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This example was sourced from Malcolm Wilson's blog. @claganach

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Written by pupils from Largs Academy & Garnock Academy in North Ayrshire

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A Sway by the P.1 pupils from Westquarter PS in Falkirk

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Raise awareness of the importance and impact of research on our lives

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A Sway showing how P.1 from Polbeth NUrsery in West Lothian have retold this story.

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A blog post detailing the use of OneNote form the Glow suite of tools.

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The following post was written by #MIEExpert Jacqueline Campbell, Computing Science teacher at Microsoft Showcase School St Mungo's RC High School in Falkirk, Scotland. It was originally featured on the Office Blog.

Our OneNote journey at St Mungo's RC High School in Scotland started in early 2015 when a few "early adopter" teachers started using the OneNote Class Notebook app when it became available on the waffle menu through our Glow (Scottish schools intranet) sign-in. Word soon spread about what a fantastic tool we had available to us. A pivotal point for our school was when we hosted a Digital TeachMeet where best practices with OneNote and other Office 365 applications were shared with colleagues not only from our own school but from other schools and organizations. Our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) made the decision at that point to underpin our new Teaching and Learning policy with digital learning-adding a focus on the OneNote Class Notebook app. In August 2015, we started the school year with a OneNote in-service training for all staff. The training was delivered by the teachers who had adopted OneNote early and were convinced of its benefit to learning and teaching. Computing Science students, who had been using the application for their own learning, assisted with the training.

The use of OneNote Class Notebook continued to grow throughout the school year. More than 60 percent of teachers surveyed said that they felt OneNote was beneficial to their teaching and the learning of their students. We also benefitted from guidance from Malcolm Wilson, ICT curriculum development officer at Falkirk Council ICT Services.

At St Mungo's High School, we use OneNote in several ways. First, all teachers across the curriculum use the Content Library to share resources with students. Having resources in the one place is beneficial to students, particularly in the lead up to examinations. Joe (age 14), when describing OneNote, says, "One of the best features is having all your notes and classwork in one place for every class. So far, many of my classes, such as Math, Computing Science and Physics have adopted OneNote." Aaron (age 15), who is sitting his National 5 examinations this year, says, "Before I used OneNote I would spend ages flicking through worksheets and revision paper I would always lose and get stressed out about it, but now I just sign in to Glow, go to OneNote and all the information I need is right there organized into each subject notebook." Teachers also find the Content Library useful as it allows them to organize their resources and know that their students can access course notes even in the event of teacher or student absence. A 14-year-old student, who is currently unwell, commented,

"It allows for revision of topics that my in-class notes might not cover as extensively as I may wish or topics that I have not been present for, which is a large problem for me due to various health issues."

Second, students and teachers at St Mungo's High School use the student workspace-initially as a means of grading homework and providing feedback-but more recently for student work in class. During last session, the Technology School Improvement group looked specifically at delivering feedback through OneNote. Feedback is provided in several ways-traditional grading (i.e., annotation using the draw menu and a grade), written comment, audio feedback (through the insert menu) and finally comment-only marking using tags to indicate work that has been well done and areas for improvement. Stacey (age 16) says, "I find it easier to do my homework on OneNote as it is all stored in one place so no sheets can get lost and it is there to look back on as well as it can let you see where improvements need to be made." Aaron (age 15) adds,

"I would sometimes leave my homework at home by accident and get in trouble. But now the teacher just accesses my section in OneNote and marks my homework online-it has really benefited my school life."

Using a digital tool as opposed to the traditional written submission of homework is particularly important for some students. Brandon states,

"OneNote makes handing in homework easier for me, as my dyslexia causes my handwriting to be unreadable at times, and I don't have a printer."

Students also find OneNote beneficial by using their own area for creating class notes. Pran (age 16) comments,

"OneNote has many features such as the drawing tools, which I use to annotate my notes and highlight the important areas that I'm struggling with."

Using their own workspace for class notes allows students to pull together different media from a variety of resources into one place. For example, in senior school in Scotland, most subjects have access to a learning site called Scholar (provided by Heriot Watt University). Students use OneNote to take screen clippings from Scholar and other similar sites and to insert links to animations and to further reading on a specific topic. They can also insert graphics and text from other sources.

Increasingly, the Collaboration Space is being utilized by teachers and students at St Mungo's High School. Examples of how it has been used is for a starter activity in Music Technology to reinforce learning from the previous lesson; in Design Manufacture to gather student ideas before commencing a project; in Computing Science to create a "wisdom of the crowds" resource for a particular topic. Another recent example of the use of the Collaboration Space was to create questions for Anthony Salcito, vice president of Microsoft Education, as part of his Skype-a-thon with students from St Mungo's High School.

OneNote Staff Notebook is also used in St Mungo's High School with notebooks for both the whole staff and discrete groups of staff who work together on specific projects. Annemarie Jess, deputy head teacher, says,

"OneNote has helped the SLT collaborate with team members by accessing planning documents with ease, in a range of locations. Using OneNote helped the SLT develop digital learning skills and experience the tool in the same way as the learners. We are currently in the process of creating a Teacher Toolkit for the entire staff. This will be a one stop shop for sharing of resources, ideas and professional reading. Our MIE Experts teacher is helping to deliver training on OneNote not only to our staff but also our primary colleagues and students."

