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.
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)
Check out our latest digital professional learning opportunities.
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
Check out what is happening for Cyber Scotland Week by clicking the link below!
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/events/event/cyber-scotland-week/
From 26th February 2024, the Glow Team are enabling New Teams as the default within Glow. This is to allow users to continue to familiarise themselves with the New Teams interface in advance of the retiral of Classic Teams at the end of March 2024.
Please note users will still have the option to revert back to Classic Teams between 26th February 2024 and end of March 2024. Post March 2024, Classic Teams will no longer be available and all users will be utilising New Teams.
Check out this video guide on how to use.
Following on from Safer Internet Day on 6 February, we thought it would be useful to share this new magazine for kids from Google and Highlights to help them feel safe and confident navigating the digital world. You can check it out here.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen with the launch of a fully-funded professional development opportunity by Google for Education (delivered by our partner Canopy), especially for educators in Scotland.
To register, follow this link for our upcoming bootcamp later this month, and please keep an eye out for subsequent bootcamp information.
This is a chance to become a Google Certified Educator (Level 1 and/or Level 2) and a digital leader at your school.
Why become a Google Certified Educator?
How will the training be organised?
A weekly 1-hour live training webinar for 3 weeks. The training package will be hosted remotely. You will receive access to high-quality training resources and support to help you get the most out of the course.
| Level 1 | Cohort 1 |
| Week 1: Key Essentials in Google Workspace for Education
(Docs, Drive, Slides, Sheets) |
Friday 23rd February 11am-12pm |
| Week 2: Communication & Collaboration
(Meet, Classroom, Gmail, Groups, Calendar, Forms) |
Friday 1st March 11am-12pm |
| Week 3: Creativity & Engagement
(Sites, Chrome, Youtube, Drawings, Keep) |
Friday 8th March 11am-12pm |
Safer Internet Day 2024 will take place on the 6th of February.
Each year Safer Internet Day covers an online issue or theme that speaks to the things young people are seeing and experiencing online. Created in consultation with young people across the UK, this year Safer Internet Day will be focusing on change online, this includes covering:
To help schools, youth groups, police services, libraries and others, the UK Safer Internet Centre has created education resources which are free to download. The resources are tailored for 3-18 year olds and are designed to support educators in delivering messages about the campaign theme of change online.
The resources can be accessed here.
Additional resources for learners can be found via Get Safe Online.
The Digital Learning Renfrewshire blog also contains a number of helpful resources. Just click on the CR-IS category on the right-hand side menu.
We are delighted to share our new Renfrewshire Apple Regional Training Centre website with you!
From today onwards, we will host all things Apple RTC-related over there. Come have a look!
