{"id":2649,"date":"2018-06-20T11:41:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T10:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqablogs.lndo.site\/computing\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2018-06-20T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T10:41:53","slug":"launch-event-for-support-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/launch-event-for-support-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch event for support materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The launch event for the support materials for NPA Cyber Security was held yesterday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/rcpsg.ac.uk\/\">Royal College in Glasgow<\/a>. It&#8217;s a beautiful building and there was an excellent turnout with almost 80 teachers in attendance, which reflects the huge interest in this qualification.\u00a0You can get a sense of how the event went by checking the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cyberlaunch&amp;src=typd\">Twitter hashtag.<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/06\/20180619_130127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2650\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/20180619_130127-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The event was opened by a representative of the Scottish Government explaining Scotland<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2017\/11\/6231\">&#8216;s Cyber Resilience Strategy<\/a> and ended with a hands-on workshop when teachers got to see the materials.\u00a0 In between, some of the teachers who wrote the materials explained what&#8217;s in them and how they can be used in the classroom.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/06\/20180619_135258.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2651\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/20180619_135258-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/06\/20180619_135317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2652\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/20180619_135317-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/06\/20180619_135413.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2653\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/20180619_135413-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>\n<p>In fact, the materials are not quite finalised yet. We&#8217;re in the process of tweaking them in the light of the recent pilot. We will also use the feedback from yesterday to make final revisions. We&#8217;ll do this during June and July so that final versions can be sent to centres for their return in <strong>August<\/strong>. We&#8217;re still considering how best to disseminate the materials &#8211; so watch this space.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"mailto:claudia.lambie@sqa.org.uk\">contact Claudia<\/a> if you couldn&#8217;t attend yesterday&#8217;s event but would like a copy of the presentations (if you did attend you will automatically receive the presentations).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The launch event for the support materials for NPA Cyber Security was held yesterday at the Royal College in Glasgow. It&#8217;s a beautiful building and there was an excellent turnout with almost 80 teachers in attendance, which reflects the huge interest in this qualification.\u00a0You can get a sense of how the event went by checking the Twitter hashtag. The event was opened by a representative of the Scottish Government explaining Scotland&#8216;s Cyber Resilience Strategy and ended with a hands-on workshop&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post","format-standard","category-computing-posts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}