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…
11.09.23
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’. The article links to the Scottish Government Digital Strategy and includes quotes from teachers already engaging with the Data Education…
17.08.23
Forthcoming ‘Teach Data Literacy’ events
The Data Education in Schools team are inviting primary teachers to join them online w/c 28th August. The two events will bring the team together with teachers from across Scotland to discuss ‘Teach Data Literacy: a guide for primary teachers’ share ideas, answer questions and think about how teachers are already…
09.08.23
SXSW conference panel
We’re thrilled to support Kate Farrell, Director of Curriculum Development and Professional Learning, as one of the speakers for the “Strength in Borders: Sourcing Global Data Science Innovation” session for SXSW EDU 2024. In order for Kate and the team to present their session, they need you to vote for…
06.07.23
Spreading the word on data education
The DES team had a very busy June! In addition to the Borders Inspire Festival and the launch of our Teach Data Literacy Handbook, Kate and Jasmeen have travelled near and far to spread the word on data and its importance in the lives of children and young people. In…
08.06.23
Launch of ‘Teach Data Literacy: a guide for primary teachers’
‘Teach Data Literacy: a guide for primary teachers’ is a resource developed by the Data Education in Schools team to support teachers to enhance opportunities for all to build the skills and habits of mind relevant to data problem-solving. The Data Education in Schools team were joined by teachers, industry…
02.06.23
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. On Tuesday, primary learners…
12.05.23
Winner! British Data Awards
Kate Farrell from the Data Education in Schools team collected the award for ‘Data For Good Initiative of the Year’ at the British Data Awards held last night in London. The award acknowledges the work involved in creating British Sign Language signs for Cyber Security, Computing Science and Data Science…
27.03.23
British Data Awards
We have reached the final of the ‘Educational Initiative’ and ‘Data for Good’ categories of the 2023 British Data Awards for our work creating British Sign Language gestures for Cyber Security, Computing Science and Data Science. The UK-wide team brought together eight deaf people who are also tech experts with…
27.03.23
Drawing with AI at Cramond Primary
Drawing with AI at Cramond Primary By Valentina Andries This month we ran a workshop with a primary 5 class (ages 9-10) in a state-funded school in Edinburgh. We worked with the class teacher and Informatics students from the University of Edinburgh (Gareth Dawson, Jatin Soni, Leo Kravtchin and Scott…
15.03.23
Speedy STEM
Over the past few months Kate Farrell and Jasmeen Kanwal from the Data Education in Schools team, as well as some of the 4th year Informatics students on a University of Edinburgh ‘Computing in the Classroom’ course, have been heading to Fife to help out with some ‘Speedy STEM’ events….
30.01.23
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. Smart speakers – such as Alexa, Siri and Google Home – have entered our lives and are now comfortably installed on kitchen tables across the…