Author: George Milliken

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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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

Sign up for sessions using the Eventbrite links below:

This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like intro session 05 September

This is… What Digital Literacy Might Look Like intro session [repeat] 12 September

This is WDLMLL: living with digital 26 September

This is WDLMLL: learning with digital 31 October

This is WDLMLL: creativity with digital 14 November

This is WDLMLL: finding information with digital 28 November

This is WDLMLL: being safe and secure with digital 05 December

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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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early level digital literacy planning support doc 22/23

Digital Literacy and Computing Science Glossary

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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 

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This is Digital Learning and Teaching professional learning programme overview

About this programme

This course consists of four webinars, each examining a theme of planning, teaching, learning and assessment. Attendees are required to participate in discussions, share examples of practice and will receive a certificate of completion from Education Scotland for completing this.

Participants are required to be digitally literate and confident in applying digital technology in their class. Ideally, but not essentially, having achieved Microsoft Expert, Google Educator level 2 or complete Apple Portfolio.

Sign up for next term’s programme with this link – go to EventBrite page

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Programme rationale

This programme focuses on what is ‘effective use of digital technology’ and how this can enhance learnign and teaching, instead of focusing on the wide range of novel digital technologies available to teachers. 

This is because teachers in Scotland are required to have an enhanced and critically informed understanding of digital technologies to support learning and the skills and competencies that comprise teacher digital literacy and know how to embed digital technologies to enhance teaching and learning; as well as being able to consistently demonstrate the enhanced skills and abilities working both individually and collaboratively to ensure that every learner has access to and are enabled to select from well-chosen/designed resources including digital technologies. – GTCS (2021)

What can I expect?

This programme has been designed using Rosenshine’s principles of instructional design: smaller steps, revisiting prior learning, models of success and questions to check understanding. 

Each webinar is underpinned by research and focused on one of the four themes of planning, teaching, learnign and assessment. Participants will be asked to share their thoughts on the theme and then the presenters will offer ideas and a model to scaffold participants’ understanding. The webinar will finish with a ‘call to action’ for participants to identify an idea form the webinar that they will test in their practice.

preparing for learning clpl - Back to This is Digital page Reading and watching This episode of CLPL focuses on the rationale for using, or not using, digital technology in learning. An Education Endowment Foundation… …
planning and resourcing learning clpl - Back to This is Digital page Reading and watching This episode of CLPL focuses on the elements to consider when planning and resourcing lessons with digital.  How does digital make… …
delivering learning clpl - Back to This is Digital page Reading and watching This episode of CLPL focuses on the elements to consider when designing and delivering lessons with digital.  Creativity in the classroom… …
assessing and feeding forward clpl - Back to This is Digital page Reading and watching This episode of CLPL focuses on the elements to consider when assessing learning and providing 'feed forward'.  Using digital technology to… …

What do I need to do or know?

Participants are required to take an active role in sharing their current practice, as well as their own personal successes and failures. The aim being that we build a community of support and guidance, helping everyone involved reflect upon where they are now, where they need to be, and how they will get there. It would be expected that some practitioner enquiry take place as evidence of the professional development you have undertaken with us.

The programme meets the GTCS Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning 2.1.1, 2.1.3 and 3.2.1.

Participants should ensure they have an understanding of these documents before attending, as they will be referenced throughout.

GTCS Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning

Technologies: Experiences and Outcomes

European framework for the digital competence of educators

 

Digital Teacher Toolkit CLPL

Teacher Toolkit: a beginner’s guide to essential digital skills for teaching (teacher digital literacy professional learning programme)

The Teacher Toolkit programme aims to provide practical training in using the most essential skills and knowledge required to use Microsoft365 or Google Workspace in Glow. 
The skills and knowledge are based on the Scottish Teacher Digital Literacy Framework but reduced to just five skills, ensuring that it is manageable and achievable for busy teachers who need time and space to practice using them.

Sign up using this Eventbrite link: Eventbrite signup

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This programme is split into two sessions, offering practical hands-on guidance in using Microsoft365 or Google Workspace in Glow and covers these skills:

  • create, store and share resources using the cloud​
  • ​communicate with peers​
  • create and manage classes within a digital ​learning environment​
  • share and distribute resources to learners​
  • accessibility tools

Attendees are REQUIRED to be able to join in with the tutorial activities using their Glow account.

