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Introduction to the Digital ELC Award for Scotland. March 18, 2024

Introduction to the Digital ELC Award for Scotland.  The Digital Early Learning and Childcare Digital Schools Award for Scotland is a national awards scheme to promote, recognise and encourage a whole setting approach to the use of digital technology in ELC settings.   The award framework echoes National practice guidance for early years in Scotland, Realising the Ambition: Being me (2020), which guides and supports the ELC sector to provide high quality early learning and childcare,… Read more

Summer term early level webinar dates for you diary. March 12, 2024

The series of This is early level Digital and Spotlight CLPL sessions will be delivered for the final time in April and May. If you missed out on the previous webinars, there is still time to sign up. The webinars are suitable for practitioners working with children at early level across a range of ELC settings and schools.  A Glow log in is NOT required to sign up or join the online sessions. Please click… Read more

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Apple Education Workshops – March 2024 March 5, 2024

Learning and Teaching for the Future Apple Education are inviting educators from across Scotland to an inspiring half day of workshops focused on Learning and Teaching for the Future with Apple Technology. Register Here Technology has an important role to play in bringing learning to life, enabling young people to develop, refine and showcase their learning, demonstrate understanding and collaborate safely as they progress through their educational journey. This event will enable educators to explore… Read more

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Digital Literacy projects and resources March 5, 2024

This section contains some recommended project-based learning resources and activities that teachers might use with learners who are secure in their digital competencies from the previous page. Digital literacy moves beyond the technical competencies in the Learner Digital Skills Toolkit and develops into critical and social skills that are relevant and representative of the realities that people live (Marín & Castañeda). In short, digital literacy should enable people to fulfil the four capacities and participate… Read more

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Safe and secure – learner digital skills toolkit March 4, 2024

Learners should understand how computers and apps work, how to control them and solutions to simple issues, like resetting them.   They should be able to use common inputs, such as keyboards, mice and touchscreens, to find their way around the device, including opening and using apps and changing settings to make it easier to use. This learning covers Experience and Outcome x-03a.  back to digital literacy This section focuses on the knowledge and skills… Read more

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Learner Digital Skills Toolkit: where to start when planning digital literacy in Curriculum for Excellence March 3, 2024

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.… Read more

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Digital Literacy Knowledge and Skills: diamond nine activity February 29, 2024

Discuss the importance of each skill or knowledge and order them with the most important at the top. There is not room for all cards. Read more

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Using the Teacher Digital Skills toolkit to identify and support staff needs February 27, 2024

Milngavie Primary School, East Dunbartonshire, used the Teacher Digital Skills Toolkit to inform their professional learning. The school’s ‘digital leader’ explained how they used the toolkit: “I ran the session for collecting the data during the February in-service. It was very easy to use and being able to have the document to use alongside the Forms meant that I could explain what was meant by certain questions if anyone was unsure.The data collected on the… Read more

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Christmas Activity Booklets for Early, First and Second Level – North Lanarkshire Digital Pathfinders - The North Lanarkshire Digital Pathfinder Team have created these digital Christmas Activity Booklets for Early,…
Remote Learning – What is Working? Berwickshire High School in Scottish Borders. - In this guest blog post, Derek Huffman, PT Pedagogy / English Teacher from Berwickshire High…
Using Microsoft Forms to Support Learners and Assess Understanding - Gayle Badger is a Biology and Science teacher from Johnstone High School in Renfrewshire. She…
Microsoft Innovative Educators in Scotland - MIE Scotland Blog Microsoft Innovative Educators in Scotland Grow your professional learning network with a…
The Modern Studies, Sociology and Politics Collaborative - Mr McCabe, from Prestwick Academy in South Ayrshire: "The Modern Studies, Sociology and Politics Collaborative…
Glasgow’s Digital Journey to Attainment and Equity - Richard McKean and Laura McEachran, from Glasgow City Council, recently shared their authority's journey at…
Using Easi-Speak to develop storytelling and writing by Lynn Eileen Allison, Hoddom Primary in Dumfries and Galloway - We have been using film literacy and voice-recording to develop our learners' comprehension of a…
Bebras Computing Challenge at Portlethen Academy - post by Ian Simpson (@familysimpson), Faculty Head of ICT at Portlethen Academy (@portyacad)   What is…
Inspiring Digital Enterprise Awards, Grove Academy - iDEA Awards, Grove Academy Gavin Pyott, PT Computing Science I became aware of the iDEA…
Race for the Line Event by Liz Dighton at Boroughmuir High School - On a rather cold, but thankfully dry, Wednesday all 220 of our S1 pupils were involved in an inter-disciplinary project which…
Ada Lovelace Day – Opening Opportunities with Digital Technology by Emma Hedges - Digital technology skills are one of my favourite things to teach because of the opportunities…
Having the skills and opportunity to work with others using digital technology, Heriot Primary, Renfrewshire - Kay Harvey, Heriot Primary School, Renfrewshire (@HeriotPrimary) Whenever I plan a lesson, I refer to…