Promote, Recognise and Encourage the Effective Use of Digital Learning Technologies in School

Lee DunnProgramme Validator@leeandrewdunn

www.digitalschoolsawards.co.uk @schools_digital #DigitalSchoolsAwards

Overview

The Digital Schools Awards Scotland is a digital schools programme and awards schemethat recognises, rewards and promotes a whole school approach to the effective use ofdigital technology in education.

➢ Successful collaboration betweenScottish Government, Education andIndustry

➢ National digital schools award led byHP and industry partners

➢ Recognised by Education Scotland

➢ Current focus on primary schools

➢ Encourages young people to becomedigitally supported

➢ Programme also successfully running inRepublic and Northern Ireland

Confidential

What is a Digital School?

1. Leadership and Vision: A whole-school digital vision and strategy

2. Digital Integration across the Curriculum: Schools deploy digital technologies improve student learning.

3. School Culture: Digital technology has an impact on the quality of learning, teaching, attitudes and behaviour and the wider school community.

4. Continuing Professional Development: Schools demonstrate a commitment to on-going CLPL.

5. Resources and Infrastructure: Schools have in place appropriate resources, including hardware, software and connectivity to support flexible and future-proofed learning environments.

How DSAS is Helping Address The Education – Skills Gap through Public-Private Partnership

Government

• Assist in the delivery of the Government’s National Digital Strategy for Teaching and Learning

• Industry engagement to help get education and skills right and support investment and job creation

• Next generation learners in next generation jobs using next generation skills

• Roadmap for school improvement

• Independent validation

• Open to all primary schools at no cost

Industry

•Promotes strategic investment in educationamong leading tech firms

• Build awareness and development of digital skills

• Drive best practice, build communities, share experiences

• Support government efforts to improve digital skills in education and the economy

• Understand how the needs of education can be merged with the needs of industry

Digital Schools Awards Framework Criteria: Locally Developed, Internationally Referenced

Key Principles:

• Criteria mapped against national,

European and international

frameworks

• Strong “learning and teaching” focus

• Important policy led development

Year 1

Registered Schools: 292Awarded Digital Schools: 29

Schools’ Participation By Council Area (To Date)

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Schools’ Participation by Council Area to date

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First Digital Schools in Scotland Named https://youtu.be/SuV44P_FaHwScotland Launch https://youtu.be/gTRdfNEJNR0

Digital Schools in Scotland

Echt School Aberdeenshire

Fernielea School City of Aberdeen

Kingswells School City of Aberdeen

Rosebank PS City of Dundee

The Edinburgh Academy City of Edinburgh

Blackfriars PS City of Glasgow

Kelvinside Academy City of Glasgow

Calside PSDumfries and Galloway

The Compass School East Lothian

Netherlee PS East Renfrewshire

Mearns PS East Renfrewshire

Wormit PS Fife

Kirkton of Largo Fife

Kinlochleven PS Highland

Lundavra Primary Highland

Beith PS North Ayrshire

Whitehirst PS North Ayrshire

Dalry PS North Ayrshire

Our Lady of Good Cathedral North Lanarkshire

Kildrum PS North Lanarkshire

Kingsland PS Scottish Boarders

Bonhill PSWest Dunbartonshire

St. Joseph’s PrimaryWest Dunbartonshire

Bathgate Early Years Centre West Lothian

Future Development Plans

• Develop and support the growth of the community of digital schools in Scotland.

• Undertaking research/consultations so that future developments are robust and

evidence based.

• Consulting with a range of partners representing industry, education, schools,

Scottish government and public sector.

• Future-proofing the award.

Thank YouFor more information please contact

Lee DunnDigital Schools Awards

Lee.Dunn@digitalschoolsawards.co.uk Follow us @schools_digital / #digitalschoolsawards

The Journey so far…

Working as a Digital School

Lundavra Primary - the vision -

to transform the way Digital technology is

used to support Learning and Teaching

2014 onwards…

•New school build

•Opportunities – Wi-fi, SWAN broadband connection, chance to refresh equipment

• Identified need – to use digital learning more creatively to enhance learning

•Highland ICT in Learning strategy starting to take shape with Chromebook pilot in 2 schools using 1-1 devices

•Chance to implement the strategy in a larger primary…

Where did we start….

Focus on enhancing Teaching and learning exp’s

What can technology add?

What elements make up a ‘good’ lesson?

Curriculum development – Computer Science

Familiarisation/ exploring use

of GAFE

Developing other resources

Review of our e-safety practice

Develop HWB curriculum work

Involving parents and children

Training with staff…and children

Remember when all else fails…

What’s been going on….

Staff padlet

Impact and evidence – Pupil engagement

In his CP meeting Finn said “The best thing

about school is having a Chromebook it makes it

so much easier for me to do my work. There are

lots of things I can’t do but having a Chromebook

makes it easier.”

Impact and evidence – Quality of learning

•Shared planning and pupil work indicates the richness of activities that children are involved in creating… tasks that simply aren’t possible without the technology e.g.

– Pupil groups creating a shared, collaborative document to create a script for CPR video

– Creating a training video showing resuscitation

– Publishing this on website and sharing with Health professionals to get feedback

Impact and evidence – attainment

• We are starting to collect hard evidence of raising attainment

• Digital skills – tracked using Highland ICT Passport

• P5-7 mental maths recall and accuracy has massively improved after a term of TT Rockstars…

2016 – Digital Schools audit tool

• Comprehensive audit tool broken down into 5 key areas – Leadership,

Curriculum, Culture, CPD, Infrastructure/Resources

• Reviewing our work so far against best practice

• Collaborative approach with staff and pupils

• Identifies strengths and areas for development in each area

• Gives practical examples/ suggestions for future development

• Linked up with other digital schools through social media, sharing work

Dalry Primary School North Ayrshire Council

Using Digital technology to support Learning and Teaching – our journey to becoming a Digital School.

Self Evaluation…

The 5 digital schools measurement criteria come under the following headings:

• Leadership and Vision

• Use of Digital Technology to Deliver the Curriculum

• School Culture

• Professional Development

• Resources and Infrastructure

Leadership and Vision….

Using digital technology to deliver the curriculum…

School Culture...

Professional Development

Resources and Infrastructure

What happened next…

A Digital School!