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May 6, 2016

Ta-ra the noo

The time has come for me to say a ‘temporary’ farewell. I am finishing up today to go on maternity leave…I am very excited about the new adventure I am about to embark on, although, to be honest, a little bit of nerves and anxiety are also creeping in. Since joining the team two months ago, I have been fortunate enough to be supported by an excellent team. I would like to thank both Bobby and Helen, who have been very…

Categories: Computing

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May 6, 2016

Learner Guides – the numbers….

Now that the digital learner guides have been ‘out there’ for over a month, I thought it might be interesting to publish some statistics for how they’ve been accessed/used over that time period. In total, the Learner Guides web page has had 4029 ‘hits’ since the official launch took place on 30th March 2016. All of the guides have been accessed multiple times, the most popular guide being Getting Online, the guide that introduces a learner to the keyboard, mouse…

Categories: Digital Skills

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May 5, 2016

NPA PC Passport is now live

I have great news to share with you today…The revised NPA PC Passport is now live and available for centres to deliver. The qualification was validated a couple of weeks ago , but it has taken until now to get through the process of ‘operationalising’ the Award. The codes for the revised PC Passport are: PC Passport (SCQF level 4) – GL31 44 PC Passport (SCQF level 5) – GL32 45 PC Passport (SCQF level 6) – GL33 46 Moreover, you can find all the relevant information…

Categories: Computing

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April 28, 2016

“Generation Sext” event

I attended a conference about sexting yesterday in the COSLA Conference Centre in Edinburgh. There were expert speakers about various aspects of online safety from organisations such as NSPCC, University of Edinburgh and Childline. My interest was SQA’s Internet Safety Award, which was recently updated. I learned a lot about the on-going threat to young people posed by sexting and other online threats. What was clear is that, far from improving, this problem is getting worse. Some of the statistics are…

Categories: Computing

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