We made it! We hope you all have a well-earned rest over the summer break!
If you are looking for some educational things to do over the summer, check out our DigiLearnRen video playlists or catch up on our blog posts using the tags to help you find what you are looking for.
Enjoy the summer!
Calling all Primary staff who are interested in improving their Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety (CR-IS) skills! Why not book on to our next Get Safe Online Ambassador training. The training consists of 2 sessions – one during the school day and one after school. You can find all the details on CPD Manager. It is Course ID 82006.
Our Renfrewshire Digital Literacy Pathway should be sent out to schools in the next week or so. There’s still time to sign up for the courses via CPD Manager. Check out the dates below!
| Course ID | Date | Sector | Title |
| 79006 | 24/08/22 | Primary | Digital Literacy Pathway (Primary) – Early Level |
| 79007 | 31/08/22 | Primary | Digital Literacy Pathway (Primary) – First Level |
| 79009 | 07/09/22 | Primary | Digital Literacy Pathway (Primary) – Second Level |
Catherine Kennedy shared her school’s journey with Make it Happen! This links with the World of Work and is suitable for all ages. St John Bosco’s entries are currently being considered. They are waiting to hear who is the winner and their app will made and available to download in app stores!
Here’s some information from the charity:
‘Make It Happen’ is a charity who inspire young people in digital technology. We have a few different ways of doing this, but at primary level we run an app-design competition for entire schools P1-7. Pupils are given the opportunity to consider how apps could help them solve a problem or make their life easier. They then have the chance to design their own app idea using our paper based submission sheet. One winner from each school will have their app idea built by our team of amazing volunteers and published on the Make It Happen website for all to use.
In regards to the process of running the App-design competition – we visit each individual class (P1-7) to present the competition, hear the pupils ideas, answer any questions and get them generally excited about different app ideas and uses for technology. This normally takes around 20 minutes per class and then we leave the submission sheets with staff for pupils to complete at a convenient time.
Once the classes have completed their submissions we will collect the final entries, pick a winner and start building the winning app. When the app is built we will return to the school to announce the winner/runners up, give out some prizes, show the new app and recognise any inspiring ideas.
Make It Happen Club (SCIO)
Twitter: @makeith_app_en
Website: https://makeithappen.club/
On 30 September, we ran our second Microsoft Basics session. This time we were focussing on the basics of using Teams and making the most of the interface. Check it out here:
Find out more about this Computing Challenge which introduces computational thinking to students.
Are you looking for parents and pupils to use your blog for posting comments, questions and feedback? If so you can update the discussion settings on your blog.
Here’s a quick guide to get you started:
Dear all,
Just a reminder that glow allows you download Office 365 on 5 personal computers.
Here’s a post with some helpful information created by one of our Teachers, Mr Vannet.
Dear all,
A frequently asked questions page has been added and can be accessed here
Dear all,
A new document has been added which will guide you through how to add documents to your personal Glow One Drive (Sharepoint).
This guidance can be found here
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