Education Scotland launched their Learner Digital Skills toolkit [draft] last week. It aims to make clear the knowledge and skills learners need to be digitally literate in an easy-to-use format.
Check it out here: Learner Digital Skills toolkit
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Explain Everything App for your ActivPanel 9 #PrometheanWebinar
Webinar: Wed 20th March at 4pm
This webinar is specifically for teachers using our ActivPanel V9 as it focuses on the New Explain Everything Whiteboard app which is part of the latest ActivPanel 9 update.
In this free webinar Janice Prandstatter will explore how to create and deliver captivating lessons with one of the most intuitive, easy-to-use, and powerful whiteboard apps available – The Explain Everything Whiteboard.
Register today – https://bit.ly/3P0WRiH
BBC micro:bit playground survey @microbit_edu @bbceducation @bbcbitesize
Calling all teachers of 7 – 11 year olds! Have you heard about the partnership with micro:bit and BBC Teach? It is a great opportunity to get outdoors and explore the playground, with a view to gathering data that will be shared UK wide.
Use the link below to register and access teacher guides, resources, activities and much more. Go on, get out those micro:bits and have a go!
Glow Blogs – H5P Plugin #GlowBlogs
Did you know you can add the H5P plugin to your Glow Blog? Check out the blog post below for some great H5P examples.
Microsoft Reading Coach #TeamMIEEScotland
Thanks to the fabulous @miss_aird for sharing this quick guide to Microsoft Reading Coach. We will be sharing more soon!
Scottish AI in Education Week 25 – 29 March #ScotAI24
Check out all the information you need to get involved here!
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/events/event/scottish-ai-in-schools/
Google Slides #GoogleEDU
A huge thanks to Canopy for the fantastic PL sessions they ran for us from August to December. Here are some of their top tips and ideas for using Google Slides in your classroom. Look out for some more Google ideas coming soon!
If you would like to know more, please add comments to our blog.
Microbit Teacher Information Event (30 mins) 29th February 4-4:30pm
As part of the BBC micro:bit – the next gen campaign, UK primary school pupils can get involved in a large-scale playground survey during the summer term.
Your classes can use the BBC micro:bit to investigate the size, biodiversity, temperature and pupil activity levels in your school playground. The survey activities will introduce pupils to machine learning and working with digital data. Broadly suitable for BGE Level 2/3.
Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation for a walk through the exciting resources and support available to help your class become data scientists in their very own playground.
Education Scotland will be carrying out a live lesson to support this in the coming weeks Register via the link below BBC micro:bit Playground Survey Information Session for Teachers – DigiLearn (glowscotland.org.uk)
Renfrewshire CLPL
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Google Jamboard
Google Jamboard will no longer be available after December 31, 2024. Your Jam data will be available for you to export or migrate to one of Google’s whiteboard partners until that date.
Check out this Glow Connect post for some useful alternatives: Google Jamboard is winding down