Our use of the OneNote Class Notebook app was recognized by Microsoft, and we were both honored and delighted to accept the status as Microsoft Showcase School for this session-the only school in Scotland. On November 3, 2016, we officially launched our showcase year. We invited guests to visit classrooms, held focus groups and a Digital TeachMeet where teachers shared their innovative use of Microsoft applications to a large audience of teachers from across Central Scotland.

We intent to extend our use of OneNote, specifically the use of the Collaboration Space and the OneNote Learning Tools add-in with students with additional support needs. We are also carrying out a short-scale classroom inquiry to measure the impact of the use of OneNote. We will continue to expand our use of the other Microsoft applications such as Office Mix, Yammer and Sway, and the ability to use them in conjunction with OneNote. We will also continue to encourage the use of the Microsoft Innovative Educator program and extend the number of our teachers who have achieved the status of Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE).

It is not an exaggeration to say that our adoption of the OneNote Class Notebook has had a transformational impact on both learning and teaching at St Mungo's High School. It has been adopted across the curriculum by teachers who are using it as a tool to enhance their classroom practice, and it has also been well received by our students who use it not only to enhance their learning from a variety of devices but also to equip them with the digital skills they require as they move forward into further education and the workplace. "Overall OneNote has been integral to my learning and I believe is one of the biggest advances available in education technology in a long time," says Brandon (age 14). "To be at the start of a revolution of the way people are taught is amazing and I can only hope that more schools utilize OneNote," says Joe (age 14).

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#MIEExpert Blog Post: How OneNote has become integral to learning at St Mungo's High School

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Our OneNote journey at St Mungo's RC High School in Scotland started in early 2015 when a few "early adopter" teachers started using the OneNote Class Notebook app when it became available on the waffle menu through our Glow (Scottish schools intranet) sign-in. Word soon spread about what a fantastic tool we had available to us...

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A Sway detailing how to join a Skype-a-thon

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How teachers using Glow can take part in Skypeathon

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Blogpost introducing this project with links to some examples. Glow login required. Storytelling 2 & 3 examples are good examples of this practice.

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Calling all learners!

From 2nd to 6th March, we're going to co-create stories using Word Online on Glow.

There will be story starters published at 9am on the 2nd March. At 9.30, the learners of St Michael's Primary in Dumfries will write the first chapter.

Classes who sign up each get about an hour to write their chapter of the story. The twist is the storyline and characters have to flow, that's the fun bit! Any learner or educator can 'tune in' and see the story developing live.

By the end of the week, we will have three fab co-written stories!

There are three separate storytelling experiences. To take part, you should ask your teacher to read the Teacher guide - storytelling for digilearnscot week and sign you up on one of the spaces on Glow

Another learning experience brought to you by #digilearnscot

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Comprehensive blogpost from Malcolm Wilson showing examples of how Yammer within Glow is being used to help support collaborative learning.

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Yammer - so what is it and why use in school?

Yammer is an online discussion/collaboration tool which provides schools with a secure online environment where all pupils in a class can ask questions of their peers, where they can seek answers and help each other, bounce ideas around and deepen their own understanding of what they are learning in class. It is available to all users of Office 365 for Education, meaning all Glow users, pupils and staff, have access to this tool. And it can be accessed by signing in online in a browser or using a mobile device app.

Yammer provides an ideal tool through which learners can learn about the use of social media, in a protected environment, where the pupils can be guided to model behaviours for use in an online discussion tool, which will apply to any social media tool pupils may meet outwith their schooling. So if a teacher is looking to help pupils learn about safe sharing, and what not to share online, being supportive and respectful of views of others, and a place for pupils to engage in deepening their understanding through questioning and responding to others, then Yammer provides a great environment for a school.

How do pupils and teachers get started using Yammer?

1. Glow users simply sign into Glow then navigate to any part of Office 365, such as the tile for Office 365 (School Site) and then click on the 9-square waffle icon to navigate to the range of tools available in Office 365 - and choose the Yammer tile.

2. The very first time a user clicks on the Yammer tile they will be invited to invite further users - don't invite others but instead just close that window (click on the greyed-out cross at the top-right or click on the background page behind the invitation panel.

3. You will be presented with the terms of use of Yammer - read these and then click on the button to acknowledge you agree to abide by them.

4. You're then in Yammer and can start browsing some of the Yammer groups open to all users. Or, if a pupil is ready to join the private class Yammer group set up by their teacher, then the first time the pupil simply searches for the class group name, clicks on the link and requests to join by clicking on the "join group" button - that sends a message to the teacher who accepts their pupils into the group.

Alternatively, rather than go to Glow first, users can search with an online search engine for Yammer or go straight to https://www.yammer.com where they can then simply log in using their Glow/Office 365 email address and password.

How do you set up a Yammer group just for pupils and teachers in a class?

1. A class teacher can quickly set up a private class group in Yammer. Click on "+ Create a new group" and then give the group a name - include in the group name something which identifies the school as well as the class name.

2. Choose "Private - Only approved members" and untick the box which gives the option to "List in Group Directory" - that way only pupils who know what to search for will be able to find a teacher's Yammer class group, and only pupils who the teachers knows are members of their class will be granted access by the teacher. Setting up that way avoids the teachers having to add a list of usernames - they simply tell their class what to search for, and to click on the "join group" button when they find the group.

