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September 15, 2015

Ushare – a new online community and learning resource

SQA recently launched Ushare, a free online community where users can rate, comment on and share links to open-source learning and teaching materials. Ushare allows students, teachers, lecturers and other education professionals to share links to relevant resources, such as articles and videos, presentations and research that assist with the delivery and study of a number of SQA qualifications and awards. Users can create a profile, share a link to a resource they think is useful, or rate or comment…

Categories: Digital Skills

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September 14, 2015

Digital divide

According to the Scottish Household Survey published in August 2015 eighty per cent of Scottish households have internet access at home, an increase of almost 40% from a decade ago. More people are using mobile devices (compared to laptops and computers) across a wide range of ages and socio-economic groups. However, around one in five adults do not use the internet at all. The main reason given is that they don’t like or need the internet or technology.  But there…

Categories: Digital Skills

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September 10, 2015

Digital Leaders Scotland

I attended a Digital Leaders salon at Glasgow University last week. These are free monthly events that anyone interested in digital can attend. The speakers were Kate Farrell, a former Computing Science teacher who is now Education Manager for Scotland, Computing at School. Kate talked about teaching and training Computing Science teachers, and a 6th year pupil from Williamwood High School related her personal experience of the delivery of IT at her own school. There followed a good-natured and respectful discussion of some differing…

Categories: Digital Skills

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September 9, 2015

NPA PC Passport – Validation Panel

We are planning to host a validation event for the NPA PC Passport in the first week of November this year. More information about this development can be found via the FAQ and posts on the Computing blog. We are seeking volunteers to join the validation panel. If you are interested or have any query, please contact me by Friday 25/09/15.

Categories: Computing

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