20.03.24
Data Education in Schools nominated for British Data Award
The Data Education in Schools team have reached the final of the 2024 British Data Awards. The team have been nominated in the ‘Education Initiative of the Year’ category. Finalists for this award include Admiral Insurance UK, Alliance for Data Science Professionals, Applied Data Science Partners, Corndel, Eden Smith, Education…
07.03.24
STEM Nation Expo 2024
We are excited to be a Supporter of the STEM Nation Award programme. The programme has been designed by Education Scotland to support schools and community learning and development providers to develop high-quality STEM learning in their setting and to celebrate their achievements along the way. On the 6th March,…
26.02.24
West Lothian in-service day
On Monday 19th February, the Data Education in Schools team were delighted to be invited to run a full morning in-service programme on Data literacy for primary school teachers in West Lothian. Fifty-two fantastic and engaged teachers from five local primary schools spent the morning on a range of interactive,…
06.02.24
‘Towards Embedding Responsible AI in the School System: Co-Creation with Young People’
The University of Edinburgh has received Arts and Humanities Research Council funding for the project ‘Towards Embedding Responsible AI in the School System: Co-Creation with Young People’ as part of their Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme. The project will investigate what generative AI could look like in secondary education, working…
18.01.24
SSERC and Data Education in Schools to deliver online course
We’re thrilled to be working with SSERC to deliver a new professional learning course for teachers. ‘Saving the world with data: Data literacy across the BGE curriculum‘ will run across 5 evenings (7-9pm) on Wednesdays from 21st Feb. The course cost is £50 and includes a range of learning materials…
09.01.24
Royal Institution Christmas lecture recording
On 12th December the Data Education in Schools team streamed the recording of the first of three Royal Institution Christmas lectures with Professor Mike Wooldridge (University of Oxford). ‘The Truth Behind AI’, focused on the rapidly evolving field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) exploring some of the big questions facing AI…
19.12.23
Scottish Parliament call for evidence
Professor Judy Robertson was invited to speak to the Scottish Parliament Committee for Education, Children & Young People on the subject of AI and education on 13th December 2023. Judy was joined by Ollie Bray (Strategic Director, Education Scotland), Helena Good (Director, Daydream Believers) Chris Ranson (Physics Teacher and Lead…
13.11.23
1000 Agents of Data escape live lesson
On Friday 10th November over 1000 learners from across Scotland joined Data Education in Schools as part of our newest live lesson activity. Image: Agent K and Agent J locked in the DATA base The event imagined learners had been locked in a room while working late on paperwork from…
06.11.23
Schools win data visualisation award!
On Friday 3rd November Kate Farrell, Director of Curriculum Development and Professional Learning, collected the ‘Data Visualisation’ award at the 2023 Data Summit held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The Data Lab competition asked entrants to create a data visualisation on the topic of “Community”. The judges assessed the…
26.10.23
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. We’re thrilled that the session has been included and that Kate Farrell (Data Education in Schools) will be joining…
24.10.23
Alexa, what are you thinking about?
The latest Raspberry Pi foundation publication ‘(Hello World)’ features an interview with Professor Judy Robertson focused on research exploring children’s understanding of AI through their interactions with smart speakers. (Hello World) has a readership of 39K across 190 countries. The October issue focuses on Teaching and AI. The article ‘Alexa,…
10.10.23
Crocodiles and classroom CO2
What do crocodiles and classroom CO2 have in common? The Internet of Things (IoT). Learners from Addiewell Primary School have been sharing their experiences using sensors to help monitor the light, humidity, temperature and CO2 in their classrooms. A high performance computer at Edinburgh’s International Data Facility translates the sensor data…