3. A teacher can see the list of pupils waiting to be added to their class yammer group by going into the Yammer group and then clicking on "Members" at the right-hand side. This will show which users have requested access and are pending approval by the teacher.

4. It would be recommended to have additional teacher colleagues added as joint administrators - beside their name on the list of members just click on the cog icon and select "Make admin" to elevate that teacher to be a joint administrator of that Yammer group.

What can you do in a Yammer discussion?

You can ask questions, respond to requests from others, add comments or create polls to garner views of others. Attachments can be added to any discussion post - so pupils can perhaps discuss or share comments about a resource. You can even use the "praise" button to acknowledge the input of other users. A Yammer group provides a place to share resources, and links to related sites elsewhere.

20 Ways to use Yammer in Education - a post describing 20 different ways in which Yammer can be used by schools, whether simply sending out messages to everyone in a class, setting up groups for specific groups, using the praise button, promoting an event, holding an online debate, developing a mentor programme, using Yammer to teach online safety specifically in relation to safer use of social networking, and more.

Yammer - the next step for social networking for schools - describes some of the ways in which Yammer can be used in schools, whether for group work, study support (where learners can support each other), content sharing and use of the praise app to acknowledge and encourage.

How are schools using Yammer?

Kirknewton Primary School in West Lothian has provided an excellent description of how they are using Yammer with pupils. This blogpost gives screenshots of different aspects to how they use Yammer, as well as the rationale to the choice of tool and the purposes behind it to better support learning and teaching. This has included using Yammer to support collaborative writing. Mrs Anderson, Principal Teacher at the school said "As a teacher and parent I feel that it is very important that we educate children about the safe use of social media - using Yammer has been a fantastic way to do so, in a safe environment. Feedback from parents has been positive." "The impact on learning and teaching is evident in the content of the group and the enthusiasm of pupils (which is evident in the online interactions)."
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/glowgallery/portfolio/kirknewton-primary-school-sharing-approaches-to-glow-yammer/
Bearsden Primary School in East Dunbartonshire - teacher Athole McLauchlan describes in at this link about the use of Yammer with pupils in the school https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/glowgallery/portfolio/using-yammer-as-a-social-media-channel-for-learners-and-learning/

Mid Calder Primary School - this link is to a post describing how Yammer is used for pupils to share ideas.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/mcps/2016/04/19/anytime-anywhere-learning-yammer/
Students being creative with Yammer - a blogpost by Kevin Sait of Wymondham High School describing how they got pupils started using Yammer and how the use developed in different ways, including as a safe environment in which to teach safer use of social networking tools, supporting learning in second languages (where discussion took place entirely in the language being learned), and pupil-created groups to showcase work, including art and writing.

Inveralmond Community High school, Livingston, West Lothian - Education Scotland's National Improvement Hub website has a detailed description of the use of Yammer via Glow and a study on the impact on learning.

What safeguards are in place for Yammer users in Glow?

Yammer groups can be set up to be private (such as for a class of pupils so that the Yammer group can only be accessed by pupils in that class with their teachers). There are also Yammer groups open to users across Glow and educators within Glow nationally act as Moderators for Yammer users, welcoming new users, helping guide users to use appropriate language in a supportive way.

Everything in Yammer is identifiable to the individual user. There is a simple "report a concern" option for all users (either use the question mark icon on a page or anywhere you see a "Report a concern" button) which will alert the national Glow administrators to concerns raised, and who will provide the support required to resolve any issues.

There's also a filter to ensure inappropriate language can't accidentally be posted.

And of course the educational-focussed environment shared between learners and educators means there is a visible supportive environment. Users can set email alerts either to all posts in a specific Yammer group, or to individual posts where alerts would be sent for replies or comments just to that post.

Yammer Mobile App

Yammer has an app for mobile devices - search on the app store for your device. Then once downloaded simply log in with your Glow/Office 365 email address (that's where your Glow username has @glow.sch.uk added to the end, after your Glow username). For many users the use of the app will be the most convenient way to access Yammer.

What help is available?

Day One Guide for the Glow Yammer Network (accessed using Glow account - but also available as a document download from the public-access site Yammer Guide for Glow Users) - a very helpful guide of do things to do, and things to avoid, as well as guides to getting the most out of Yammer, specially in the early stages of getting used to using Yammer in a school.

Yammer Guide for Glow Users - a Glow-specific help guide to getting started with the use of Glow. This includes guidance and suggestions for managing Yammer in an educational context. This link provides Yammer-in-Glow-guidelines as well as further tips and advice for learners and teachers using Yammer in Glow.

So how are you using Yammer in your school?

Do share in the comments below how Yammer is being used in your school

Sway presentation about Yammer

Click on this link to access a Sway presentation about Yammer available to all learners and teachers in Scottish schools using Glow

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Yammer - so what is it and why use in school? Yammer is an online discussion/collaboration tool which provides schools with a secure online environment where all pupils in a class can ask questions of their peers, where they can seek answers and help each other, bounce ideas around and deepen their own understanding of what they are learning in class.

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Microsoft Sway is a presentation tool which is free and works on any device. It can start with a simple word-processed document (or from other sources such as Powerpoint or PDF) where you've put your ideas and, with just a few clicks, you can upload the document, highlight text you wish to emphasise, which parts to make into new sections, where to add images, embedded video links and images, and add emphasis in an engaging way.

