It’s well known that Computing Science has much to do in way of gender balance. According to a report published by the BCS (2020), just 12% of pupils taking National 5 Computing Science in Scotland in 2020 were female. This figure falls to 7% for female pupils taking Computing Science at Higher, and just 2% …
Are you interested in developing your skills in technologies and digital literacy? Would you like to collaborative with fellow educators and digital experts? Join our pilot project September 2022 – March 2023! NatureScot are looking for educators to help create and pilot a Scottish version of the UK Government Initiative the National Education Nature Park. …
This webinar will provide first access to the brand-new Digital Literacy Planning Support document (currently for first and second level) from Education Scotland. This document is designed to support educators plan, resource and assess digital literacy in a range of contexts with distinct themes, example activities and skills and knowledge identified for each distinct context …
In this lesson from DigiLearn learners will go through a step-by-step tutorial to create an animation using the Keynote app on iPad. Animating ideas is an excellent way for pupils to visualise and share their knowledge. From animations describing the journey of Jacobite soldiers, to story boarding ideas for a creative writing project. Using out …
Learners will explore how their devices store data, how they connect to the internet, and how to keep them more secure Learners will: identify the things (data) that they value on their device, and why it is valuable explore how to keep their device and data more secure, including passwords and other security features …
Join the DigiLearn team for a live lesson exploring the impact of apps on our lives and lead learners through the steps to create their very own app designs. Designing apps is a great way to work together and solve challenges that exist in the community. This virtual app prototyping activity will give aspiring coders …
This live lesson will give your learners an opportunity to explore film and screen images as texts. They will explore strategies to make predictions about a film, then use still images from the film to learn about sequencing a screen narrative, leading to the first steps to creating their own short film. The text we’ll be exploring is ‘Mobile’ on Screening Shorts (GLOW LOGIN REQUIRED). In this …
Everyone Can Create In this session we will look at ways in which we can use the iPad as a digital pencilcase, develop the freedom of creativity and expression and pupils, sharing knowledge in ways that are relevant and engaging How can pupils use creativity to explore their learning? What are some of the resources …
Explore the built in Accessibility features of iPadOS and how these can be used to support learning & teaching for all learners About this event Accessibility Having an accessibility need can be a daunting prospect for learners. Having an Additional Support Need that isn’t visible c`an impact pupil confidence and ability to take part in …
CALL Scotland help children and young people across Scotland to overcome disability and barriers to learning using Assistive Technology. Their small team of teachers, Speech and Language Therapists, Assistive Technologists and support staff are based at the University of Edinburgh. We have Service Level Agreements with 18 out of 32 Local Authorities and travel all …
You must be logged in to post a comment.