like clpl programme

This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like (Developing Your Curriculum)

This programme aims to support teachers develop their own digital literacy curriculum. It will explore the skills that learners need for life, learning and work. Teachers will then be able to evaluate staff training, classroom and lesson resourcing and school improvement needs based on this.

Educators need to attend the first session but can then select to attend any, or all, of the following sessions.

This CLPL will run before and, then be repeated, after the Christmas holiday.

Digital Learner diagram (landscape)

Webinars

two pre school children learning together using a mobile device.

Learning with, and through, technology in ELC: Learning with, and through, technology in ELC

Digital technologies provide opportunities for us to design unique learning spaces for the children. Bringing resources and experiences virtually into the setting can lead learning well-beyond what was originally planned. For example, in response to a children’s interest in sharks, digital technology can extend learning through watching how real sharks move under the sea. Children then get a better understanding of size and speed and so on. This helps us draw on children’s own knowledge gained at home or outwith the setting to spark possible lines of development and a response to children’s own interests.  

Realising the ambition: Being Me page 79

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Make It Happen – summer activities for learners

Make It Happen are running free digital literacy and computing science activities over the summer in Glasgow, North Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire. See the dates below or check their twitter for latest updates: Make It Happen Club on Twitter

4th July  Riverside Museum Stop Motion (P1-S2)

10:30am – 11:30am

1pm – 2pm

6th July Riverside Museum Stop Motion (P1-S2) 

10:30am – 11:30am

1 – 2pm

7th July Neilston Library

Stop Motion

Introduction to Coding

(P1-S2)

(P4-S2) 

10:30 – 11:30am

12 – 1pm 

10th July Chapelhall Library  Introduction to Coding (P4-S2)  11am – 12 
10th July Moodiesburn Library Introduction to Coding (P4-S2)  2pm – 3pm 
11th July Busby Library

Stop Motion

Introduction to Coding

(P1-S2) 

(P4-S2) 

11am – 12 

12 – 1pm 

12th July  Gorbals Library Digital Creator Workshop (Stop Motion, Hour of Code,Spheros, Coding) (P4-S2)  10:30am – 11:30am 
12th July The Bridge Library Digital Creator Workshop (Stop Motion, Hour of Code,Spheros, Coding) (P4-S2)  1 – 2pm 
13th July  Giffnock Library

Stop Motion

Introduction to Coding

(P1-S2) 

(P4-S2) 

11:30am – 12:30pm 

1pm – 2pm 

14th July Thornliebank Library Stop Motion (P1-S2)  11:30am – 12:30pm 
17th July Knightswood Library Digital Creator Workshop(Stop Motion, Hour of Code,Spheros, Coding) (P4-S2)  10:30am – 11:30am 
17th July  Mitchell Library Thunkable – Design your own Information app  (P5-S4)  1pm – 3pm 
18th July  Mearns Library

Stop Motion

Introduction to Coding

(P1-S2) 

(P4-S2) 

10:30 – 11:30am 

12 – 1pm 

19th July  Eaglesham Library

Stop Motion

Introduction to Coding

(P1-S2) 

(P4-S2) 

11am – 12 

12 – 1pm 

20th July Clarkston Library Stop Motion (P1-S2)  11am – 12
20th July  Barrhead Library

Stop Motion

Introduction to Coding

(P1-S2) 

(P4-S2) 

1pm – 2pm 

3pm – 4pm

24th July  Riverside Museum Stop Motion (P1-S2) 

10:30am – 11:30am 

1 – 2pm

25th July  Riverside Museum Stop Motion (P1-S2) 

10:30am – 11:30am 

1 – 2pm 

26th July  Airdrie Library Introduction to Coding (P4-S2)  11am – 12 
26th July New Stevenston Library Introduction to Coding (P4-S2) 2pm – 3pm 
1st Aug Shotts Library Introduction to Coding (P4-S2)  11am – 12pm 
1st Aug Kilsyth Library Introduction to Coding  (P4-S2)  2pm – 3pm 
2nd Aug Viewpark Library Introduction to Coding (P4-S2)  11am – 12 
2nd Aug  Cumbernauld Library Introduction to Coding (P4-S2)  2pm – 3pm 
4th Aug  GOMA Library Coding – Scratch: Creating a game (P4-S2)  12 – 1pm