Sway is Microsoft's digital storytelling tool. It's the perfect tool for elevating student voice!
How are you using Sway?
📺Presentation
🎨Art / multimedia portfolio
👨‍🍳 Recipe book
🖼️Picture book
🧪Science report
💬Blog
📚Book review https://t.co/TgxbQrWRgp

- Steven Payne (@standouted) April 19, 2020

Click on this link for a quick guide and introductory tutorial showing how you can make an engaging presentation using Sway -

The following video takes the brief introduction above and develops that so that you can create a presentation in Sway using the new layout set up specifically for presentations. This video shows how to use groups, grids, captions, and focus points to ensure your chosen message comes across in they way you wish with the emphasis on the content you deem to be most important.

Want to make a tutorial presentation using Sway? The video below shows how you can structure a Sway presentation to use embedded videos, images and text to explain the steps in any process for explaining to others.

How to use Sway for a school project. The following video shows how Sway can be used to create a project on any topic in an educational context.

Click here for links to video guides to using Sway from Microsoft.

Click here for a guide to using Sway specifically in Glow Office 365 - this also links to a variety of examples of the use of Sway in a school context

Sway is Microsoft's digital storytelling tool. How do you use it?
📰Newsletter
📚Book review
📺Presentation
🖼️Picture book
🧪Science report
🎨Art / multimedia portfolio
🔤Dictionary / word list
📔eTextbook
🔃Flipped learning
🖥️Website
💬Blog
👩‍🏫PL resource https://t.co/TgxbQrWRgp

- Steven Payne (@standouted) March 9, 2020

To share your Sway

To share your Sway presentation with others you simply copy the weblink URL which Sway provides for you, and share that, whether via social media or email (there are specific buttons at the share part of Sway which provides you with the appropriate link for each method of sharing. This can also be used to embed in a Glow WordPress blog - just add the short link in the body of a blogpost and it will automatically embed. Note that if you are using your Glow user account to share your Sway link the Sway presentation must have ben made public for others to see it, it cannot be embedded elsewhere online (such as a blog) unless the Sway presentation is public and can be seen by anyone on the Sway settings.

Below is an example Sway " Sway for Education: Sway in the Classroom " which provides examples of how Sway can be used, and also shows in itself what a Sway presentation can look like.

How to make your Sway presentation even better

Here's a Sway presentation below by Nathan G Freier of his top 10 tips and tricks to make your Sways look great.

Examples of Sway in Education

Sway - The star of your 2015 Classroom - a post on the Microsoft Australian Teachers Blog. This provides a host of ideas for how Sway can be used in a classroom context, as well as examples of created Sways.
Sway in the Classroom - examples from Scottish schools collated by Laura Paterson
School Newsletter from Lockerbie Academy - an example of a school newsletter which can provide a different way of presenting information, news, updates and more about school life. The link can be shared with parents/carers in a short text or email and looks more engaging compared to a printed version.

Have a look at this Boardmaker Interactive Visual Timetable. A great resource to support pupils with their home learning routine. Lots of learners require visual aids to ease their stress levels and make their day more predictable. Give it a go! @FifeDLT
https://t.co/91MogFo6nA

- St Columba's RC Primary School (@StColumbasRCPS) May 19, 2020

We have been developing a quick guide to using @goboardmaker visual supports to support home learning. Let us know what you think https://t.co/211goetkfA

- Fife Digital Team (@FifeDLT) May 19, 2020

Stirling High School Newsletter - this Sway (as well as the associated pdf version) was created by pupils

The Sway below illustrates the use of the slideshow feature in Sway

https://t.co/bXuXkEUYih https://t.co/Rfi6QYwT2Y
- Andy Thompson (@thompo71) January 21, 2021

The Sway below is a neat collaboration by pupils in different high schools working together to create a story - digital story telling "The Street of Shadows" by pupils in Largs Academy and Garnock Academy in North Ayrshire

The Sway below is the result of a project by primary 1 pupils at Westquarter Primary School in Falkirk about "Why We Do Research"

The Three Little Pigs - a neat use of Sway to share the activities of Polbeth Nursery School in West Lothian related to the tale of The Three Little Pigs - this Sway incorporates video, image decks (some of pictures of outdoor activities, and some of the artworks created by the children), and note of comments by the children.

The " Uses of Fibre Optics " Sway below was created by Cameron Gilmour, pupil at Kirkintilloch High School in East Dunbartonshire as part of Physics coursework

The " Uses of Fibre Optics " Sway below was created by Payton Trimble, pupil at Kirkintilloch High School in East Dunbartonshire as part of Physics coursework

If you are looking for a bit of interaction with viewers of your Sway you may wish to consider embedding a Padlet wall in a Sway presentation. The following Sway demonstrates what an embedded Padlet wall would look like - viewers of the Sway can add comments, links, pictures or videos on the Padlet wall/page and these automatically appear within the Sway. Note that for classroom use you will want to be aware you can password-protect a Padlet page or set up a page to have moderation so that posts would not go live unless you approved them.

