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HSIS Computing SLNM - Summer1 2023 Virtual

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Google Sheets & PurpleMash data handling tools.

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Just a question not what we do but

Would you recommend purchasing some Apple Pencils to go with the iPads?

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Inkscape

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We use j2 sheets, google sheets and excel

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Brushes redux on the ipads to create different artists styles

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Brushes redux on the ipads to create different artists styles

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We use GarageBand and Scratch

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For Year 1, children learn digital writing on word

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Y6 creating adverts on imovie and movie maker

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GarageBand - creating music for a purpose e.g. coronation/ event happening in school.

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In Year 3, we use Audacity for Audio editing

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Garage band and also we also use Purple Mash 'music makers'

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StopMotion, iMovie and PuppetPals

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Sketch up with Y5.

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Creating music using Garageband

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We have used iMovie for Year 5 - video editing.
iPads are used for recording.
Year 4 use iPads for stop animation

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In EYFS we use the talking tins and things like this for the children to record their ideas and to listen to instructions

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Google Sheets

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Owen - I can animate on the iPads.  The paid version is better but the lite version is still a good resource.  I use with my STEM club.

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Owen - I can animate on the iPads.  The paid version is better but the lite version is still a good resource.  I use with my STEM club.

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Wiki- Google Site

Also use tech for our 'publishing' of pieces of work.

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We use iPads generally. For Year 1 we use the paint program on the computer for their digital painting app.

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Switched on ICT for Early Years - NB this is old!

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Switched on ICT for Early Years - NB this is old!

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Google Docs and Sites

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Y4 use Seesaw to create blogs

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ipads in ks1 - redux paint with sylus pens

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ipads in ks1 - redux paint with sylus pens

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Year 1 recreate artwork in style of piet mondrian circles

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Our Y5s use Sketch-up on the Chrome Books

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Photos of mini beasts then green screen used to add children to the photos.

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For 3D CAD we use Trimble SketchUp via Google accounts. We also use Google Draw and have used InkScape in the past.

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Wevideo.com

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Eyfs taking photos in autumn on learning walk

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We also do green screen using the iPads and Do:ink Green Screen. We also do stop- motion animation.

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In Y4 we use PurpleMash 2Blog for creating, sharing and commenting on blogs

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We do green screening using the iPad camera and iMovie

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https://dataschools.education/data-education-resources/

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We are developing a range of Data Education Resources to support teachers offering data learning in their classroom. Our resource library is being added to all the time. We aim to provide a wide range of content from short settling activities through to comprehensive units of learning that encourage learners to develop a more in-depth understanding. We offer resources that do not use technology as well as those that do. You can filter for resources that use devices in the Topics & Themes section. You can also search by things like the type of activity, related Scottish curricular area, current issues and more.

All resources are free to edit to allow each teacher to tailor it to their class or setting. We have sought to provide both the original file (such as Word or Powerpoint) as well as a pdf. Resources developed by the Data Education for Schools team are predominately structured around the PPDAC Problem Solving Framework.

In addition to our own resources we plan to highlight the best of those available elsewhere. The increasing importance of data education is being felt worldwide and we are proud to be developing relationships with a diverse group of data educators and organisations who are also developing learning ideas. We are also keen to meet and work with teachers in Scotland. If you have an idea for a lesson or activity or have tried something in your classroom and would like to submit your resource to us then we'd be delighted to chat! Contact us on dataschools@ed.ac.uk

Curriculum Level

Topics and Themes

PPDAC Framework

Curriculum Level:

Curriculum Level as defined the the Curriculum For Excellence.

Curricular area; one of the 8 different areas within CfE

Topics and Themes:

Topics and Themes are used to categorise the context for learning. These typically relate to the Curriculum Organisers within CfE but also include themes such as home learning or family learning.

PPDAC Framework:

The PPDAC Framework is the pedagogocal approach used to deliver Data Education. You can read more about each stage within the website.

Latest Resources

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Data Education Resources - Data Education in Schools

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We are developing a range of Data Education Resources to support teachers offering data learning in their classroom. Our resource library is being added to all the time. We aim to provide a wide range of content from short settling activities through to comprehensive units of learning that encourage learners to develop a more in-depth understanding.

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Struggling to keep up with the apps, games, and websites your kids are using? Common Sense's Parents' Ultimate Guides can help keep you up to date and answer your questions about all the latest platforms and trends. Whether you're trying to figure out if a new app is safe for your teen or if a popular game includes blood and gore, we've got you covered.

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Struggling to keep up with the apps, games, and websites your kids are using? Common Sense's Parents' Ultimate Guides can help keep you up to date and answer your questions about all the latest platforms and trends.

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From INEQE

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Your Content Goes Here Your Content Goes Here What is an AI chatbot? Chatbots are a type of artificial intelligence designed to interact with users in a conversational manner. Unlike Googling a question, an AI Chatbot gives more context to the answer. So, instead of providing a list of

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Games - Free online games for kids 0 - 6

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Looking for free, fun games and activities for babies, toddlers and young children? CBeebies is the home of fun and educational games for kids to play and learn at the same time.

