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This page contains links to articles and papers exploring the risks of ‘screentime’ and social media and the lack of data and evidence supporting its purported impact on mental health, particularly children and young people: The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? (nature.com)… Read more
Ada Computer Science: Time-saving Resources for Teachers in Scotland Ada Computer Science is a collaboration between the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the University of Cambridge. Their aim is to provide high-quality, free, resources for Computing Science teachers and students. To kick off the school year, they have mapped their… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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- If you missed Computing Science Scotland Week, we have (most!) sessions available for you to view again! (Unfortunately the tech gremlins appeared in a few recordings!) These videos, and many others are available to watch… …
- Digital Xtra Fund launches eighth funding round to drive digital skills for young people across Scotland Digital Xtra Fund has launched this year’s Round VIII (2023/24) Grant Awards, with the aim to help drive digital skills… …
- DigiLearn.Chat A podcast from the digital learning & teaching team at Education Scotland. Throughout this series, team members will come together to talk about experiences, courses, resources and stories from our experiences of working with… …
- This session's Cyber Scotland Week will take place 27th February - 5th March 2023.Let us know what you're up to on twitter @digilearnscot with #CSW2023 Education Scotland will be delivering and supporting live sessions all… …Latest posts
- Week 4: Bringing it all together: Cyber Resilience Policy Development In the final week of the Module students will bring together the previous three sessions learning to develop holistic policy solutions. The objectives are … …
- Week 3: “An attack, or not an attack: that is the question”: Cyber Incidents and international law Students will be introduced to the Laws of Armed Conflict (LOAC) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). These… …
- This module has primarily been developed to further enhance the skills of the learners to take part in, for example, cyber competitions and challenges including the Cyber 9/12 College and Universities competition. Participants… …
- Week 2: Beyond the Middle East: The International Relations’ impacts of cyber incidents Students will examine the international impacts and consequences of major cyber incidents, using Stuxnet as an example. The objectives are to … …
- Students will examine the technical aspects of a major cyber security incident with international consequences. Stuxnet is the example being analysed. The objectives are to a) to learn about the technical elements of Stuxnet; b)… …
- These resources have been created in collaboration with teachers from Barrhead High School and Bearsden Academy. They are designed to be easy to use, with clear definitions and concise language. The lessons are designed to… …
- This page contains links to articles and papers exploring the risks of 'screentime' and social media and the lack of data and evidence supporting its purported impact on mental health, particularly children and young people:… …
- The University of Glasgow have undertaken this systematic review of literature on the subject of cyber resilience on behalf of Education Scotland. A systematic review of digital risk and mitigations in children aged 8 to… …
- go to cyber resilience toolkit home Cyberbullying is a potential harm to children and young people online. It is classified as a communication risk as it involved at least one other person interacting with… …
- go to cyber resilience toolkit home Inappropriate content is a potential harm to children and young people online. It is classified as a consumption risk as it involves the user viewing, listening to, reading… …
- go to cyber resilience toolkit home Unwanted contact is a potential harm to children and young people online. It is classified as a communication risk as it involved at least one other person interacting… …
- go to cyber resilience toolkit home Self-generated media is a potential harm to children and young people online. It is classified as a creation risk as it involves the user creating images or videos… …
- Ada Computer Science: Time-saving Resources for Teachers in Scotland Ada Computer Science is a collaboration between the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the University of Cambridge. Their aim is to provide high-quality, free, resources for Computing… …
- go to cyber resilience toolkit home The main risk of gaming platforms is consuming and communicating and the potential harms are inappropriate content or cyberbullying. Games may be played on consoles, mobiles or PCs.… …
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