Category: Teacher Digital Literacy

skills and knowledge teachers require to enhance learning and teaching

cyberfirst courses for learners

This is Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety

This programme aims to support teachers develop their own knowledge and understanding of cyber resilience/internet safety and cyber security. It will explore the skills and knowledge children and young people need to participate effectively in a digital society.

Participants will reflect on the need for cyber resilience and how to teach it, develop a school curriculum for teaching cyber resilience/internet safety to learners of all ages and access resources and coaching to deliver your own cyber training in your setting. 

There will also be a session exploring cyber security and how to develop this as a curricular area in your school.

 

This CLPL will run before and after the Christmas holiday.

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Webinars

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planning and teaching cyber clpl Planning and Teaching Cyber (This is Cyber) - 30/08/23 and 17/01/24 This session is part of the This is Developing Your Digital Literacy Curriculum CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for being as safe and secure online as possible,… …
managing and supporting cyber issues clpl Managing and Supporting Cyber Issues (This is Cyber) - This session is part of the This is Cyber Resilience/Internet Safety CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for being as safe and secure online as possible, with skills for now and… …
developing your school's cyber policy clpl Develop and Deliver Your School’s Cyber Resilience/Internet Safety Message (This is Cyber) - 20/09/23 and 01/02/24 This session is part of the This is Developing Your Digital Literacy Curriculum CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for being as safe and secure online as possible,… …
cyber security in bge clpl Cyber Security in the BGE (This is Cyber) - This session is part of the This is Developing Your Digital Literacy Curriculum CLPL programme. Participants explore the digital skills and knowledge required for being as safe and secure online as possible, with skills for… …

This is Digital Leader (GTCS professional recognition)

This programme aims to provide teachers with the skills and knowledge they need in the role of Digital Leader. It will provide a series of online training events to support teachers reflect on their practice, critically engage with national and local policy and developing school curriculum, staff skills and school improvement measures.

Applicants must be digitally literate with appropriate certifications, such as Microsoft, Google or Apple educator awards. They must also have the support and permission of their head teacher in order to guarantee the time to develop and implement changes to curriculum, teacher skills and school improvement measures.

This CLPL will run from September 2023 to May 2024.

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Essential Teacher Digital Skills

This section outlines the essential digital skills required by teachers in Scotland. These skills are in line with the UK Essential Digital Skills Framework and also meet the SQA Digital Literacy Level 3 award, ensuring teachers can support learners to this minimum standard for leaving school.

There are short, step-by-step tutorials in PowerPoint, Slides and video playlists. This content can be used independently by teachers or to deliver training to colleagues.

Teachers using alternative platforms, should seek support from their school or local authority digital lead.

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Use your device effectively and independently

Log in to Glow

These short videos explain how to open your browser, log in to Glow and use the launchpad.

Web search: basic search and validate search results

This video explains some of the essential skills for effective web searches – find out more on our information literacy page with this link:
go to information literacy page

 

 

Accessibility: use settings menus to change device display to make content easier to read

Accessibility features can make your devices and platforms easier to use but will vary depending on the device and platform but also your school or local authority settings. Start finding out what’s possible on these platforms:

This video playlist ahs some hints and tips to get you started:

Connect to WiFi network

Instructions on how to access Wi-Fi controls on a range of platforms:


iPad – coming soon

Chromebook – coming soon

Communicate wtih colleagues

Teams

Find out more about Teams and how to communicate with colleagues using it:

Email

Outlook content to come

OneDrive

Drive

Communicate with learners on Teams

Teams: create and manage classes

Teams: share and distribute resources for learners

Office 365: create documents in Word and PowerPoint

 

Communicate with learners on Classroom

Classroom: create and manage classes

Classroom: share and distribute resources to learners

Google Workspace: create documents in Docs and Slides

Digital Teacher Toolkit CLPL

Teacher Toolkit: a beginner’s guide to essential digital skills for teaching (teacher digital literacy professional learning programme)

The Teacher Toolkit programme aims to provide practical training in using the most essential skills and knowledge required to use Microsoft365 or Google Workspace in Glow. 
The skills and knowledge are based on the Scottish Teacher Digital Literacy Framework but reduced to just five skills, ensuring that it is manageable and achievable for busy teachers who need time and space to practice using them.

Sign up using this Eventbrite link: Eventbrite signup

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This programme is split into two sessions, offering practical hands-on guidance in using Microsoft365 or Google Workspace in Glow and covers these skills:

  • create, store and share resources using the cloud​
  • ​communicate with peers​
  • create and manage classes within a digital ​learning environment​
  • share and distribute resources to learners​
  • accessibility tools

Attendees are REQUIRED to be able to join in with the tutorial activities using their Glow account.