This YouTube playlist contains short how-to videos for each of the skills on this list:

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Living in a Digital World: cyber resource

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Experience an interactive journey into the world of cybersecurity. This resource shines a light on some of the most important topics for how to stay safe inside the digital world and gives practical suggestions that help improve cyber resilience. Designed and developed in collaboration with Daydream Believers and Education Scotland

Use this link to go to Daydream Believer’s site and download the resources: go to Daydream

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ELC supporting resources

When learning with and through technology, we pay close attention to digital literacy (living, playing and learning; consuming creating and communicating with digital technology) and computing science (exploring how technology works, how it is controlled and the problem solving concepts and approaches required) early level experiences and outcomes, within the Technologies Curriculum. 

This glossary explains the common words that are used in relation to digital literacy and computing science Digital Literacy and Computing Science Glossary.

As with literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing, digital literacy can be placed at the heart of all learning, not only the technologies area of the curriculum.
Digital literacy outcomes can be met in any/all curriculum areas.

You may also find it helpful to explore this draft early level digital planning support document.

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Our National guidance for self evaluation in ELC, in Scotland is How good is our early learning and childcare?​

Learning with and through digital technology is highlighted throughout the guidance and ​​Quality Indicator 3.3 reminds us that developing creativity and digital skills are significant skills for life and learning which children should increasingly be able to demonstrate as they grow and learn. Through high quality play and learning opportunities, children begin to understand the importance of these skills and apply them to their everyday learning. ​

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​Realising the ambition: Being Me, our National practice guidance for early years in Scotland, highlights the importance of digital technology to support practitioners to meet learners needs by bringing resources and experiences virtually, when planning to support children’s interests.​

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.

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The Care Inspectorate have published a technology good practice guide to:  

  • highlight good practice that supports good outcomes
  • help care services, their staff and Care Inspectorate staff to achieve positive experiences of digital technology to support care
  • support care providers to better understand and offer good quality digital engagement.

Please see page 12 for an example of an ELC Case Study.

The SSSC have developed the online resource 23 Digital capabilities to support practice and learning in social and health services, to help social service workers develop their digital capabilities to support learning and practice.

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15 – 19 May, Scottish Computing Science Week 2023 #CSscot23

Put a hold in your planner for the week of the 15th May 2023 and join us for exciting interactive live computing science lessons. 

Below is our exciting offering for CSscot23 but remember to keep your eyes peeled for more updates and details as we release them (everything will be added here)!

Let us know what you’re planning to join or anything you’re planning in your own setting on twitter @digilearnscot #CSscot23

Webinars and Curriculum Live lessons

15 May 11:00, MITCH RESNICK creator of Scratch, Live Assembly & Sustainability Challenge #CSscot23 - Join Mitch Resnick, LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, as he explores and shares how he develops new technologies to… …
15 May 16:00 – 17:00 Esports Scotland: The Journey into Education - Join Esports Scotland to hear about their journey into education and their future plans. Over the past 18 months Esports Scotland have been working within… …
15 May 19:00, ELC Practitioner Code Along, with Scratch Jnr #CSscot23 - Celebrate #CSscot23 with the Education Scotland Digital Team, by joining a short 30 minute evening 'Code Along' session to explore the free online block-based coding… …
16 May 11:00, Scratch Code Along with Barefoot – Planet Pledge #CSscot23 - Live Code Along with Barefoot Computing to create a Planet Pledge using Scratch for first - 4th level learners. Join Barefoot Computing for this Live… …
16 May 14:00, Technology to Protect our Planet – Live Assembly, Tech She Can #CSscot23 - Are your students interested in technology and how it can help us protect our planet? Could they see themselves working in a green career in… …
16 May 19:00, ELC Practitioner Play Along, with Barefoot Computing #CSscot23 - Be part of #CSscot23 by joining the Education Scotland Digital Team in a short 30 minute evening 'Play Along' session and be introduced to the… …
17 May 11:00, Live Code Along, Inspiring Sustainable Behaviour with micro:bit #CSscot23 - Making a difference in the world around us can seem a little daunting but there are lots of easy, individual and local things we can… …
18 May 16:00, Artificial Intelligence – Exploring Opportunities for Scottish Educators #CSscot23 - Join Education Scotland for a short session exploring Artificial Intelligence. This session is suitable for educators in Scotland. In this session we will explore... What… …
18 May, 11 – 11:45 Live Lesson, Soft Robotics and AI with National Robotarium - Join Engineers from the National Robotarium as they take learners through Soft Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Soft Robotics focuses on technologies that more closely resemble… …
19 May 11:00 – 11:45 Next Tech Girls Scottish Computing Science Week Event - This is an amazing opportunity for secondary school students around the UK to find out what it means to work in tech and hear from… …
Computing Science Scotland 2023: Review and Resources - 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… …
Monitor and Encourage Sustainable Behaviour, micro:bit, ON DEMAND #CSscot23 - This is pre-recorded session for you to watch with your class at your own leisure. The video will be made available from 17th May at… …