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https://www.j2e.com/jit

Free to schools with LGfL

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Free for Schools via LGfL

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J2data enables schools to meet the data handling requirements of the national curriculum programmes of study for KS1, KS2 and KS3.

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iPads in Year 2. We use 2 Paint a Picture and create pictures in the style of Mondrian.

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KS1 Computing learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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KS2 Computing learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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https://blog.teachcomputing.org/data-science-and-data-skills-in-the-primary-school-classroom/

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'Data science' is a term being used more and more frequently in academia and industry, but a Royal Society report, Dynamics of Data Science Skills, suggests that data science skills are also an important area that should be discussed in education, and that data skills need to be built into a school's curriculum. This includes both at a primary and secondary school level, with support for teachers and curriculum development to ensure that we are supporting young people to thrive in the data-rich world we live in. With this in mind, the Royal Society held a 'Data Skills for All' workshop, hosted by STEM Learning.

Data literacy among children in primary school

As a primary school teacher, I find that the idea of 'data' and how to teach this to the children we work with is not always clear, so to aid discussions about data skills, or data literacy, and what this means, Jane Waite shared Grillenberger and Romeike's (2018) matrix of competencies and processes for data literacy.

The core ideas I took from this model were the range of skills and understanding required under the term 'data skills' for children in primary school:

Can the children plan what data they need to answer their question? This includes anything from designing questionnaires with appropriate multiple choice options, to knowing what equipment they could use.

Can the children collect data? This includes recognising different ways that they can collect data in person or online, to recording the data they collect in tables.

Can the children analyse data? This includes recognising patterns and trends from the data they have, to being able to use that data to answer questions.

Can the children present data? This includes anything from graphs, to infographics, to being able to 'read' graphs of other people's data.

Can the children discuss data that they should/shouldn't give/request? This includes recognising how data can be used, and discussing the ethics of whether we want the data to be used in this way.

Teaching data skills in primary school

The consideration of the range of skills also raised the question of which school 'subject' data skills sit in. Statistics within Maths? Working Scientifically within Science? Ethics and Online Safety within PSHE? Or Computing, in which the national curriculum states that children should 'select, use and combine a variety of software [...] including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information'?

A further report by the Royal Society, The Integration of Data Science in the Primary and Secondary Curriculum, identifies the extent to which data science skills exist in Maths, Computing, Science, and Humanities, and shows that data science skills are being taught (Pittard, 2018). It is clear that data skills are already prevalent throughout the primary national curriculum, however, non-specialist teachers have to manage a wide range of content, and may not be aware of the links across subjects, or what progression in data skills looks like.

During the 'Data Skills for All' workshop, we started to consider how we could support primary teachers in overcoming the barriers to data skills for all.

Led by Jane Waite, the Primary team suggested simple, small actions that could start to be implemented straight away, and larger solutions that would need the support of wider organisations to be implemented. Here is a selection of those actions:

What can teachers do to get started straight away?

Tiny tasks: These were simple data activities that you could give your students as a break between lessons, during registration, or as a starter activity in one of your other lessons. To support the development of children's understanding of the quality of data, can the children be 'Data Detectives' and explain whether or not a 'key fact' that you've shared is true or not? How would they know? What should they consider? This could be a 'fact' from a newspaper article, or simply something that you have made up!

Discuss data: You could discuss with the children you teach what data they share when they sign up to a website/online game, why people create quizzes such as 'What unicorn are you?', or even how 'free-to-play' games make money. Equally, you should raise the importance of data skills with your leadership team as part of their responsibility to safeguard children who may not recognise the data that they're sharing.

What larger solutions need support from wider organisations?

Software that can make 'big data' data sets more accessible to younger children: Children love data, whether it's data about which animals are the tallest, or data about how many Instagram posts have been published in the last second, but a lot of the existing data sets require teachers to spend a lot of time finding the data and putting it into a learner-friendly format.

Translational work to show where data skills fit into all of the relevant subjects, and how the students' understanding should progress as they get older: Whilst there are references to data skills in many of the primary curriculum areas, it's difficult for a class teacher to link all of these together and to understand what the appropriate pitch is for each year group. A piece of work mapping this journey would improve teachers' understanding of the data skills that are already taught as part of the curriculum.

Whether we're teaching data skills in primary schools or not, children are part of (and contributing to!) the world of data that we live in.

Read more

What can you do?

Speak to the children in your classes about data this week. How good are they at being Data Detectives?

Barefoot have created an activity to introduce data modelling, Pizza Party, which includes a data modelling life cycle. Have a look at the cycle and try it out in other data-related activities.

About the authors

Sway Grantham is a Primary Learning Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Jane Waite, is a Teaching Fellow and Researcher at Queen Mary University of London.

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Data science and data skills in the primary school classroom

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'Data science' is a term being used more frequently in academia and industry, but a Royal Society report, Dynamics of Data Science Skills, suggests that data science skills are an important area that should be discussed in education, and data skills need to be built into a school's curriculum.

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