03.12.24
Exploring the AI Jungle: Video Playlist Out Now
We are excited to announce the release of a video playlist on Exploring the AI Jungle, the exciting project that our programme lead Judy Robertson carried out with Laura Meagher and Elspeth Maxwell earlier this year. By using the jungle metaphor, the Exploring the AI Jungle picturebook and teachers’ guide…
26.11.24
Project announcement: AI in Secondary Schools
The Data Education in Schools team are thrilled to announce the AI in Secondary Schools project. As part of the RAi UK Skills Programme, and in partnership with Education Scotland, Scottish Qualifications Authority and the Scottish Government, our team are developing resources to support critical AI literacy skills to equip…
20.11.24
NC Data Science Education Summit
Kate Farrell (Director of Curriculum Development and Professional Learning) and Tommy Lawson (Schools Technology Advisor) attended the NC Data Science Education Summit (24-25 October 2024) as invited speakers, nominated by Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E), a coalition created by the University of Chicago Center for RISC. The Summit unites practitioners from higher…
12.11.24
New Escape Room: Undercover Mission in Norway
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a shiny new data-themed Escape Room: Undercover Mission in Norway! P5-7 and S1-3 students are being called to save the world by using their observation, analysis, and problem-solving skills! The Scottish DATA Vikings are plotting a global catastrophe using classified information. This…
12.11.24
Computer Science Week 2024: ‘Find the VIKINGS Secret Lair’ Live Escape Room
For Computer Science Week 2024, we delivered an online Escape Room Live Lesson for upper primary/lower secondary students. Agent K and Agent J – aka our Kate Farrell (Director of Curriculum Development and Professional Learning) and Jasmeen Kanwal (Project Officer) – led the mission to find the Scottish V.I.K.I.N.G.S. secret…
02.11.24
Eric Liddell 100 Award 2024
We are thrilled to have been awarded the Eric Liddell 100 Award! Led by The Eric Liddell Community and partners, the Eric Liddell 100 Award is a celebration of Scotland’s athletics and sports, as well as community service. Our team members Judy Robertson (Project Lead) and Jo Spiller (Director of Operations…
09.10.24
Maths Week Scotland 2024 – We Met the Authors: David Smith and James Cheshire
With Maths Week Scotland 2024 behind us, we can now look back at the fantastic data-themed activities that we delivered in partnership with Maths Week. Maths Week Scotland is a week of events and activities dedicated to the maths that is all around us. The 2024 edition took place Monday 23 September – Sunday 29…
09.10.24
Maths Week Scotland 2024 – We Met the Author: Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
With Maths Week Scotland 2024 behind us, we can now look back at the fantastic data-themed activities that we delivered in partnership with Maths Week. Maths Week Scotland is a week of events and activities dedicated to the maths that is all around us. The 2024 edition took place Monday 23 September – Sunday 29…
09.10.24
Maths Week Scotland 2024 – ‘Locked in the DATA base’ Live Escape Room
With Maths Week Scotland 2024 behind us, we can now look back at the fantastic data-themed activities that we delivered in partnership with Maths Week. Maths Week Scotland is a week of events and activities dedicated to the maths that is all around us. The 2024 edition took place Monday 23 September – Sunday 29…
12.09.24
2024 Maths Week
Maths Week Scotland is a week of events and activities dedicated to the maths that is all around us, with special events throughout the year. The 2024 edition will take place Monday 23 September – Sunday 29 September around the theme “Maths Tales”. The Data Education in Schools team will…
13.06.24
Hybrid Plug in the Numbers Interactive Lesson
On the 28th May 2024, Data Education in Schools and Digital Skills Education welcomed a class of 24 students (P7) from Newcraighill Primary School to the University of Edinburgh for the Interactive Lesson Plug in the Numbers, delivered in a hybrid format for the first time. Six primary classes from the…
09.05.24
British Data Awards Ceremony 2024
The Data Education in Schools team are thrilled to have won the ‘Education Initiative of the Year’ Award at the British Data Awards last night. Jo Spiller (Programme Director) and Jasmeen Kanwal (Project Officer) attended the awards ceremony in the Great Hall of the Grand Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden,…