DigiLearn

Tweedbank Primary ELC was one of the first ELC settings to be awarded with the new DSAS Digital Learning Through Play Award in ELC, earlier this year. In this blog post, Early Years Officer Amy Simpson shares a practice highlight on the whole team approach to digitally evidencing key identified areas for improvement, at Tweedbank Primary ELC.   Our aim is to ensure self-evaluation is an ongoing, enjoyable and collaborative process. Previously, we used a… Read more

Sharing our reading with you… We recently shared a variety of recommend reading links around screen time. In this post we share some more, but this time, the research and articles focus on younger children’s screen time, some including babies. Special thanks to our National Early Language and Communication Team colleagues for sharing many of the articles and research links with us. Before you browse through the links below, please consider these questions first. Q… Read more

The North Lanarkshire Digital Pathfinder Team have created these digital Christmas Activity Booklets for Early, First and Second level. Book Creator was used to create the booklets as it allows children to access the books independently at home or in school. The booklets are a more sustainable method to accessing a range of Christmas activities across the curriculum and can help to reduce photocopying. The learners have enjoyed using this resource as it allows them… Read more

In this guest blog post, Derek Huffman, PT Pedagogy / English Teacher from Berwickshire High School in Scottish Borders, South East Improvement Collaborative, shares what is working well in remote learning and what they can take back to the classrooms as a whole school team when learners return. One of the many issues facing teachers during ‘remote learning’ is maintaining high levels of student engagement. It is understandable why, when left to their own devices,… Read more

Gayle Badger is a Biology and Science teacher from Johnstone High School in Renfrewshire. She has been using Microsoft Forms to support and assess learners understanding of the course content. Forms has allows her to create a variety of questions and provide instant feedback for them. This has been extremely beneficial and has received great feedback form learners and parents about how the instant feedback has guided their learning and next steps. Forms also allows… Read more

MIE Scotland Blog Microsoft Innovative Educators in Scotland Grow your professional learning network with a likeminded community who understands and supports you. The community comprise of all sectors of education with Regional Improvement Collaborative (RIC) members, technical support specialists and Glow key contacts from local authorities around Scotland. You can read the PDF embedded (best on desktop browsers) or download the PDF via the button. Download the PDF here Click to access PDF-Blog-MIEE-Scotland.pdf Read more