Learn how to use Sway

Introduction to Sway on the Microsoft Educator Community - so if you've been inspired to create your own Sway then have a look at the Microsoft Educator Community Introduction to Sway free online course. It includes short video tutorials, presented in sequence so that you can choose just those parts which you feel you need. There are examples of Sways created for the classroom with explanations of how they were created and used. When you think you have grasped all you need to know you can then complete the short interactive quiz - sign in with your Microsoft Office 365 account, so teachers in Scottish schools can sign in with their Glow email address. And when successfully completed you will gain recognition with a badge, points and certificate.

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OneNote is a free tool which works online through a web browser, or through apps for mobile devices, or as a desktop software (it's also part of Microsoft Office 2013).

And it's available to users of Microsoft Office 365 (so all Scottish school pupils and staff with Glow access have this as part of the features available automatically to them via their Glow login).

But what is OneNote?

It's like a ring-binder where you can choose to have multiple sections (like card-dividers in a real ring-binder), and within each section you can have multiple pages. And it all synchronises on multiple devices should you wish it to do so.

How might OneNote be used in a classroom context?

So you may be a teacher who may have sections in a OneNote file for each subject, and within each subject pages for each pupil. Each page can contain text, photographs, comments, web links, audio or video so may be an evidence gathering tool for a teacher. A picture to show evidence of a piece of practical work can be instantly inserted via mobile device straight to a pupil's page for a particular subject in the OneNote file.

Pupils could create a OneNote of their own and use it as a learning log, an eportfolio, a place to jot down their notes, links to resources, documents, websites, etc. And a OneNote stored online can be shared with another user - so a pupil may create a piece of work in a OneNote file for a particular topic, subject or teacher and share access to that so it could be shared only with that one pupil and their teacher.

The creator of the OneNote file can choose to make it so that the teacher can add comments to the document for feedback to the pupil, directly on the document. And in some versions they can also add an audio file of feedback straight into the page.

Here's a video tutorial showing how OneNote might be used as a pupil topic research tool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0hfsJaHTOM
OneNote - a Platform for Creativity, Collaboration and Communication a blogpost by a learner and a teacher explaining how they use OneNote as a tool which both the learner and teacher can access and use to support learning and teaching.

Here's a video showing OneNote being used as a learning journal shared by the pupil with their teacher http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=pAubfxGwRJQ

Here's a video by educator Lisa Cuthbert-Novak showing how her learners use OneNote to chronicle their learning journey in writing, particularly noting the reflections the pupils added to what they were learning as they added examples of their work, their thoughts on the process and links to resources they found:
http://vimeo.com/113114835
Choose Your Own Adventure stories - this links to a blog post by Pip Cleaves describing how using the facility to add links to different pages in a OneNote file pupils can create stories with alternative texts for different junctures in a story for their readers.

Here's a video by Tamara Sullivan explaining how learners in Sydney and Brisbane, who did not meet face to face, collaborated on a photo essay project using OneNote as the vehicle by which they could share ideas, tasks, photo-essays and comments by learners on the work of others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4kSzezVzq0&WT
These two links below also give an overview of the features of the different versions of OneNote, whether the online version, the full desktop software version, or the apps specific to different devices:
http://goo.gl/qLY6go http://goo.gl/PGrwkA
Playlist of videos with short tutorials on the use of OneNote 2013 from Message Ops. Each video is short and specific to one task you may wish to do in OneNote, such as adding a new section, password protecting a page, adding an image, and much more.

So how do you get started using OneNote?

Here's a link to a basic guide to OneNote Online: http://goo.gl/tbVYsL

OneNote Toolkit for Teachers - a site which provides guides, examples and hints and tips for teachers looking to use OneNote in a classroom context. This comes from the Microsoft Educator Network

How to use OneNote for learners - tips and advice for pupils learning to use OneNote to support their learning. Also tips for teachers too.

OneNote Class Notebook

If schools are signed up to Office 365 then they also have the additional option to use OneNote's education-specific class tool OneNote Class Notebook where a OneNote class file can be set up so that individual sections or pages can have different access rights or permissions. Just by adding a teacher and learners to a OneNote Class Notebook specific sections and associated different access rights are automatically added. There's a content library section (teachers add content which learners can view but not edit); there's a collaboration section (where pupils can collaborate together, adding and editing content); and there are individual learner sections (which only that individual learner and the teachers can see, making it ideal for assignments, or reflections).

Here's a video by teacher Andrew Hay demonstrating how he uses OneNote Class Notebook

OneNote Class Notebook is an Office 365 app (when first introduced it used to be required to be added via a sharepoint site, and first enabled by a site administrator - it is no longer the case that it requires IT administrator intervention, making it much simpler for a teacher to create and manage). It also changed its name from when it was first introduced (so you may see refernces online to it as OneNote Class Notebook Creator - it now has a shorter name, just OneNote Class Notebook).
Here's a short step-by-step guide to creating a OneNote Class Notebook for Glow users: https://docs.com/malcolm-wilson/3549/creating-a-onenote-class-notebook-for-glow-users

Here's a video showing how a teacher can set up a OneNote Class Notebook from their OneDrive in Office 365:

Here's a related interactive online guide to setting up and using OneNote Class Notebook - listen to the information, move on pages at your own speed.

OneNote and Assessment - this is a blogpost by Chantelle Davies describing how they see the use of OneNote for assessment with a focus on the audio and video features providing the facility for teachers to create a workspace for every pupil, to offer a content library for adding material, and a collaboration space, with which pupils can work in their space and teachers can give feedback in the same place. The work and feedback can be accessed anywhere any time.

