DigiLearn

Assessing your own practice  It is important to not only develop effective information literacy skills but also to assess how these can impact our own everyday work. Understanding how information literacy development can bring positive benefits to our pedagogies and to our classrooms is a critical step towards embedding this into our wider everyday professional practice.   back to finding and checking information One approach to this assessment is to utilise an information literacy framework to… Read more

Evaluating information sources  Here are a couple of ways children and young people can evaluate sources:  Look for clues: Author (are they trustworthy?), Date (is the information still current?), Purpose (does the source inform, sell, persuade or entertain?)  Strategy: SIFT – Stop, Investigate source, Find better coverage, Trace claims to original context.  Children and young people should always remember to provide sources they use. As well as helping them find reliable information, it adds credibility to their work!      back to finding and checking information  … Read more

Trusted sources  Children and young people should look for information that is reliable, accurate and credible. They should use sources that are transparent about their information, cite their evidence, and avoid bias or misinformation. This:  is essential for learning accurate and reliable information  develops critical thinking skills  avoids spreading mis- or disinformation  supports stronger research, better arguments and more meaningful conversations.     back to finding and checking information   Examples of trusted sources include:  BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize   National… Read more

Thank you to everyone who attended Computing Science week and made it a success again this year. Below is a playlist of some of the sessions we were fortunate to facilitate – a HUGE thank you to everyone who gave up their time to host a Teacher CLPL session or Live Lesson.  Read more

This guidance is an update to the Teacher Digital Skills published previously. It aims to support the development of digital skills for all Scottish educators, including Early Years and Childcare, school and Community Learning and Development sectors.  Education Scotland digital skills for Scottish educators 2025  I want to take the survey Use this link to access the form and evaluate your own digital skills: Fill in the form I want to copy the form… Read more

My decision to engage with Scotland’s Curriculum Improvement Cycle regarding digital literacy began primarily when I began to lead my school through the Digital Schools Award journey. This experience revealed the Dunning-Kruger effect in action early in my school’s digital journey – while I started the process full of confidence, I gradually realised how much I didn’t know about what I didn’t know in the digital realm, and more importantly, how I needed to prepare… Read more

We were lucky that a parent of a child in our class works with Digital School House and they let us know about the event. There were spaces available and the children were really enthusiastic and keen to go. It would be great to let more schools know about the event – I am sure they would find it very worthwhile.   This event was especially engaging as the children worked in their co-operative learning… Read more

See below for a team competition that learners can participate in.   ACE Cyber Security Competition (S3-S6) Competition Sign up window is now open! Register Here Teams can include up to four students, with mixed ages and genders permitted. All team members must be aged 14–18 (S3-S6) and in full-time education. Each team must have a designated guardian aged 18 or over, appointed by the school/college. This person can oversee multiple teams and does not… Read more