We had our second AI Champion Educators session just before the October break. You can view the recording here:
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Termly Update
As part of our work on Transform to Innovate Renfrewshire, we will be providing termly update to keep you informed. Have a look at the ThingLink below and find out what has been happening!
Welcome Back!
We hope you had a restful October break!
Want to try something new this term? Heard lots about AI but don’t know where to start? Check out this guide from Education Scotland which will help you get started.
And if you want to follow along and learn about some of the tools available in Glow, you can watch our AI Educators series here! Or sign up via CPD Manager for our Using Glow tools for Teaching and Learning, Course ID: 92775
Happy October Break!
Have a great October week and remember, if you want to catch up with all things DigiLearnRen, check out our BlueSky feed here: 
https://bsky.app/profile/digilearnren.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/digilearnren.bsky.socialDigital Strategy Working Party
Want to know what our Digital Strategy Working Party have been doing? Check out this video of all the things they are working on!
Professional Learning Term 2
Click on the image below to see all the upcoming Professional Learning in Term 2!
AI Champion Educators
Didn’t sign up for our AI Educator Champions series? Don’t worry. Here’s a recording of the first session.
This is the feedback for the first two sessions as well – overwhelmingly positive 😊
Watch out for the session 2 recording coming soon!
GTCS Guidance
This is a useful reminder around the GTCS guidance on engaging online, with information on professional responsibilities.
Renfrewshire Social Media Guidance
In advance of our Professional Learning session on Social Media tonight, I thought it would be useful to share again the guidance given to us by Renfrewshire’s Comms Team.
Apps Process
We are always being asked how to get an app approved. This can be a piece of software, a browser based app or an app on the iPad. The process is the same for all and just as we have to follow an acceptable use policy for using a Council device, we have to undertake due diligence for any app that we are using either on a school device or with learners. This will ensure that we are GDPR and DP compliant, cyber have carried out the relevant checks to ensure no network compromises and legal agree the level of risk in using the app. As you can imagine, this can be a time-consuming process but it is essential that we do this to ensure that we are compliant. We are in the early stages of refining this process, but thought it would be helpful to remind you of the current procedure which can be found here:
