New Scottish Government-funded Digital Education and AI Hub
We’re delighted to announce that we have joined the Scottish Government-funded Centre for Teaching Excellence as the newly established Digital Education and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Advancing Pedagogy Research Hub.
Try our new Robot Cards!
We're delighted to announce the release of our brand new Robot Cards for primary learners!
The ‘ripple effect’ of change in one East Lothian primary school
Chris is a deputy head teacher at a primary school in East Lothian. He attended the Data Literacy professional learning course and has both directly adapted material and approaches from the course. He has also shared with other colleagues who in turn use and modify them, leading to ‘ripple effects’ of adaptation and evolution within the school.
Project announcement: AI in Secondary Schools
The Data Education in Schools team are thrilled to announce the AI in Secondary Schools project.
Kate Farrell to present at SXSW conference
Earlier in the year we asked for your help voting for the “Strength in Borders: Sourcing Global Data Science Innovation” session to be included in the SXSW EDU 2024 programme of events.
Building Data Literacy
We're delighted to see the article 'Building Data Literacy' by Dr Serdar Abaci (Lecturer in Data and Digital Literacies) included in Issue 97 of the GTCS digital publication 'Teaching Scotland'.
Inspiring data science in the Scottish Borders
The Inspiring Learning Festival has been running in the Kelso this week, with 2500 learners travelling from every Primary and Secondary school to try out exciting STEM and creative digital activities, including a couple of data science activities run by the Data Education in Schools Team.
Children’s understanding of smart speakers
‘A really smart guy plugged himself into Alexa and now she’s smart too’ - children’s understanding of smart speakers. By Valentina Andries and Judy Robertson.
Book Review: The Alignment Problem
Through an impressive mastery of cutting-edge papers in AI, a deep understanding of the history of cognitive science, and four hundred interviews with leading scientists, Brian Christian presents an in-depth account of AI and how we can engineer it to align with human values.