Have you recently had an AP10 Promethean panel fitted in your classroom? If yes, why not register for one of our online Promethean orientation session? Open the advert below and click on the link to register.
Promethean Drop-in
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Google Workspace Update
🌤Ready for the final lap? Grow your skills for the summer term
🚀 Let Google lead your next AI twilight with Gemini Academy Live
Why not let Luke Craig and friends from Google for Education lead one of your staff CPD sessions? We have monthly live 1-hour sessions that will introduce your staff to Google’s AI tools and provide time to gain Gemini Certified Educator statu For more information, click the link below
- Mon 20th April 15:30-16:30 (now viewable on demand)
- Wed 13th May 15:30-16:30
- Tue 9th Jun 16:00-17:00
- Mon 6th Jul 15:30-16:30
Register for Edu on Air Gemini Academy at
19th June 2026: Google Reference School Event
Google will be hosting a full day celebration event on 19th June in London to recognise all of the amazing work our Reference Schools are doing around the UK and Ireland. This is open exclusively to Reference School staff, and will be a chance to network with other Reference Institutions, share ideas and learn about some of the latest updates from Google for Education. Plus there will be awardsmore info to follow to reference schools over email.
And if you are not a Google Reference School yet, but would like to be, find out more about how to become a Google Reference institution here
DigiLearnRen Latest Round-up
Here is the round-up of all our posts throughout March and April. Please download and share with colleagues 😊
Teams Chat Hint!
I love a wee tip – do you? Check out this handy tip from Glow Connect when sending Teams chat!
Choose your ‘Enter’ key behaviour in Teams Chat Settings
Safer Schools Scotland Launch – 13 May!
Safer Schools is a multi-award-winning safeguarding ecosystem, created to educate, empower and protect your entire school community, in a digital World.
Available at no additional cost to school and Local Authority customers insured by Zurich Municipal, Safer Schools has been developed in partnership with online safety experts, INEQE Safeguarding Group.
Come along on 13 May and hear all about what Safer Schools Scotland has to offer your school and the benefits you can access when you sign up! You can sign up for this session via CPD Manager, Course ID: 94418.
Adobe Express Update
Here’s all the latest Adobe Express news!
Secondary teachers (& primary who want to go further), check out the new Secondary Computing E-book! The primary e-book is always here.
1. Live lessons (English & Cymraeg)
75 minutes long with a natural half time break if you need to leave early. Register for the recording if the dates or times don’t suit and to get pupil certificates. Ideal for ages 7-13.
· 30 April / 1 May – Space Day
· 13/14 May – School Year Transition
· 20/21 May – National Numeracy Day
All account registrations were reset at new year so you may need to register as if for the first time J
2. Express Training Sessions
· Mon 27 Apr – Adobe Express Beginner – Digital Creativity for Early Years Education
· Thur 30 Apr – Adobe Express Advanced – Video, Green Screen, and Audio
· Weds 6 May – Adobe Express Advanced – Infographics with Data & Animation for Student Voice
· Thur 7 May – Adobe Express Beginner – Animation, Video, and A.I.
· Mon 11 May – Adobe Express Beginner – Graphics, Webpage, and A.I.
· Tues 12 May – Adobe Express Advanced – Video, Green Screen, and Audio
· Tues 19 May – Adobe Express Beginner – Animation, Video, and A.I.
· Thur 21 May – Adobe Express Advanced – Infographics with Data & Animation for Student Voice
All account registrations were reset at new year so you may need to register as if for the first time J
4. Video Tutorials & lesson plans
· Drawing – A new video tutorial series of drawings by artist Sketchy Welsh has just started
· Subscribe to the Express tutorial channel to get all the latest videos & live lesson recordings
· Secondary Computing E-book (or primary extension activities) is now available for download
Glow Connect
Did you know that Glow Connect sends out a monthly newsletter which has all sorts of useful information about Glow? To sign up, all you need to do is click on the Scotland tile and scroll down to the Glow Newsletter tile. Click on this to take you to the sign up page and you will get all the information sent directly to you!
AI Champion Educators!
Our seventh AI Champion Educators session is next Wednesday. If you didn’t manage to join our professional learning series on using AI in Glow, we hope you have enjoyed catching up on demand on our YouTube Playlist.
Welcome back!
Welcome back – we hope you all had a restful Easter break! In case you missed our Term 3 update at the end of last term, we have shared it here again for your information. Enjoy!
Term 3 Update 25/26
It has been a full on term in our DigLearnRen community! Thank-you for all your support throughout the session so far.
In the final term we will be launching the new DigiLearnRen site and providing details of what is to come in the new session so watch this space for more information.
To end this term, we will share our Term 3 ThingLink Update which contains all the details of what has been happening this term. Please share with your colleagues.
