{"id":14941,"date":"2023-06-09T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T09:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=14941"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:47:03","slug":"showbie-groups-as-a-digital-floor-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-groups-as-a-digital-floor-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Showbie – Groups as a Digital Floor Book"},"content":{"rendered":"
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STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION<\/a>\u00a0– Strategic implementation to ensure success<\/p>\n

GROUPS\/COMMUNITIES – Family Partnerships<\/a>\u00a0– Using Showbie \u2018Groups\/communities\u2019 to support Family Partnerships<\/p>\n

GROUPS\/COMMUNITIES – Digital Floor Book<\/a> – Using Showbie ‘Groups\/\/communities’ to support use of Floor books<\/p>\n

CLASSES – Learning Journeys<\/a> – Using Showbie \u2018Classes\u2019 as a digital learning journey<\/p>\n

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS<\/a>– step by step solutions\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Join our demonstration Group\/community to learn how to use annotation tools to capture children’s voice using code ECGJZ6. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can join a group\/community within your Showbie app\/browser by going to the Groups\/communities tab at the top left and then tapping the \uf067<\/span> icon and going to \u2018Join a Group\/community\u2019.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within most photographs in this floor book group\/community, you will find embedded comments and recordings, as well as evidence that children have engaged with the photos using the annotation tools, so ensure you tap the photos to explore the full depth of the documentation process.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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– Groups to create a digital Floor Book<\/h1>\n

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What is it?<\/h5>\n

\u201cEvery day, children and adults learn from and with others, encountering new perspectives, strategies, and ways of thinking.\u00a0 Together, groups can achieve greater perspective and understanding than any individual can alone, but we need tools for sharing thinking and making learning visible<\/a> to others.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2022)<\/p>\n

Showbie provides a wealth of different tools to document children\u2019s progression of learning efficiently.\u00a0 Using a variety of evidence, such as photos, video and audio recordings allows practitioners to capture the process of learning while sustaining quality interactions.\u00a0 The process of documentation becomes a meaningful part of the learning experience, taking place in real time as well as providing an accessible platform for children to revisit and consolidate previous learning in an engaging way.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cParents, carers and families are by far the\u00a0most important\u00a0influences in a child\u2019s life.\u00a0 Their support can play a vital role\u00a0at all stages of education\u2026\u00a0\u00a0Parents who take on a\u00a0supportive role in their children\u2019s learning make a difference\u00a0in improving achievement and behaviour.\u00a0 The\u00a0active\u00a0involvement\u00a0of parents can help promote a learning\u00a0community in which children and young people can engage\u00a0positively with practitioners and their peers<\/em>.\u200b\u201d<\/p>\n

(Parental engagement and family learning,\u00a0Education Scotland, 2021)<\/p>\n

Parents have the right to be informed about their children\u2019s learning and it has been shown that those who are actively involved in the process, make a significant difference in achievement and attitude towards learning.\u00a0 Showbie can be used to share children\u2019s learning with parents and families real time, allowing them to be active supporters of the learning process, when it is most meaningful to the child.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Realising the Ambition (p.84), emphasises the importance of \u201cseeing families as partners in constructing an understanding of the whole child\u2026.supporting families to develop confidence in their role as the child\u2019s first and most important educator<\/em>,\u201d<\/p>\n

Key messages<\/h5>\n