Our fifth session was all about Microsoft Accelerators and Copilot Teach and quiz creation. You can watch the recording below! These are some of the useful links: https://glowconnect.org.uk/teach-module-in-glow-m365/ https://glowconnect.org.uk/new-copilot-quiz-teach-module-or-teams/ Learning Accelerators – Glow Connect

As part of our ongoing information security improvements, we would like to inform you of a change when resetting a users password. What’s changing? When you reset a users password, you will no longer be able to tick the box that allows users to log on using the password you have reset the account to. … Continue reading Change to resetting Glow passwords →

Our most recent AI Leadership Champions was all about using the new features available in Notebook LM and Adobe Express. You can watch again below! Here are some useful links: https://glowconnect.org.uk/notebooklm-infographics-and-presentations/ Adobe Express add-on for Google Drive – Glow Connect Google Vids: Google Vids – Glow Connect

Here’s the latest Adobe Express update to get you through February. Safer Internet Day coming up! 1.                     Live lessons (English & Cymraeg) 75 minutes long with a natural half time break if you need to leave early. Register for the recording if the dates or times don’t suit and to get pupil … Continue reading Adobe Express Latest News →

Our next drop-in for Promethean is on 11 February from 2 pm in Room 5 at Abercorn Centre, West College Scotland. Do you have a new ActivPanel? Or have you had one for a while and are wondering what more it can do? Why not pop into one of our Promethean Drop-In sessions. These sessions … Continue reading Promethean Drop-in 11 February →

If you are unsure who your Digital Learning Champion is, please do reach out!

There are lots of activities happening for Safer Internet Day 2026. Here are a couple of Education Scotland’s key activities: Digital Youth Work Conference: A day of insights, discussion and networking, with new resources, keynote speakers, workshops and plenty of interactivity. Key topics include Exploring AI, Developing ethical partnerships with the tech sector, Digital Youth … Continue reading Safer Internet Day 10 February →

With our authority subscription to Read&Write we have access to the Read&Write tools on any device. This overview webinar provides details on how to access them. https://youtu.be/kSZ3IuiZD-8 You can also check out the slide deck here.

Check out the recording from session 3 of our professional learning network for the ELC digital award. This one is all about setting culture. https://youtu.be/5Biy2SMoFOY

Unsure where to check when something in Glow appears to be not working? Education Scotland have a very useful page – the Service Status page – which alerts users to any issues affecting Glow Services, the Education Scotland websites and also Education Scotland managed SWAN circuits. Staying up to date via the Service Status page … Continue reading Glow Updates →

We have an authority wide subscription to Read&Write. Here’s a quick guide to get you started.

Did you know that Education Scotland have published a revised Digital skills for Scottish educators Digital skills for Scottish educators – DigiLearn Further support is coming soon and we will be incorporating this new guidance into our Transform to Innovate plans.

Did you know that we are a certified Apple Regional Training Centre (RTC)? We have regular RTC sessions to support you with all things iPad and have a dedicated website as well (see below)! Alongside this, we are building a staff toolkit for using iPads which you can access here. If there is anything in … Continue reading Renfrewshire Apple Regional Training Centre →

 Making Games: BAFTA Young Games Designer competition 2026 – DigiLearn I am delighted to be able to share Education Scotland’s schedule of learning to support educators with the aim of entering the BAFTA Young Games Designer (YGD) competition. Making Games: BAFTA Young Games Designer competition 2026 Once again, the amazing Into Film will support this … Continue reading Young Games Designer competition →

What is this project? In response to the tech skills crisis, ScotlandIS run an innovative project to provide every secondary school across Scotland with a tech expert at their disposal – these are Digital Critical Friends.     ScotlandIS aim to raise awareness of the skills and knowledge required for working in the tech sector amongst educators, learners and their … Continue reading Digital Critical Friends – ScotlandIS →

Here’s all the latest offering from Adobe Express! 1.                     Live lessons (English & Cymraeg) 75 minutes long with a natural half time break if you need to leave early. Register for the recording if the dates or times don’t suit and to get pupil certificates. Ideal for ages 7-13. ·   14 Jan = … Continue reading Adobe Express →

Glow Connect publishes lots of helpful hints and tips. They also have a termly newsletter. Check out their latest collection.

This is your chance to Watch Again our recording of the last AI Champion Educators professional learning session in November 2025. This session looks at Google Vids, Nano Banana and Gemini Gems!

This is our second ELC Digital Award Professional Learning Network with Eva Wilkinson, Education Scotland Digital Officer. This session focuses on the use of digital technology within your curriculum. We hope these Watch Again sessions inspire you to go for the award! https://youtu.be/ckR9qAnd8ds

CPD Manager, Course ID: 92775 Did you know that Glow is bursting with amazing tools to transform your teaching, reach all learners and reduce your workload? Sign up to this course to learn how to leverage the learning accelerators in M365 to support literacy and social wellbeing, spark creativity with Adobe Express and tap into … Continue reading Using Glow tools for learning and teaching, Course ID 92775 →

We hope you had a restful festive break! In November we held our AI Leadership Champions Session 2 which was all about using Google Gemini, Notebook LM and Adobe Express as education leaders. You can see the recording below and we have created a staff toolkit for using Google Gemini and Notebook LM. Check out … Continue reading Welcome Back! →

Thank-you for all your support throughout Terms 1 and 2. It has been great to see our DigiLearnRen community grow. We will be back in January with more fabulous professional learning, hints and tips and much more. We’ll finish off this term with our Term 2 ThingLink Update and hope you find all the information … Continue reading Term 2 Update →

Our final Winterfest 2025 video is from Stephanie Grant at Bishopton PS who is also one of our Apple RTC facilitators. She has created a quick video to show you how to use Keynote on your iPads to create a festive stocking. https://youtu.be/rx83S8k3Im4 We hope you have enjoyed all our videos. Remember to share any … Continue reading #Winterfest2025 – Day 12 Keynote →

Day 11 comes from Rona Montgomery of Kilbarchan PS and is another Adobe Express idea. This one is all about creating talking Christmas Cards! Bet your learners will have lots of fun with this one! https://youtu.be/TtCZ_Zr0fos

Day 10 is all about computing science and using code! Check out Ruth’s guided lesson in MakeCode Arcade for your learners to create their very own animated snowglobe! https://youtu.be/lCuD6LImrjw