Category Archives: CLPL

Promethean Drop-in 11 February

Our next drop-in for Promethean is on 11 February from 2 pm in Room 5 at Abercorn Centre, West College Scotland. Do you have a new ActivPanel? Or have you had one for a while and are wondering what more it can do? Why not pop into one of our Promethean Drop-In sessions. These sessions will be informal, drop in, stay for as long as you want sessions where you can share experiences with others, revisit some of the panel and software functionality and gain further insight for use in the classroom with Janice Prandstatter from Promethean, Territory Manager for Scotland.

Safer Internet Day 10 February

There are lots of activities happening for Safer Internet Day 2026. Here are a couple of Education Scotland’s key activities:

  1. Digital Youth Work Conference: A day of insights, discussion and networking, with new resources, keynote speakers, workshops and plenty of interactivity. Key topics include Exploring AI, Developing ethical partnerships with the tech sector, Digital Youth Work Research Hub, and Supporting young people’s digital lives. The Conference is at Heart of Midlothian Football Club, Edinburgh. Book at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-youth-work-conference-edinburgh-2026-tickets-1975274568407.
  2. Sky Up Academy Studios Event for Schools: Sky Up Academy Studios in Livingston will host visiting schools in an immersive experience that supports online safety, digital wellbeing and responsible media creation.  Pupils will step into the role of content creators, producing news reports, films and creative media. The sessions are designed to prompt meaningful discussion and critical thinking around staying safe and respectful online, digital footprints, identifying misinformation and using technology positively to share stories and ideas.  This experiential model links learning directly to the ways students consume and create content, fostering safe, empathetic and responsible digital behaviour.  More information and booking at:  https://www.skyup.sky/academy-studios.

For more resources, see Safer Internet Day 2026 Education resources

 

Glow Updates

Unsure where to check when something in Glow appears to be not working? Education Scotland have a very useful page – the Service Status page – which alerts users to any issues affecting Glow Services, the Education Scotland websites and also Education Scotland managed SWAN circuits.

Staying up to date via the Service Status page may save you time if something isn’t working for you when trying to access any of these services. If the issue is not highlighted in this page then you know it is a local issue and can take appropriate action.

Use the link below to access it. You could bookmark this so you can access it quickly.

https://status.education.scot

Renfrewshire Apple Regional Training Centre

Did you know that we are a certified Apple Regional Training Centre (RTC)? We have regular RTC sessions to support you with all things iPad and have a dedicated website as well (see below)! Alongside this, we are building a staff toolkit for using iPads which you can access here. If there is anything in particular you would like to see or you have something useful that we can add, please use the feedback form to let us know,

Young Games Designer competition

 Making Games: BAFTA Young Games Designer competition 2026 – DigiLearn

I am delighted to be able to share Education Scotland’s schedule of learning to support educators with the aim of entering the BAFTA Young Games Designer (YGD) competition. Making Games: BAFTA Young Games Designer competition 2026

Once again, the amazing Into Film will support this by delivering:

Attendance at all 3 sessions would be preferred as the sessions are planned that educators will know about YGD and Games Lite, have the resources and the time to teach these lessons.
Spaces are limited to 30 classes.