Category: Teacher Digital Literacy

skills and knowledge teachers require to enhance learning and teaching

cyberfirst courses for learners

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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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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10 May 16:00, This is iPad: Accessibility Features

Accessibility

Having an accessibility need can be a daunting prospect for learners. Having an Additional Support Need that isn’t visible c`an impact pupil confidence and ability to take part in classroom activities. Accessiblity features on iPadOS can benefit all learners. Especially those with SEN/ASN.

  • What are some of the built in features that can support learner needs?
  • What are some of the ways these features can be used to enhance learning & teaching?
  • How can these be used?

Sign Up here

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9a2465f9/ipados

Find more information about Apple Regional Training Centres here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/professional-learning/platforms/apple-rtc/

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24 April 16:00, Level up teaching & learning w/iPad

Level up your teaching & learning with out of the box iPad features

In this session we will look at ways in which we can use hilt in features of iPad and iPadOS to have an impact on teaching & learning practice.

Find more information about Apple Regional Training Centres here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/professional-learning/platforms/apple-rtc/

Join the session using this link

27 March 16:00 – 15:00, This Is Data Session 3

This Is Data

You may have seen spreadsheet dashboards that react to use interactions, automatically filtering and updating charts and tables. Ever wondered how to do it? This short course will support you to develop you skills to store and process data using tools you already use.

These sessions will show you how to use tables, slicers, pivot tables and charts to bring your data to life. You will be able to use these skills to look at your own data and / or share these skills with pupils as part of their learning.

  • Sample data files will be provided.
  • Basic knowledge of excel will be useful.
  • This set of sessions will make use of Microsoft Excel.

Sign up here for some or all of the sessions below

Session 1 – Monday 13th March 4pm

Preparing data for analysis  – the importance of structuring data in tables, using slicers to filter data, conditional formatting, data validation, custom views and useful formulae

Session 2 – Monday 20th March 4pm

Creating Visual Interactive Dashboards – using your data to create pivot tables and visualisations then bring them together into a single user dashboard

Session 3 – Monday 27th March 4pm

Linking Data – how to link tables and visualise results that draw from more than one data source.

20 March 16:00 – 17:00, This Is Data Session 2

This Is Data

You may have seen spreadsheet dashboards that react to use interactions, automatically filtering and updating charts and tables. Ever wondered how to do it? This short course will support you to develop you skills to store and process data using tools you already use.

These sessions will show you how to use tables, slicers, pivot tables and charts to bring your data to life. You will be able to use these skills to look at your own data and / or share these skills with pupils as part of their learning.

  • Sample data files will be provided.
  • Basic knowledge of excel will be useful.
  • This set of sessions will make use of Microsoft Excel.

Sign up here for some or all of the sessions below

Session 1 – Monday 13th March 4pm

Preparing data for analysis  – the importance of structuring data in tables, using slicers to filter data, conditional formatting, data validation, custom views and useful formulae

Session 2 – Monday 20th March 4pm

Creating Visual Interactive Dashboards – using your data to create pivot tables and visualisations then bring them together into a single user dashboard

Session 3 – Monday 27th March 4pm

Linking Data – how to link tables and visualise results that draw from more than one data source.

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Microsoft Teacher Toolkit – introduction to Microsoft OneDrive and Teams in Glow

Learn the essential skills and knowledge to use Microsoft OneDrive and Teams. These step-by-step training courses are aimed at teachers who are new or lack confidence in using Microsoft 365 in Glow.

The skills and knowledge are based on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills.

Sign up using the events links below:
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Attendees are REQUIRED to be able to join in with the tutorial activities using their Glow account.

This session will explain how to:

  • login to Glow and find Teams and OneDrive apps
  • use OneDrive to create, store and share files
  • create and join classes on Teams

View the step-by-step video tutorials for each skill on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills page

Book CLPL webinars

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Google Teacher Toolkit – introduction to Google Drive and Classroom in Glow

Learn the essential skills and knowledge to use Google Drive and Classroom in Glow. These step-by-step training courses are aimed at teachers who are new or lack confidence in using Google Workspace in Glow.

The skills and knowledge are based on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills.

Sign up using the events links below:
COMING SOON

 

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Digital Teacher diagram (landscape)

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

This session will explain how to:

  • login to Glow and find Classroom and Drive apps
  • use Drive to create, store and share files
  • create and join classes on Classroom

View the step-by-step video tutorials for each skill on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills page

Book CLPL webinars

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