Microsoft Whiteboard
This is a blog post about how you can use Microsoft Whiteboard with Teams. (https://whiteboard.microsoft.com/) This video shows some of you the choices that you currently have for using Microsoft Whiteboard. There are two options main options, firstly to share a Whiteboard from a Teams meeting and secondly to create a Whiteboard and then share … Continue reading Microsoft Whiteboard →
Flipgrid in the Remote P1 Classroom, Riverbank School, Aberdeen City
FLIPGRID IN THE REMOTE CLASSROOM Flipgrid, a video discussion platform, is used for different purposes in the remote classroom. Among them, to mention a few that we use in P1 at Riverbank school, are the following: ● As an engagement tool. In my P1 class in Aberdeen with 17 pupils, we have started using Flipgrid …
Removing Barriers to Learning Computing Science at Speyside School
As a teacher of Computer Science I’ve always looked for ways to remove barriers to learning and make the curriculum more accessible. One of the biggest hurdles to this has been the complex nature of managing the installation and use of IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) to teach computer programming. Without a burning passion for the …
P1 Transition Support, Strathburn School, Aberdeenshire
We have used a variety of technology to support Transition for our new Primary 1 pupils. See-Saw Screen Shot We obtained Seesaw consent using Microsoft Forms, set up a P1 Transition group using avatar names and invited all new parents to it. Through this group we have uploaded puppet pal videos which include …
Remote Learning, Strathburn School, Aberdeenshire
Literacy – reading I am currently supporting a probationer and we are continuing our observations and meetings As part of her GTC profile. She has been using seesaw to create a fantastic online learning platform for her class however as part of this is also using TEAMS to meet groups of her children …
Thoughts on the Additional Teaching Qualification in Computing, Jonathan Henderson and Emma Hedges
Jonathan Henderson, Lasswade Primary School, Midlothian, @MrHenderson321Emma Hedges, Victoria Primary School, Falkirk, @MissHedgesVPS We are delighted to be part of the first cohort of a new program of CLPL aimed at up-levelling primary teachers’ skills in delivering the Technologies curriculum. This online program leverages some of the UHI’s existing courses for cross-qualifying existing secondary teachers …
Distance Learning: Examples of Practice from Falkirk
Practitioners from across Falkirk have collated examples of how they are using digital tools for distance learning. The document contains examples from primary and secondary educators and the tools and strategies that they are using to engage learners. Victoria Primary School Westquarter Primary School Maddiston Primary School Drumbowie Primary School Carmuirs Primary School St Marys …
What distance learning looks like at St Mungos High School, Falkirk
St Mungo’s High School in Falkirk have produced a Sway illustrating what distance learning looks like in the school. “We have shifted the emphasis during this period to digital applications that can be accessed and engaged with easily using a smart phone or tablet. We have also moved more towards creating videos as a way …
Robotics- Learning New Digital Skills In Context
This year we received an Education Scotland CLPL grant to train staff in digital skills; for part of the project we have been learning computer science and technology to do with robotics. A grant from the DigitalXtra fund has also allowed us to purchase robotics equipment from early years up for the cluster, and has …
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