Evaluating Use of Digital to Enhance Learning and Teaching (Features of Highly Effective Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Schools)

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This document aims to support educators in evaluating their use of digital to enhance learning and teaching. It takes features of How Good is Our School and exemplifies how digital can be used to enhance features of effective learning and teaching. This document is part of a series, view the other documents here: Digital Literacy …

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Online Resources from DigiLearnScot

With all of the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 in schools, we’ve pulled together a few resources to support teachers when learners or staff are absent due to self-isolation. These resources have been designed or curated to lend themselves to be undertaken with a degree of independence and not requiring a teacher to deliver ‘live’, although …

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CIDREE Yearbook 2021 – Digital Literacy: Curriculum Development and Implementation in European Countries

The latest CIDREE Yearbook was published towards the end of last year. Titled Digital Literacy: Curriculum Development and Implementation in European Countries, we contributed the Scottish chapter on how digital literacy has been embraced by education practitioners and learners across Early Learning and Childcare, primary and secondary schools (ages 3-18).  It details how adapting and diversifying …

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Make It Happen – supporting schools with digital learning

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What is Make it Happen? ‘Make It Happen’ is a charity who inspire young people in digital technology. Our aim is to encourage young people to go from passive consumers of technology to digital creators.    App-Design Competition Make It Happen offer App-design competitions for entire schools P1-7. Pupils are given the opportunity to consider …

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The Digital Wellbeing Award for Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety – Digital Schools Award

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The Digital Wellbeing Award for Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety is designed to provide education professionals with the resources and support required to help pupils safely navigate the digital world. Schools that successfully complete the programme receive a nationally recognised award by Education Scotland. Register your school    Find out more about: Digital Schools Award Digital …

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Microsoft Accessibility Tools Quick Guide Posters for Learners by Viewforth High School

At Viewforth High School, we are on a digital journey to ensure all learners and educators are able to benefit from digital technology to raise attainment and improve outcomes for all.   Most of our students are familiar with Microsoft Teams accessing via Glow and staff have been using it to set work and assignments during previous lockdowns and continue …

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