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…
26.01.23
Micro:bits on the move
Funding from The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) has enabled the Data Education in Schools team to help students from the University of Edinburgh (School of Informatics) visit schools across Scotland for the purpose of running Micro:bit workshops with learners. 60 schools registered interest in ‘Micro:bits on the…
24.01.23
New resource: Plug in the numbers
Digital Skills Education have released a new video walk through of ‘Plug in the Numbers’ to support teachers with limited experience of the Live Lesson format. Plug in the Numbers is an interactive activity that uses data science skills to estimate the amount of electricity that could be generated by…
16.11.22
4 Day Data Science Course (Secondary)
Moray House School of Education and Sport is offering a free course on data science in the Secondary classroom. Data science is the ability to ask questions, collect, analyse, interpret, communicate about data. As technology makes it easier to collect vast amounts of data, the skills to use data to…
11.10.22
Put Your Data Skills to Work
Digital Skills Education have developed a poster showcasing a range of careers utilising data skills. From engineering to entertainment there are opportunities to use data within many workplaces. The poster is free to download and display. We hope the poster will help inspire learners to think about the possibilities for working…