By attending The Bongles and The Crafty Crows educator webinar (60 minutes, multiple dates) or by participating in the 2-part Cyber Resilience Internet Safety early level support webinars (120 minutes) you will be eligible* to request a ‘exploring cyber security play pack’, for the early level learners in your care. You will be invited to …
Teach the Teacher training – Scratch coding by JP Morgan
What is Teach the Teacher? Teach the Teacher is part of the pro bono STEM program offered by JP Morgan. This runs alongside other initiatives to train primary school children to do basic coding in a ‘language’ called Scratch. What is the learning intention of Teach the Teacher? To upscale primary school teachers …
Younger Children’s Screen Time.
Sharing our reading with you… We recently shared a variety of recommend reading links around screen time. In this post we share some more, but this time, the research and articles focus on younger children’s screen time, some including babies. Special thanks to our National Early Language and Communication Team colleagues for sharing many of …
The BIG BIG Computing Quiz – Download
We a had a great turn out for the BIG BIG COMPUTING QUIZ on Monday 4th November to kick off Computing Science Week 2024! Over 1300 learners from schools across Scotland took part. Like any good quiz, learners had to rely on their skills, knowledge and experience as well as a good dose of luck …
Scotlands Digital Science Festival 1st to 8th November – Powered by Techfest
As part of Scotland’s Digital Science Festival, powered by TechFest, a number of online sessions are taking place that your Secondary School students won’t want to miss! These dynamic events are packed with fascinating content and practical insights that are sure to inspire and engage your pupils! Friday 1st November, 18:30 via zoom: An Eye …
#CSW24 – Computing Science Week Scotland 2024
Computing Science Week 2024 will run from November 4th to 15th 2024. Both weeks will comprise of Live Lessons, Success Sharing Sessions, Educator Webinars, and a face to face event in between to bring educators together and share good practice. Week 1 has a mainly low code theme, with a few exceptions. It showcases the …
Recommended reading: Tackling Digital Exclusion – Audit Scotland
This blog post is a summary of key points in Audit Scotland’s report that might be useful for educational settings, such as schools, nurseries and local authorities to consider. Read the full report with this link Tackling digital exclusion (audit.scot). “Digital exclusion is strongly associated with poverty and people with certain protected characteristics.” Anyone working …
Computing Science in Scotland – Update
Over the next few months, we will be hosting a number of events to support Computing Science education in Scotland. These events include Computing Science Week(s) In Person Computing Science Conferences Pilot Review of Computing Science education as part of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle Chat CST – A virtual sharing practice event for Computing Science …
TechTok 2024: Video Recap
Below is a playlist of the sessions that were delivered by practitioners during TechTok24. Each video is linked below. Thanks to Russell White from Moray House for organising and hosting this successful virtual conference.
The BBC micro:bit playground survey results are here!
The BBC micro:bit playground survey results are here! Primary school teachers and pupils across the UK have been taking part in the BBC micro:bit playground survey. An exciting investigation to help children aged 7-11 get to grips with data science and digital skills in a way that relates to their everyday lives. Students have measured …
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