OneNote for Teachers - a comprehensive site which details how OneNote can be got for any device, how it can be set up for use, examples of ways in which it can be used, help guides and much more - all within a classroom context.

Microsoft Office has also produced a visual walk-through guide "Getting Started with the OneNote Class Notebook: A Walkthrough for Teachers"

Examples in use of OneNote Class Notebook

OneNote Class Notebook at Tynecastle High School - a blogpost by Martyn Call, acting Principal Teacher of Mathematics at Tynecastle High School, describing and illustrating with screencaptured images of how OneNote Class Notebook with a class of National 5 learners.

Using OneNote with National 5 and Higher Classes - a blogpost about the use of OneNote by Jacqueline Campbell, Computing teacher at St Mungo's RC High School in Falkirk describing the use of OneNote by her with her pupils.

Click here to view a PDF export from a OneNote presentation where pupils from St Mungo's RC High School in Falkirk shared their thoughts on the use of OneNote. This gives a flavour of some of the uses to which OneNote was put in their class, and teachers Jacqueline Campbell and Lynsey Mcnamee also shared how specific features of OneNote were used in different areas. Click here to view a video of views of some learners from St Mungo's RC High School about OneNote.

Click here for description of the use of OneNote Class Notebook in a primary school in St Ninian's Primary School in Edinburgh. This gives an outline of how the OneNote Class Notebook is used and gives lots of comments from pupils and staff.

OneNote at Kirklandneuk Primary School - a great presentation (using Sway) by Natalie Lochhead describing how OneNote is being used in Kirklandneuk Primary School - with screenshots of sections of staff and learner OneNote Notebooks

Islay High school 5th-year pupil Ryan Campbell's Overview of OneNote - an excellent guided tour with description by 5th-year high school pupil of his use of OneNote.

Categories: 1:1, Assessment, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), ePortfolio, Glow, Handheld Learning, ICT, Microsoft Office, Mobile Technology, Teaching Tools, Technologies | Tags: Glow, Microsoft Office 365 for Education, Office 365, OneNote | Permalink

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OneNote is a free tool which works online through a web browser, or through apps for mobile devices, or as a desktop software (it's also part of Microsoft Office 2013). And it's available to users of Microsoft Office 365 (so all Scottish school pupils and staff with Glow access have this as part of the features available automatically to them via their Glow login).

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Using Forms within Glow to get feedback and gather data

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Comprehensive blogpost from Malcolm Wilson showing examples of how to use O365 Forms within Glow to support learning.

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Gathering feedback, taking quizzes to reinforce learning, undertaking surveys of views, signing up or registering for an activity - just some of the ways forms can be used by schools. And now there is the option to use Microsoft Forms - available as a free online tool which uses a Microsoft Office 365 account (available to all Glow users) to set up the form either by going to https://forms.office.com or, if already logged into Office 365, via the Forms tile in the office 365 navigation tiles waffle. Office Forms can be created by either learners or educators.

Forms work nicely on any smartphones, tablets or PCs. Setting up requires the creator to be logged in to Office 365 but those completing the created form can be completed by anyone without requiring any kind of logging in (if that setting is chosen by the form creator), or they can be anonymous (if that is the setting the creator of the form wishes to use), or if they wish to restrict responses to their class and to ensure their identity they can use the login details of office 365 users too (if that's how the creator of the form wishes the form to be completed). So the form creator gets the choice to suit the purpose and audience of their form.

Feedback is immediate, real-time, to the form creator and the results can be displayed in different ways to suit the need of the form creator.

For Sway users you can embed a form created with office Forms live in a Sway presentation information can be shared about a topic being studied and a quiz included alongside the content.

Creating your form

1. Either go to https://forms.office.com and log in with your Office 365 account (for Scottish schools that will be your Glow account) or, if already logged into Office 365, choose the Forms tile in the office 365 navigation tiles waffle.

2. Click on + New to start creating your new form (you can click on the title of any previously created form in order to edit that, and if you wish to base a new form on an existing form you can click on the ... ellipsis to the right of the form title and choose copy - then you can edit the copy to create a new version.

3. Just click on "Untitled form" to edit the name of your form, and click on "Enter a description" to add explanatory text as you may wish to include to explain the purpose of the form and perhaps mentioning the intended audience. Then click "+ Add question"

4. Choose the type of question.There are five types of answer formats:

multiple choice questions (where you can choose to accept only one answer or multiple responses)

free-text (and you can choose either short or long text)

ratings (you can choose number or star rating)

quiz-questions (where you can provide immediate feedback to anyone filling in the form as to whether the respondent gave the correct answer or not (click on the tick icon to indicate which answer would be the correct answer - and just click on the speech-bubble icon to add comments to any response choice, which may give encouraging comments or suggestions for what to do next in response to the answer given, or any kind of feedback you wish to display when a particular choice is chosen)

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5. You can choose whether there can be multiple responses or only one answer accepted, you can require that specific questions have to be answered before a user can complete the form, and by clicking on the ...ellipsis you can choose whether a subtitle (which could provide explanatory text for each question) is displayed, and whether you wish to shuffle the order of questions so that each time someone sees the form the questions are displayed in a random order.

