{"id":13741,"date":"2021-09-08T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T09:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?page_id=13741"},"modified":"2025-06-03T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:25:43","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/new-home\/static-bottom-pages\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Education Scotland is keen to support as many children and young people participate in playing and making games as possible. We are excited to work with Into Film and West College Scotland to deliver ideas, resources and live lessons to help children and young people participate in the BAFTA Young… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Scottish Esports are the national body for gaming and esports in Scotland and are conducting a survey to assess the viability of a national esports competitions for Scotland’s schools and colleges. This initiative aims to provide a structured competitive framework that supports Curriculum for Excellence, develops learners’ meta-skills, enhances digital… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Information literacy is a key skill for people who are trying to navigate an increasingly complex information landscape. To help empower people to understand the tools and tactics that they can use to make sense of information online, Google is partnering with CILIP to launch the Super Searcher training programme… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Our Teacher Digital Skills Toolkit has been available for over a year now. It contains guidance on what skills and knowledge teachers in Scotland should have to meet the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) standard for registration, which requires teachers to be ‘digitally literate’. There is also short videos… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Ted Palenski from the University of Glasgow delivered this live lesson aimed at children and young people of all ages. Artificial intelligence has long been a component of search engines: how results are surfaced, ranked, and presented. This session breaks down how search engines work, and how they increasingly leverage… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> If you missed Computing Science Scotland Week, we have (most!) sessions available for you to view again!\u00a0 (Unfortunately the tech gremlins appeared in a few recordings!) These videos, and many others are available to watch… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"digital<\/a> -<\/span> Digital Xtra Fund launches eighth funding round to drive digital skills for young people across Scotland Digital Xtra Fund\u00a0has launched this year\u2019s Round VIII (2023\/24) Grant Awards, with the aim to help drive digital skills… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"Listen<\/a> -<\/span> DigiLearn.Chat A podcast from the digital learning & teaching team at Education Scotland. Throughout this series, team members will come together to talk about experiences, courses, resources and stories from our experiences of working with… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> This session's Cyber Scotland Week will take place 27th February - 5th March 2023.Let us know what you're up to on twitter @digilearnscot with #CSW2023 Education Scotland will be delivering and supporting live sessions all… …<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> Examples of learning from previous games live lessons back to Making Games A primary teacher from Rowantree Primary School in Dundee shared this with us: \"My class recently attended the above session and following on… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> Into Film support for BAFTA YGD back to Making Games We have partnered with Into Film again to support educators with YGD participation.\u00a0 Game Making Award Entrants must submit an original game created by themselves… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> More about the BAFTA Young Games Designer competition back to Making Games YGD is \u201ca chance for 10\u201318-year-olds to design, develop and present new game ideas\u201d.\u00a0 The competition is now open and the closing date… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"BAFTA<\/a> -<\/span> Education Scotland is keen to support as many children and young people participate in playing and making games as possible. We are excited to work with Into Film and West College Scotland to deliver ideas,… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"TEaching<\/a> -<\/span> Assessing your own practice\u00a0 It is important to not only develop effective information literacy skills but also to assess how these can impact our own everyday work. Understanding how information literacy development can bring positive… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"Evaluating<\/a> -<\/span> Evaluating information sources\u00a0 Here are a couple of ways children and young people can evaluate sources:\u00a0 Look for clues:\u00a0Author\u00a0(are they trustworthy?),\u00a0Date\u00a0(is the information still current?),\u00a0Purpose\u00a0(does the source inform, sell, persuade or entertain?)\u00a0 Strategy:\u00a0SIFT\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Stop,\u00a0Investigate source,\u00a0Find better… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"trusted<\/a> -<\/span> Trusted sources\u00a0 Children and young people should look for information that is reliable, accurate and credible. They should use sources that are transparent about their information, cite their evidence, and avoid bias or misinformation. This:\u00a0… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> Thank you to everyone who attended Computing Science week and made it a success again this year. Below is a playlist of some of the sessions we were fortunate to facilitate - a HUGE thank… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"building<\/a> -<\/span> My decision to engage with Scotland's Curriculum Improvement Cycle regarding digital literacy began primarily when I began to lead my school through the Digital Schools Award journey. This experience revealed the Dunning-Kruger effect in action… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"festival<\/a> -<\/span> We were lucky that a parent of a child in our class works with Digital School House and they let us know about the event. There were spaces available and the children were really enthusiastic… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> See below for a team competition that learners can participate in. \u00a0 ACE Cyber Security Competition (S3-S6) Competition Sign up window is now open! Register Here Teams can include up to four students, with mixed… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"scottish<\/a> -<\/span> Scottish Esports are the national body for gaming and esports in Scotland and are conducting a survey to assess the viability of a national esports competitions for Scotland's schools and colleges. This initiative aims to… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
-<\/span> Digital technology\u00a0 Digital technology is used to store, process and share computer data about almost all aspects of our lives and society. This is underpinned by computer technology, including hardware, software and networks. It is… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> Welcome to the Ada Scotland Festival 29 September \u2013 10 October 2025 The Ada Scotland Festival champions gender balance in tech and computing, providing inspiration for our young people and to build a stronger, fairer,… …<\/span><\/span><\/div>
\"CILIP<\/a> -<\/span> Information literacy is a key skill for people who are trying to navigate an increasingly complex information landscape. To help empower people to understand the tools and tactics that they can use to make sense… …<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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