Early Learning and Childcare
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The Early Learning and Childcare Hub is a virtual learning environment for early learning and childcare practitioners where you can share information and work with colleagues from your local authority or across Scotland.
There is access to support materials and up to date information on policy and practice in the early years.
Early Learning and Childcare Posts
These introductory webinars focused on how ELC practitioners can make the best use of digital tools that are available to use via Glow to support… Read more
This webinar will take place within Microsoft Teams within Glow. A Glow login is required to join the webinar. This webinar will focus on… Read more
This webinar will take place within Google Meet. A GMail login is required to join the webinar. This webinar will focus on how we… Read more
Kay Harvey, Heriot Primary School, Renfrewshire (@HeriotPrimary) Whenever I plan a lesson, I refer to the Digital Learner poster to ensure that I am incorporating… Read more
This introductory webinar was delivered to raise and support practitioner awareness of a range of digital tools that exist to support learners to document their… Read more
This webinar was delivered to raise and support practitioner awareness of the National advice, guidance and where to access a wealth of free learning and… Read more
Find out how you can embed creativity and digital tools into your everyday lessons through this online webinar. Creativity can be thought of as the… Read more
Interactive overview of RM Unify and Office 365 Introductory interactive overview of RM Unify and Office 365 – Adding tiles and customising your Glow Launchpad… Read more
Our Lockdown Journey as ESO for Digital Learning By Meg Brough and Dave Keenan In January 2020 we gained the title ‘Education Support Officers for… Read more
Afternoon Webinar – Thursday 29th October 2020 4-5pm A Gmail login is required to join this webinar. This session will focus on how ELC practitioners… Read more
Morning webinar – Wednesday 28th October 2020 10 -11am A Gmail login is required to join this webinar. This session will focus on how ELC… Read more
Afternoon Webinar – Wednesday 7th October 2020 4-5pm Gmail login required. In this introductory session, you will find out about a range of digital tools… Read more
Morning Webinar – Wednesday 7th October 2020 10-11am Gmail login required. In this introductory session, you will find out about a range of digital tools… Read more
Afternoon Webinar -Thursday 1 Oct 2020 4-5pm Gmail login required. Gain an understanding of the National advice, guidance and where to access a wealth of… Read more
AM Webinar -Thursday 1 Oct 2020 10-11am Gmail login required. Gain an understanding of the National advice, guidance and where to access a wealth of… Read more
This unique period in our history needed to be captured. It was one moment in time that, we will not experience again in our lifetime,… Read more
According to the New York Times (Nicas and Collins, 2019), there are now over 2 million apps available on the Apple App Store, anything you… Read more
“Today’s young people should be taught using video games because they have ‘much lower attention spans’ than in the past” Headline quote from Mohit Midha,… Read more
The role of the teacher is forever evolving. We work in a complex and dynamic society, and this unexpected pandemic shone the spotlight on the… Read more
How digital technology enhances the engagement of learning across the primary stages? – A Professional Enquiry Daniella Mancini (@missmancini27) I set out to investigate the… Read more
I have always viewed Dalintober PS & ELC as a ‘community’ school, in its truest sense. Our commitment to ensuring that we actively communicate with… Read more
When the prospect of a lockdown became apparent I, as an RCT teacher for the whole school, began to panic. My main concern was how… Read more
Bathgate Early Years Centre, West Lothian, has always demonstrated a strong supportive ethos for our families, young children and staff. We have aimed to continue… Read more
At Frances Wright Nursery we have used our nursery Twitter page to engage, not just with the parents, but also with the… Read more
by Cathy Mackenzie, Acting Depute Head Teacher and P6/7 Class Teacher This video demonstrates Troqueer Primary School’s approach to using Microsoft Teams to support learning… Read more
The iPad is a popular, cool portable tablet which is commonly used to watch videos, play games and for social media. In recent days, the… Read more
Our ELC blog was set up to support and maintain relationships with our children and families while spending time at home. It is vibrant and updated daily to provide… Read more
Glasgow Education Services CREATE was set up in 2016 to raise the profile of expressive arts and creativity as a means to raise attainment and… Read more
The Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts from across Scotland have shared examples of how they are using Office365 within Glow in their settings. These examples come… Read more
Thursday 4th June 2020, 2pm Showcasing Barefoot Computing plugged and unplugged activities which can be used at home or in school to develop computational thinking.… Read more
Tuesday 9th June 2020, 2pm Showcasing the range of tool within iMovie and its potential use in all areas of the curriculum. This session will… Read more
Wednesday 3rd June 2020, 2pm Showcasing the range of tools within the free version of BookCreator and its potential use in all areas of the… Read more
Early Level Digital Learners at Bathgate Early Years Centre, West Lothian sharing on using the internet at nursery and what this means to them. Read more
Staff at Bathgate Early Years Centre, West Lothian sharing on having a positive attitude towards digital CLPL and how the creation of a digital strategy… Read more
