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Introduction to the Digital ELC Award for Scotland.  The Digital Early Learning and Childcare Digital Schools Award for Scotland is a national award 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… Read more

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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… Read more

Boy girl digital skills

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… Read more

cyber week 26th february, ai week 25th march, digital literacy week 13th may

We’ve got some exciting dates for your calendar this school session.  Join us for: Computing Science Week wb 06/11/23  Cyber Scotland Week wb 26/02/24 Scottish AI in Education Week wb 25/03/24 Scottish Digital Literacy Week 13/05/24 Each week will have teacher training and professional learning opportunities and live lessons for… Read more

Digital Literacy Series 2024

 DigiLearnScot home This section contains a series of three documents designed to support educators in delivering the Scottish Government Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy (2016). The three documents detail: the digital skills and knowledge that teachers require for their workplace the skills and knowledge that learners require, with contexts… 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 now open - 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…
Listen to digilearn chat podcast - 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…

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DSAS ELC logo - Introduction to the Digital ELC Award for Scotland.  The Digital Early Learning and Childcare Digital Schools Award for Scotland is a national award scheme to promote, recognise and encourage a whole setting approach to the…
- 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…
Apple Education Community Man and woman iPad - 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…
What Digital learning might look like - 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…
safe and secure - 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,…
Boy girl digital skills - 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…
learner digital literacy toolkit - 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.
teacher digital skills toolkit user story form milngavie primary - 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…
Falkirk RTC quizziz advert -  Register Here Join Falkirk RTC for an Exploring Learner Engagement Series of webinars. This hands on session will explore how gamification can enhance retrieval practice or engage learners with new content. Explore a demonstration of the…
Falkirk RTC curipod advert -  Register Here Join Falkirk RTC for an Exploring Learner Engagement Series of webinars. In this session, attendees will discover how simple it is to make interactive and engaging lessons with Curipod. Whether using existing resources or…
Falkirk RTC advert -  Register Here Join Falkirk RTC for an Exploring Learner Engagement Series of webinars. The first session will explore real time collaboration with Padlet, through a hands on look at new features which allow for fast and…
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Superhero, right hand side. App superhero text and Keynote text on left hand side - Level up your Keynote Superpowers App Superpowers is a series that will develop skills in the most commonly used apps on iPad. You may know the app, but you may not know the features. In this…
cyber week 26th february, ai week 25th march, digital literacy week 13th may - We've got some exciting dates for your calendar this school session.  Join us for: Computing Science Week wb 06/11/23  Cyber Scotland Week wb 26/02/24 Scottish AI in Education Week wb 25/03/24 Scottish Digital Literacy Week…
- Safer Internet Day 2024 took place on the 6th of February 2024, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’. Safer Internet Day is held…