Just a reminder of our equity themed December SWAY Newsletter which showcases some of the amazing work going on across our Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative (FVWLRIC). You can see the work across our FVWLRIC workstreams, locally and nationally. This is #OurRIC so please get in touch if you would like more information, have any suggestions or if there is something you would like to share for upcoming February newsletter.
From time to time, and sometimes with little notice, situations arise which require learning and teaching to move from in-school settings to virtual or sometimes a hybrid of some pupils/staff in-school and some pupils/staff remote.
Education Scotland’s DigiLearnScot site has a range of resources online, created from webinars drawing on experiences from many educators around the country and elsewhere, which can provide advice, guidance and illustrations of how virtual, remote or hybrid might work in different situations
The following are selected from the wide range of support available on the DigitLearnScot site at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn
Making your virtual classroom more real – how we plan learning, teaching and assessment in a digital environment, regardless of the digital platform being used. A recorded webinar by George Milliken where he starts by asking the questions of himself as a teacher “Am I starting with experiences/outcomes, learning intentions and then success criteria?” “Which aspects will suit in-class delivery, which online?” “How does this link in with class learning?” “What happens when a learner is stuck? “How will support be provided for the parents/carers of the pupils supporting their children/young people?”
Whiteboards and Notebooks – illustration of virtual whiteboard/notebook tools within Glow which may be useful tools for learners to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding – making them effective assessment opportunities. The recorded webinars at this section of the DigiLearnScot site https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/2021/02/09/whiteboards-and-notebooks/ provide different videos to illustrate different tools within Glow (Microsoft OneNote, Google Jamboard, and Microsoft Whiteboard) showing use at different stages or curricular areas to suit different experiences and tools in use for different schools
What if you’re looking for the resources to support you if you are looking for support about a particular stage, or if your schools uses a specific digital platform? The DigiLearnScot Professional Learning landing page gives you a launchboard to whichever of these best suits you, whether hearing about the experience of your colleagues in other parts of the country, or all you might need about iPads in Education, Google Workspace for Education, or Microsoft Office 365, or anytime learning by a particular stage: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/professional-learning/
The DigiLearnScot site has a wide range of posts which serve to illustrate the digital learning journeys/experiences across the country of different education settings, large and small, all stages and ages, and across the curriculum.
If your school uses Google then there are specific resources to support using the tools available in that platform, and likewise if your school uses Microsoft then there is a range of support materials available to support that platform too.
To find what will best support you then click into the search box on the DigiLearnScot site and start with a search for the tool with which you and your learners are most familiar. The following link here will present a series of posts (illustrations of experiences from different educators from around the country as well as how-to video guides for the use of specific digital tools or platforms) which can be found by entering the search term “virtual” https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/?s=virtual
Tuesday 30 November | 4.30pm-5.30pm
With the festive season almost here, you might be looking for some new fun activities to engage your classes and get them into the Christmas spirit! In this session Screen Scotland’s Film Education Team, Scott Donaldson and Gail Robertson, will be joined by Jonathan Charles, animator and film education practitioner of D Fie Foe. Scott and Gail will outline some critical and cultural activities using the 3Cs for a short Christmassy film and Jonathan will demonstrate how to make a Christmas-themed animation.
This session is ideal for practitioners new to film education, but also for those with a bit more experience who are looking for some Christmas inspiration!
Sign up via CPD Manager, course ID: 76921
Contact Chiara Sportelli – Literacy Workstream
Join educators from across Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative for a wee blether about how Microsoft Teams has been used across the curriculum. Share what’s worked for you and your learnersAre you teaching using Microsoft Teams? Are you wondering how others are using the features of Microsoft Teams with their learners?
Then why not join in a chat with colleagues doing likewise from other schools in Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative (Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian) – share what’s worked for you and your learners, and hear from others.
Join educators from across FVWL RIC for a wee blether on how Microsoft Teams has been used across the curriculum. Share what’s worked for you and your learners. The conversations will be facilitated by Education Scotland and FVWL RIC digital officers. There are different sessions for educators to choose depending on whether your pupils are first level, second level, third level or fourth level, so you can join in whichever sessions suit you.
A Glow login is required to join these sessions. They will take place on Glow, in the FVWL Webinars Digital Learning and Teaching channel in Microsoft Teams. Just sign up at the link below for your choice of session, and joining details will also be sent to you to confirm your place:
First Level Teams Wee Blethers – Monday 9 November 4.30pm-5.30pm – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/126305125029
Second Level Teams Wee Blethers – Thursday 12 November 4.30pm-5.30pm – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/126314781913
Third Level Teams Wee Blethers – Monday 23 November 4.30pm-5.30pm – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/126315088831
Fourth Level Teams Wee Blethers – Thursday 26 November 4.30pm-5.30pm – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/126315475989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChsRrrT6KXw
This course would be suitable for Primary and Secondary practitioners who lead/support the digital journey across their school.
This progression of 4 sessions will build practitioner digital skills by:
improving own digital skills using online collaborative platforms as Professional Learning Communities
improving colleagues’ Digital Skills by looking at ways to involve staff in an online PLC, for a real life practical application
exploring how we can use the collaboration skills we’ve learned to enhance and support Learning and Teaching. What’s the potential impact for our learners?
exploring how Digital Solutions, including Glow, can help us engage and collaborate with parents/carers or the wider global community
It was the great automotive engineer Caractacus Potts who said, “Teamwork makes the dream work,” but in the 21st Century, what does teamwork even look like? How can we embed collaboration across the curriculum to support and enhance Learning and Teaching in our schools? Indeed, how do we prepare our learners for life, learning and work in an increasingly digital global community?
There is an expectation that participants will set goals for their own school and work towards them between sessions. Participants will also collaborate and support each other in meeting their goals.
Camelon Education Centre, 2-4pm, 10/10/19, 12/12/19, 30/01/20 and 19/03/20 – participants are expected to attend all 4 sessions.
Sign up details will follow in September.
