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!
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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.
Professional Learning Needs Consultation
Next session, the Digital Learning Team’s mission is to weave digital tools naturally through every area of the curriculum, making it an effortless and creative part of every school day.
To help your establishment, department or cluster achieve this, we are planning to introduce five key collegiate sessions, plus a bespoke session for our ELCCs. These 1.5 hour sessions are designed to be booked as part of your collegiate calendars, allowing for dedicated, collaborative time to support your digital goals. Our approach is device-agnostic, ensuring every establishment can participate and thrive, regardless of the technology you have in your classrooms.
While our collegiate sessions focus on team growth, we know that individual inspiration is just as important. That’s why these will be offered alongside our Spotlight Sessions, which will be run in collaboration with our Digital Partners. These are standalone opportunities where individuals can sign up to explore specific interests and develop their own unique professional learning journeys, which, in turn, can feed into your improvement journey.
We want to ensure our new Collegiate Sessions and Spotlight Sessions truly meet the needs of your staff and learners.
Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts on this new approach. Your feedback will directly shape our final catalogue for the upcoming session.
Let’s transform to innovate, together.
Out of the box iPad ideas
Following last week’s creativity RTC session, I thought it would be useful to share our Apple RTC out of the box ideas for using with your iPads.
There is lots of useful information available on our dedicated RTC site, so check it out here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/renfrewshirertc/
AI Tools in Glow
Ahead of our AI Tools showcase this week, I though it would be helpful to share again our AI Staff Toolkit for Gemini and Notebook LM. Here you will find the playlist to watch again all our sessions so far, alongside lots of guides and ideas of how you as an educator can make use of these fantastic tools to support learning and teaching. We regularly update our Staff Toolkits so make sure you check back regularly for more useful hints!
Read&Write for Chrome and Edge Browsers, March 2026
Our third Read&Write session with Emma was all about how to make the most of Read&Write using the browser. You can watch again here: https://youtu.be/PDp9YU31qqQ
Read&Write for iPads
Here is the branded video from this session, now available on our YouTube Channel. We hope you find it helpful.
AI Champion Educators – March 2026
Below is a recording of the 6th session of our AI Champion Educators with Martin Coutts and Susan Sey from Education Scotland. This looks at the latest Gemini and Notebook LM updates. Martin also shared a playlist of Google Gemini hints and tips.
We hope you are enjoying our Watch Again opportunities from this fantastic series!
Read&Write for Windows, with exam mode
Check out the latest Read&Write recording. This ones looks at using Read&Write on Windows and in exams. If you are having any issues with Read&Write, please log a call with ICT.
AI Supporting Advanced Poetry Pedagogy
Check out this Glow Connect post on how a High School in Falkirk is using Gemini and NotebookLM to support learning and teaching.
