All Stirling & Clacks Senior Phase pupils were sent Scholar cards earlier in the year, and should now have access to their Scholar accounts – which they can use without a password if they are logged into their Glow account (password only needs to be entered once).

The next Scholar online live session is National 5 Maths (http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/Resources/Live_Online_Sessions/Upcoming_Sessions.html)

Scholar have also updated their ‘watch again’ service with a wide range of subjects – please share this with pupils.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/sctech4learning/2016/03/07/back-catalogue-of-scholar-homework-sessions-now-available/

BrainPOP

A reminder that as part of the e-safety competition, we have free access for all Stirling and Clacks pupils and staff to BrainPOP resources until 30th April (closing date for the e-safety competition). BrainPOP includes resources for English, Maths, Science, Technologies, Humanities, Arts, Health & Wellbeing, Computing as well as e-safety.

To get free, immediate access to the BrainPOP resources, please log in to Glow, then select the Council Launchpad, then select the BrainPOP tile.

You will be automatically logged in and able to access all resources. You will be directed straight to the digital citizenship resources (to support the e-safety competition) but you also have free unrestricted access to all of the other curricular related animated videos and teaching materials.

Please see below for further information on BrainPOP:

BrainPOP creates cross-curricular award winning cross-curricular digital content that engages students through animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, and supports teachers whilst adding excitement to lessons.

700+ topics; 10,000 hours of teaching material
Animated movies explain concepts from across the curriculum
English, Maths, Science, Technologies, Humanities, Arts, Health & Wellbeing, Computing and online-safety
Interactive quizzes and high quality educational games
Lesson ideas, worksheets, and graphic organisers
Non-fiction research texts
Vocabulary guides
Printable activities
Mapped to the Curriculum for Excellence for primary and secondary schools

20#20 Strategy, Android, Glow, Help, iPads, Mobile Devices

An invitation to the RM Seminars

February 29, 2016 Phil Slavin

RM invite you to come along to the RM Seminar in Stirling. This is a free event and it is CPD accredited. Throughout the day we’ll be running three streams of presentations – two technical and one Glow related. You’ll also get the chance to network with peers and experts. Example sessions include:

– Glow and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
– Managing Mobile Devices with Lightspeed
– Your Network in the Cloud

This seminar takes place on 22nd March and we hope to see you there!
Sign up for free today.

20#20 Strategy, Android, Mobile Devices

Moving beyond iPads – Android App Wheel!!!

November 20, 2015 Phil Slavin

For those establishments who can see open-source community (and pricing) benefits of Android, it may seem a little harder to find help/support for Android devices. Fear not! Stirling & Clackmannanshire are ‘device agnostic’ in our approach. We aim to support all devices that support learning & teaching.

More Android (and Windows) posts to follow….

In the meantime, click here, for an ‘Android app wheel’ poster PDF for Learners with Dyslexia / Reading and Writing Difficulties.

android-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia

As with the other app wheels, it is best to download/open it on the Android device itself, as all of the images on the PDF are ‘clickable links’.

The credit for this particular wheel again, goes to our colleagues in Call Scotland. Se more here:

http://www.callscotland.org.uk/blog/the-wheel-of-android-apps-for-dyslexia/

This site is maintained by Phil Slavin to support education staff and learners in Stirling & Clackmannanshire.