{"id":9867,"date":"2021-10-06T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:15:44","slug":"showbie-in-early-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-in-early-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Showbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-section-full-width builder-text-columns-3 layout-3-9\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15496 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2023\/12\/19143259\/showbie3-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2023\/12\/19143259\/showbie3-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2023\/12\/19143259\/showbie3.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3><strong>Other pages:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-in-early-years-strategic-implementation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Strategic implementation to ensure success<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-in-early-years-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GROUPS<strong>\/COMMUNITIES<\/strong> &#8211; Family Partnerships<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Using Showbie \u2018Groups\/communities\u2019 to support Family Partnerships<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-groups-as-a-digital-floor-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GROUPS<strong>\/COMMUNITIES<\/strong> &#8211; Digital Floor Book<\/a> &#8211; Using Showbie &#8216;Groups\/communities\u2019&#8217; to support use of Floor books<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-in-early-years-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLASSES &#8211; Learning Journeys<\/a> &#8211; Using Showbie \u2018Classes\u2019 as a digital learning journey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS<\/a>&#8211; step by step solutions\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udca5 SBC TRAINING! \ud83d\udca5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) GROUPS\/COMMUNITIES &#8211; Family Partnerships<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ttfmake-embed-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Showbie Early Years Inspire Learning Training Session 1 - Family Partnerships *NEWGROUP CODE ED8F33*\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nSdRjIJjcs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2) CLASSES &#8211; Learning Journeys<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ttfmake-embed-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Showbie Early Years Inspire Learning Training Session 2 - Learning Journals *NEW GROUP CODE ED8F33*\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0YUtaURPbAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>3) Making Learning Visible<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ttfmake-embed-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Showbie Early Years Inspire Learning Training Session 3- Making Learning Visible *NEW CODE ED8F33*\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uz_-_P91d2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>4) *NEW for May 2023*- Showbie: Transition in Early Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ttfmake-embed-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Showbie: Transition in Early Years\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/giAKtAjoSWk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-17252\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2025\/11\/24141652\/Curriculum-icon-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2025\/11\/24141652\/Curriculum-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2025\/11\/24141652\/Curriculum-icon.png 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/digital-technology\/\">Digital Technology<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Showbie in Early Years<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>What is it?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Showbie is an electronic platform, originally designed for use in a classroom environment to support the sharing of learning tasks digitally.\u00a0 For children working at early level, we can use Showbie to document learning using individual digital learning journals or digital floor books.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Showbie also provides a platform to engage with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/family-partnerships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">families<\/a> through whole class announcements, newsletters and opportunities for parents to share in learning experiences taking place in the classroom.\u00a0 For parents of children working at early level, practitioners can share children\u2019s learning in real time, which builds parental confidence and deepens their involvement in their children\u2019s learning.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Showbie?<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c<em>Digital technologies provide opportunities for us to design a unique learning spaces for the children.\u00a0 In Early Learning &amp; Childcare settings (ELC) and early primary settings, sharing children\u2019s learning through blogs, e-portfolios and email are common place and can be very helpful for parents to see what their child can do in a real time experience.\u00a0 The caveat to this is that programmes which support this can at times, be too restrictive, in not allowing the unexpected or special moments that children experience to be recorded.\u00a0 We therefore also need to ensure that this special information is communicated swiftly through giving the child control of how to communicate his\/her achievement<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Realising the ambition, Education Scotland and Scottish Government, 2020, p. 79)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Showbie can support the following areas of practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/attachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Attachment<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Showbie provides a communication platform between home and the setting that can facilitate the sharing of experiences in real time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/childs-voice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Child\u2019s Voice<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; the children can take photos of their experiences, record their voice and share videos.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/childrens-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Children\u2019s Rights<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 taking a child-led approach to documenting learning and working closely with parents recognising and valuing their contribution.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/digital-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Digital Technology<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 supporting children to use Digital Technology as a tool to document learning (and others \u2013 see digital technology progression)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/emerging-literacy-and-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emerging Literacy &amp; English<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Children will develop their oral language and listening skills when posting on Showbie; playing back their voices and videos and listening for sounds; understanding that print conveys meaning; seeing words written and understanding what they mean; using the Showbie icon on the iPad to understand where this sign leads; using QR codes to access their own Showbie account.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/inclusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Inclusion<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; creating a group\/community for children whose parents are hearing impaired, for example, to allow them to have more written information when others can get it verbally.\u00a0 You can personalise a group\/community to have communication with individual parents.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/independence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Independence<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 children can become confident in documenting their learning when using Showbie, they will understand when to ask for help when needed, teach others and come up with innovative ideas around how to use it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/observations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Observations<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 record children\u2019s learning as you would do in a paper learning journeys, enhancing them with recording of child\u2019s voice and video .\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/personal-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Personal Plans<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 information about the child\u2019s care can be passed between setting &amp; Parents\/Carers\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/vision-values-and-aims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vision Values &amp; Aims<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; communicating and interweaving your Vision Values and aims into your posts.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-3\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-3\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Tools <span class=\"ttfmake-icon mceNonEditable fas\">\uf0ad<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/further-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Further Reading to support<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/showbie-training-to-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Training to support<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other pages: STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION\u00a0&#8211; Strategic implementation to ensure success GROUPS\/COMMUNITIES &#8211; Family Partnerships\u00a0&#8211; Using Showbie \u2018Groups\/communities\u2019 to support Family Partnerships GROUPS\/COMMUNITIES &#8211; Digital Floor Book &#8211; Using Showbie &#8216;Groups\/communities\u2019&#8217; to support use of Floor books CLASSES &#8211; Learning Journeys &#8211; Using Showbie \u2018Classes\u2019 as a digital learning journey FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS&#8211; step by step solutions\u00a0 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7767,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9867","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9867"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20786,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9867\/revisions\/20786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}