6. Add as many further questions as you wish. You can re-order the questions by clicking on the upward or downward facing arrows above each question, and you can copy an existing question (and edit that copy), or delete an existing question.

7. You can add a branching question option so that, depending on the response to one question, anyone responding can be directed to different questions to reflect that choice.

Previewing your form

To see what the form will look like for people about to fill it in you can click on "preview" at the top navigation bar. You can see how the questions will be laid out on a computer, and you can also choose to see how it will look on a mobile device.

Sharing your form

Once the form is complete click on "Send form" - this will open a side panel with various choices. It will provide a link to share with those you wish to respond to the form. It will create a QR code for quick scanning by users using a mobile device, and it will provide html embed code if you wish to embed the form within a website page or blogpost. This screen also gives you the option to choose who will be able to fill out the form - you can choose only people within your organisation (for Scottish schools using Glow that would be Glow users only), and within that you can choose whether or not to record the names of those responding in the results, or you can choose to make the form available to anyone with the link (where no sign-in will be required for people responding to the form).

If you click on " See all settings " at the foot of this side panel you will get further choices:

Collect responses (a quiz which feeds back answers immediately to respondents may not need responses collected)

Apply deadline (so nobody will be able to complete the form after that date)

Display the correct answers after responders submit the form (available if you have chosen the quiz format)

Shuffle questions (gives the option to present the questions in random order)

Looking at the results of your form

When you wish to look at the responses to a form you have shared then simply open the form and click on the responses tab along the top of the screen. You will get an overview of the number of respondents, the average time taken to complete by respondents, and whether the form is still active or expired 9if you'd set it to have a deadline). There is also the option to download to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (which comes complete with auto-filter drop-downs to easily sort the information generated to suit your needs).

Example forms

How did you get on with your learning this week? - this form is a mock form just to show how a form might be used for a teacher to get feedback from learners in their class to better support them. This example is based on the form created by Fiona Johnson, headteacher at Kilmartin Primary School in Argyll and Bute, but this link is purely an example so anyone can try it. Similarly here is another mock form (also based on the form created by Fiona Johnson as headteacher at Kilmartin Primary School in Argyll and Bute) - " How did you get on with your learning today? " - feel free to give it a try.

Tracking Significant Aspects of Learning - Athole McLauchlan used Microsoft Forms with pupils at Bearsden Primary School as a way of recognising and reporting on wider achievements of learners. Click here to see a copy of the form used (this is a mock copy for readers of this blog to try out the responses and does not affect the real form used with pupils). This covered pupil voice, sporting achievements, learning for sustainability, healthy choices, STEM, reading and writing for pleasure, creativity and personal interest, and skills for life and work. One question included a "bucket list" - looking at pupil aspirations (with reference to 50 things to do before age 11). Forms can be used to generate a report on school-wide data, as well as to look at the responses on a form by any individual (a form can be anonymised or it can require login and a name to be provided depending on the purpose).

Teacher Nick Tait has shared the following video showing how he has used Microsoft Forms with a class of high school learners at Grangemouth High School. This video shows how the forms are constructed and shows the view of the responses by the teacher as creator of the forms.
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So what have people said about Office Forms?

Steven Payne, an educator in Western Australia, shared the results of a mock use Microsoft Forms - showing the results, and the way in which they can be displayed, which the creator of the form can see once respondents have completed the survey.

Jim Federico commented in a tweet that Microsoft Forms being built into Office 365 for Education means no add-ins are required, and includes question types which auto-grade.

Kurt Söser, an educator in Austria, has provided a step-by-step guide to his experience setting up a quiz with Microsoft Forms and using it with his learners.

Vicent Gadea, an educator in Spain, described co-assessment using Microsoft Forms "1st time was complicated then was very powerful for us."

Koen Timmers, an educator in Belgium, has described in a step-by-step guide, illustrated with screenshots, how to set up a form using Office Forms, and shared what the responses look like for a form he created.

Gordon Wardlaw, teacher at Grangemouth High School in Falkirk Council has shared in a Sway presentation about his use of Forms with his pupils.

Sarah Clark, science teacher at Dunfermline's Queen Anne High School in Fife Council, has shared the Form below which has an embedded video about which her learners are asked to respond to demonstrate their understanding of what they have viewed.

Making use of Forms in the classroom

There is a range of online form tools available, each of which can generally be used in similar ways, so it can be helpful to look at how others have used these tools when thinking about how online forms can support classroom activity.

Chad Raid wrote about the use of forms on David Andrade's Educational Technology Guy blog - some of which may be applicable in different educational scenarios. Obviously in any use of forms the issue of data security is paramount and guidance from school or local education authority as to what can, and what must not, be requested via a form would clearly be essential.

What to Think About When You're Surveying Students - a post by Marcia Quackenbush and Pamela Jakwerth Drake which provides a host of ideas for using survey tools with learners, outlining the benefits as well as considerations specific to schools to be borne in mind, and links to various resources.

Comparison of Google Forms with Microsoft Forms - an informative blogpost by

Want to learn more?

Microsoft Educator Community has a range of free online professional development courses for teachers. Click on this link for an introductory course for using Microsoft Forms

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Miguel Guhlin describing each of the features side-by-side of the form-creation tools from both Google and Microsoft. Each tool changes to meet the needs of users and it is great for educators that two tools are available. Ideas for use of forms in either tool can be readily used in either tool, so often the tool to choose will be determined by what platform a school has already been set up for teachers and learners to use with accounts in either tool. So if you see a form shared in one platform which inspires you to make use of the idea you will find it will work in both.

