Hands up – which Scottish primary school took on 300 schools from all over the UK and won hands down? Dunoon Primary School, who fought off the cream of game designers from Scotland, England and Wales to take home the Kodu Kup, Microsoft UK’s computer programming competition– taking the prize to Scotland for the first time. Dunoon Primary School’s Pro-Gamers team of three eleven- and twelve-year-olds – Olivia Robertson,
The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that you can code, customise and control to bring your digital ideas, games and apps to life. Measuring 4cm by 5cm, and designed to be fun and easy to use, users can create anything from games and animations to scrolling stories at school, at home and on the go – all you need is imagination and creativity. The BBC micro:bit is completely programmable.
A key message from the recent Attaining Creative Solutions event was that if we want to engage learners, close the attainment gap and help young people develop the skills they need in order to thrive in an unpredictable and fast changing world, we can’t afford not to be creative. This National Creative Learning Network event brought together senior education staff and practitioners from local authorities across Scotland with operational and
International Girls in ICT Day takes place on the fourth Thursday in April. This year, it will be celebrated on 24 April with the theme Expand horizons, Change attitudes. Lots of activity takes place across the world in the weeks around this day to promote the importance of attracting more girls and women into computing study and occupations. Spotlight on women in computing Ayrshire College is on a mission to
Calling teachers around the world! Download Global Treasure Apps for FREE for your students! Global Treasure Apps are fun, interactive and informative apps, shining a new light on the world around us. The app won an International Serious Play Award in LA in 2014 for “outstanding visitor engagement with a measurable learning opportunity”, making Global Treasure Apps leaders in the field of Game Based Learning on Location. Global Treasure Apps are launching
Scotland’s Environment Web wants to help people discover and understand more about the environment. We are looking for fresh new innovative ideas to make better use of available data, to collect new local environmental data that can help further our understanding, and encourage people to get interested and get involved in Scotland’s Environment – observing, monitoring, taking action, and educating. Scotland’s Environment Web is holding a Hackathon with prizes for
Computing At School Scotland have a course running soon for teachers who are absolute beginners at Computing and want more confidence and understanding. You can learn from our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SxjjU_-RM There is more information below and on http://www.cas.scot/unlock/ (as well as a link to an Eventbrite booking page)
Message from Kate Farrell the Co-Chair of Computing at Schools Scotland(CASS) I am delighted to announce the launch of our 2015 CS Education conference! This year we will be hosted by the School of Computing at the University of Dundee. The conference will be on Saturday 7th November 2015. After a ‘slimline’ conference last year we will be back to our multiple strands plus workshops model that has worked well in
The 50 places for the Social Studies Dgitial Learning Day in Stirling were snapped up in a day. But you can take part in the presentations and conversations by registering for the event on Glow TV. Saturday 21st March 10:00 – 12:15 Register here: http://bit.ly/digidayglowTV You can also share ideas on the Wiki for the event. Log on with your Glow details. https://digitalsocialstudies.wikis.glowscotland.org.uk/ A full programme for the day can
KoduKup About the Competition The Kodu Kup is open to anyone from a Scottish school aged between seven to fourteen years old. Children must be entered by their school teacher as a team of three, forming a mini “game studio”. What Should be Submitted? Teachers should enter their pupils’ games by sharing them from inside Kodu Game Lab, this automatically uploads them to www.kodugamelab.com. Once uploaded, e-mail david.renton@wcs.ac.uk
