Everyone Can Create

The Everyone Can Create resources make it quick and easy for teachers to bring creativity into any lesson and foster creative expression in every pupil. The Apple Education Community has several examples and stories of success that you can view, download templates, and see the ways in which you can introduce these concepts into your …

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Digital Literacy Series

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 and examples for teaching them …

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#CSScotland23 ReLoaded! Explore the Resources

Computing Science Scotland 2023 Many thanks to the learners, educators and presenters that made #CSScotland23 a success! Between 6th-10th November 2023, 9658 learners from 384 schools from 29 local authorities took part in our live create-along lessons, exploring different aspects of Computing Science.  This page will host the resources and materials used in the lessons …

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Locked in the DATA base: A data science escape room – Follow Up #CSSscotland23

Recap Huge thanks to Data Education in Schools for running this session! Agents K (Kate Farrell) and J (Jasmeen Kanwall) guided recruits through a series of taxing problems during this escape room event.  Brief: You were working late on paperwork from your recent DATA mission and you’ve realised that you’ve been locked in the base. …

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Build an AI Smart Classroom Workshop – Follow Up #CSScotland23

Recap on session and resources During this session, Brian explored machine learning using the website machinelearningforkids.co.uk. Learners were guided through one activity where learners trained a machine learning model to recognise different ways someone might ask for a light to be switched on/off or a fan to be switched on/off, tested this model and used …

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Microbit Hot Potato Game Workshop – Follow Up #CSScotland23

Recap Lorna Gibson from the Micro:Bit Education Foundation guided learners through a coding activity to turn you micro:bit into a (virtual!) hot potato!  This particular activity looks at using loops and variables to create a timer.  The recording of this session didn’t work very well, so here is an alternative instructional tutorial from Micro:bit. Next …

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Makecode Arcade Workshop – Follow Up #CSScotland23

Callum Croughan, Mary Frances Stewart, Zoe Shanks and Alistair Mackay –  Digital School Digital Pedagogy Practitioners guided learners through building a maze game using Makecode Arcade  Learners explored aspects of computing science such as variables, algorithms, parallel programming and loops. Resources  Learners should have access a device that can access Microsoft MakeCode Arcade 30 minute tutorial …

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