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New to Microsoft Sway? This article provides an overview of how easy it is to create and share anything with Sway's colorful and interactive canvas. Learn how to create and preview your first Sway, how to add and embed content, and how to share your finished creation with others.

What is Sway?

Video: Use Sway to reimagine how your ideas come to life

Sway is a new app from Microsoft Office that makes it easy to create and share interactive reports, personal stories, presentations, and more.

Start by adding your own text and pictures, search for and import relevant content from other sources, and then watch Sway do the rest. With Sway, you're no longer limited to picking a pre-designed template that makes your presentations look like everyone else's, and you don't have to have any design skills to transform and showcase information in modern, interactive, and attention-getting ways.

With Sway, there's no need to spend lots of time on formatting. Its built-in design engine takes care of making your creation look its best. If the initial design doesn't quite match your taste or mood, you can easily apply another - or fully customize your layout to make it your own.

It's super easy to share your finished Sways. Family, friends, classmates, and coworkers can see your creations on the Web without signing up, signing in, or downloading anything. And you can change the privacy settings for any Sway whenever you want more control over what you share.

Sway is free to use for anyone with a Microsoft Account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com). You can create more sophisticated Sways with more content when you use Sway as part of an Office 365 subscription. For more information, see Add more content to your Sways with Office 365.

What can I create with Sway?

Whether it's a report, a presentation, a newsletter, a personal story, a photo album, or a visual trip report, there's virtually no limit on what you can express creatively with Sway.

Reports

Presentations

Newsletters

Stories

If you're not sure what's possible, you can get inspiration by viewing and interacting with Sways that other people have created. After you've signed in to Sway (see below), scroll down to the bottom of the My Sways page, and then browse through the featured content under the heading "Get inspired by a featured Sway." You can also choose to start with one of the featured templates to begin using and learning Sway.

Sign in to start creating

To get started with Sway, visit www.sway.com in any browser and then click Sign in on the top menu bar.

When prompted, enter the email address you want to use with Sway. You can use your free Microsoft Account (Hotmail, Outlook.com) or any organizational account given to you by your work or school. If you don't already have an account, visit www.microsoft.com/account to sign up for free.

On the My Sways page that opens after you've signed in, click or tap Create New to start creating your first Sway.

Get to know the Sway Storyline

The Storyline is where you type, insert, edit, and format the content that tells your story. Content is arranged in sequential order by adding cards, each of which holds the type of content you want - such as text, images, videos, and even Office documents. The order of cards can be rearranged at any time to suit your needs.

Give your Sway a title

Click the Title your Sway placeholder text shown in the first card on the Storyline, and then type a short but meaningful description of what your Sway is all about. When you later share your finished Sway, this title will be the first thing that others will see.

Add images and text to your Sway

To add content to your Sway, such as text, images, or videos, click or tap the + icon at the bottom of any existing card. You can also drag and drop text and images right onto your Storyline. (Don't hesitate to experiment - you can change the order of your content at any time and customize each card the way you want.)

Add content to your Sway

You can easily search for and add additional content to your Sway, such as an image that is stored on your computer or mobile device. Sway can also search the Web for the most relevant content, such as videos, and add it to your Sway. On the menu bar, click Insert, select your preferred content source from the menu, and then enter any search keyword or phrase into the Search sources box.

Preview your Sway

You can preview your work in progress at any time by clicking the Design tab. When you preview your Sway, you can see how it will appear to others when you later decide to share it. To fully experience your Sway, click the Play button on the top menu bar.

To return to your Storyline when you're done previewing your Sway, click the Storyline tab.

Change the style of your Sway

Sway lets you focus on what you're trying to communicate by taking care of the formatting, design, and layout of your content. You can keep Sway's suggested default design, select and apply your own, and even customize the layout.

To choose a style for your Sway, click Design on the menu bar, and then select Styles. To choose a random look and mood for your Sway at any time, click the Remix! button until you find a design and layout you like. You can also adjust a specific part of the currently applied style, such as color, font, and textures, by clicking the Customize button in the Styles pane.

If you want to control how others will view and navigate your Sway once you've shared it, select whether your content should scroll vertically, horizontally, or appear like a presentation.

Share your Sway

Ready to share your Sway with the world - or perhaps just with selected people? Click the Share button on the top menu bar and then select how you want to share your Sway. Your choices on this menu depend on the type of account that you used to sign in to Sway.

For a more detailed look at all available sharing options, see Share your Sway.

Go mobile with Sway

Sway works in all modern mobile browsers, regardless of platform. Whether you're taking the sightseeing trip of a lifetime, documenting research for school, or taking part in an important business conference, Sway is always just a tap away.

Discover Accessibility features in Sway

The browser that is used to author and view a Sway determines the Accessibility features that are available. For best results, we recommend Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari.

You can use Sway in a high-contrast mode with full keyboard functionality and screen reader access to your content. Click More Options ( . . . ) on the top menu bar, and then click or tap Accessibility view. To quit Accessibility view, use the same command again.

For more information about Sway Accessibility, please read the following:

Next steps with Sway

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