This YouTube playlist contains short how-to videos for each of the skills on this list:

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10 May 16:00, This is iPad: Accessibility Features

Accessibility

Having an accessibility need can be a daunting prospect for learners. Having an Additional Support Need that isn’t visible c`an impact pupil confidence and ability to take part in classroom activities. Accessiblity features on iPadOS can benefit all learners. Especially those with SEN/ASN.

  • What are some of the built in features that can support learner needs?
  • What are some of the ways these features can be used to enhance learning & teaching?
  • How can these be used?

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https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9a2465f9/ipados

Find more information about Apple Regional Training Centres here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/professional-learning/platforms/apple-rtc/

24 April 16:00, Level up teaching & learning w/iPad

Level up your teaching & learning with out of the box iPad features

In this session we will look at ways in which we can use hilt in features of iPad and iPadOS to have an impact on teaching & learning practice.

Find more information about Apple Regional Training Centres here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/professional-learning/platforms/apple-rtc/

Join the session using this link

27 March 16:00 – 15:00, This Is Data Session 3

This Is Data

You may have seen spreadsheet dashboards that react to use interactions, automatically filtering and updating charts and tables. Ever wondered how to do it? This short course will support you to develop you skills to store and process data using tools you already use.

These sessions will show you how to use tables, slicers, pivot tables and charts to bring your data to life. You will be able to use these skills to look at your own data and / or share these skills with pupils as part of their learning.

  • Sample data files will be provided.
  • Basic knowledge of excel will be useful.
  • This set of sessions will make use of Microsoft Excel.

Sign up here for some or all of the sessions below

Session 1 – Monday 13th March 4pm

Preparing data for analysis  – the importance of structuring data in tables, using slicers to filter data, conditional formatting, data validation, custom views and useful formulae

Session 2 – Monday 20th March 4pm

Creating Visual Interactive Dashboards – using your data to create pivot tables and visualisations then bring them together into a single user dashboard

Session 3 – Monday 27th March 4pm

Linking Data – how to link tables and visualise results that draw from more than one data source.

20 March 16:00 – 17:00, This Is Data Session 2

This Is Data

You may have seen spreadsheet dashboards that react to use interactions, automatically filtering and updating charts and tables. Ever wondered how to do it? This short course will support you to develop you skills to store and process data using tools you already use.

These sessions will show you how to use tables, slicers, pivot tables and charts to bring your data to life. You will be able to use these skills to look at your own data and / or share these skills with pupils as part of their learning.

  • Sample data files will be provided.
  • Basic knowledge of excel will be useful.
  • This set of sessions will make use of Microsoft Excel.

Sign up here for some or all of the sessions below

Session 1 – Monday 13th March 4pm

Preparing data for analysis  – the importance of structuring data in tables, using slicers to filter data, conditional formatting, data validation, custom views and useful formulae

Session 2 – Monday 20th March 4pm

Creating Visual Interactive Dashboards – using your data to create pivot tables and visualisations then bring them together into a single user dashboard

Session 3 – Monday 27th March 4pm

Linking Data – how to link tables and visualise results that draw from more than one data source.

microsoft teacher toolkit

Microsoft Teacher Toolkit – introduction to Microsoft OneDrive and Teams in Glow

Learn the essential skills and knowledge to use Microsoft OneDrive and Teams. These step-by-step training courses are aimed at teachers who are new or lack confidence in using Microsoft 365 in Glow.

The skills and knowledge are based on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills.

Sign up using the events links below:
COMING SOON

 

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Attendees are REQUIRED to be able to join in with the tutorial activities using their Glow account.

This session will explain how to:

  • login to Glow and find Teams and OneDrive apps
  • use OneDrive to create, store and share files
  • create and join classes on Teams

View the step-by-step video tutorials for each skill on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills page

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microsoft teacher toolkit

Microsoft Teacher Toolkit – introduction to Microsoft OneDrive and Teams in Glow

Learn the essential skills and knowledge to use Microsoft OneDrive and Teams. These step-by-step training courses are aimed at teachers who are new or lack confidence in using Microsoft 365 in Glow.

The skills and knowledge are based on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills.

Sign up using the events links below:
COMING SOON

 

back to Teacher Digital Skills

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Attendees are REQUIRED to be able to join in with the tutorial activities using their Glow account.

This session will explain how to:

  • login to Glow and find Teams and OneDrive apps
  • use OneDrive to create, store and share files
  • create and join classes on Teams

View the step-by-step video tutorials for each skill on the Essential Teacher Digital Skills page

Book CLPL webinars

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