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What is Digital Literacy? A guest blog from Andy McLaughlin, University of Aberdeen
The presentation in this post was created and shared by Andy McLaughlin; a lecturer at the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen. He is a former teacher and leader in schools where he had a particular interest in digital pedagogies. Andy has been exploring the misalignment between national policy and classroom practice when it comes to developing digital skills in schools, and casting a critical eye over the influence of ‘Big Tech’ on education.
The following presentation was recently delivered to Education Scotland’s Digital Literacy exploration group as a provocation for discussion around Digital Literacies. In it, Andy shared some interesting research that has been carried out recently around the world.
If you would like to know more, or get in touch with Andy, you can find him on LinkedIn with this link.
Microsoft Testfest Resources and Exams Available
We are delighted to announce that in partnership with Prodigy Learning, the licences for Microsoft learning resources (LearnKey) and the Microsoft Practice tests (GMetrix) have been renewed until June 2025!
Moreover, we are excited to offer you a valuable opportunity for professional development – FREE Microsoft Certification exams throughout June 2024.
This is a fantastic opportunity for educators across Scotland to develop and enhance their digital skills with Office applications, such as Word and PowerPoint, and discover how to use your digital skills to deliver classroom experiences that will develop students’ 21st Century Skills.
Ensure you take the time to review the Channels in the MOS Training and Certification Scotland Team and the MCE Training and Certification Scotland | General | Microsoft Team to make the most of this opportunity!
Supporting Children in the Digital World: a user story from Aberdeen City Council Family Learning
This guest blog post was provided by the Community Learning and Development team at Aberdeen City Council.
Supporting Children in the Digital World is a four week course developed by CLD Family Learning Aberdeen to help parents keep their children safe online and develop strategies to manage device usage.
The course was created in response to a need identified by parents/carers who wanted to understand the technology their children using.
Over the course of four weeks we cover:
- The technology children and young people are using
- Digital footprints and being a good digital role model
- Understand the risk and reward of devices
- Know how to respond to negative online experiences
- Discover age appropriate online safety resources
- Learn about online safety strategies
The aim of the course is to ensure parents feel more empowered to manage device usage in their homes and give their children the skills to self-regulate and make good decisions while online.
We deliver this course to parents/carers in Aberdeen out in the community as well as online, to ensure we can reach as many parents/carers as possible.
One parent who attended the course said:
“I feel a lot happier that I now have the skills and information to tackle internet safety with my child, and will be a lot more relaxed having conversations which will in turn will benefit my child and make them more likely to approach me when they need support.”
We are further developing the course to create two one off information sessions, for those who cannot commit to the full four weeks. One of these one off sessions will focus on pre-school children and device usage and the other will be a more general information session condensing the content of the original course.
If you would like to know more, get in touch with the team by email: familylearning@aberdeencity.gov.uk
#SDLW24 Video Recap series
Below is a playlist that shows the Curriculum Live Lessons, Professional Learning, and sharing practice sessions that were delivered as part of Scottish Digital Literacy week 2024.
Continue to share the amazing work that is taking place in your settings and be sure to mention us @digilearnscot using #SDLW24
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#SDLW24 DSAS ELC Launch
#SDLW24 What’s on your island?
#SDLW24 CALL Scotland an introduction and overview
#SDLW24 CALL Scotland Inclusive Digital Literacy
#SDLW24 Inside the Magic of Make it Happen-APP-en
#SDLW24 Adobe Express Education for teachers
#SDLW24 Glow Blogs
#SDLW24 Adobe Express Curriculum Live
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Introducing The Digital Learning Through Play Award in ELC – CLPL Sessions
Accompanying CLPL supporting the new Digital Learning Through Play Award in ELC.
Join us in a 30-minute information giving session, introducing the brand new Digital Learning Through Play Award in ELC and to find out about the new accompanying CLPL professional learning network.
22/08/24 11 am
22/08/24 4pm
19/09/24 10am
19/09/24 4pm
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Learner Digital Skills Toolkit: where to start when planning digital literacy in Curriculum for Excellence
The support document aims to make clear the digital knowledge and skills that learners require to be digitally competent. Being digitally competent means being able to use the most common devices and apps. It is an essential step to becoming digitally literate.
Being digitally literate means being able to independently use and critically engage with digital technology and society, such as data literacy and information literacy. We are developing guidance to support educators deliver this.
Ideas and resources for teaching digital literacy can also be found here: Digital Literacy for Learners.
This document is part of a series, view the other documents here: Digital Literacy Series
Please use this form to provide feedback on the document with this link:
Learner Digital Skills Toolkit feedback form (MS Forms)
Digital Weeks 2023/24
We’ve got some exciting dates for your calendar this school session.
Join us for:
- Computing Science Week wb 06/11/23
- Cyber Scotland Week wb 26/02/24
- Scottish AI in Education Week wb 25/03/24
- Scottish Digital Literacy Week 13/05/24
Each week will have teacher training and professional learning opportunities and live lessons for teachers and learners to join in with.
Keep an eye on this page and our comms for more info and updates closer to the dates.
Digital Literacy Series
This section contains a series of three documents designed to support educators in delivering the Scottish Government Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy (2016). The three documents detail:
- the digital skills and knowledge that teachers require for their workplace
- the skills and knowledge that learners require, with contexts and examples for teaching them
- guidance on how teachers might apply their digital skills to enhance aspects of learning and teaching, such as delivery and assessment
- The support document aims to make clear the digital knowledge and skills that learners require to be digitally competent. Being digitally competent means being able to use the most common devices and apps. It is… …
- The toolkit document outlines the skills and knowledge that comprise digital literacy in the General Teaching Council Scotland (GTCS)'s standards. The skills are organised into three levels: Essential skills that are required by every teacher… …
- This document aims to support educators in evaluating their use of digital to enhance learning and teaching. It takes features of How Good is Our School and exemplifies how digital can be used to enhance… …
#CSScotland23 ReLoaded! Explore the Resources
Computing Science Scotland 2023
Many thanks to the learners, educators and presenters that made #CSScotland23 a success! Between 6th-10th November 2023, 9658 learners from 384 schools from 29 local authorities took part in our live create-along lessons, exploring different aspects of Computing Science. This page will host the resources and materials used in the lessons for you to explore and use with your learners. Most activities have follow up suggestions and video.
Some activities are yet to be uploaded, but will be asap.
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