Term 1 Update Here is a round-up of all that has happened in Term 1 – click on the image for all the info! Google AI Literacy campaign for teachers Google is launching a national AI literacy campaign to drive safe and confident adoption for teachers, learning support professionals and school leaders. In the coming …

Week Commencing 28th September October is all about Artificial Intelligence! AI in Glow Walled Garden of Glow Check out our latest Professional Learning Watch Again videos on using the AI tools in Glow. Both have similar starts but there are some different examples to get you going. https://youtu.be/cU41v0bR4_w https://youtu.be/wCKgGPpfGwM Google for Education Check out this …

Apple Professional Learning Specialist (APLS) Welcome Ruth Burnett, Our New Apple Professional Learning Specialist! We are delighted to announce that our very own Ruth Burnett has officially achieved accreditation as an Apple Professional Learning Specialist (APLS)! In her new role as an APLS, Ruth is certified by Apple to deliver tailored professional learning, coaching and …

Promethean If you missed our Getting to Know your ActivPanel on 3 September or would like to Watch Again, check out the recording on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/FF5dug_ytk8 There is also an opportunity to attend a Digital Drop-In Day with Promethean and friends! Digital Drop-In Day Explore practical EdTech solutions, meet providers and discover …

Week Commencing 7th September Read&Write There’s still time to book one of our Read&Write Professional Learning sessions on CPD Manager. Both courses are being held at Cochrane Castle Primary School: 1 October – Supporting Every Learner with Read&Write using iPads, Course ID: 95776 6 October – Supporting Every Learner with Read&Write using Google Chrome or …

Can you believe it is September already?! We hope you have been enjoying the resources found in our newly-launched DigiLearnRen website, you can check it out here and via the new tile in the Renfrewshire Launchpad on Glow. As September begins we have the new edition of The Monthly Download. Our September 2026 Accessibility Monthly Download …

Week Commencing 31st August Accessibility! September is accessibility month in Renfrewshire! Read&Write We recently ran a session on Read&Write for a group of staff. The session slides contain a wealth of follow up resources for staff and pupils, including a full training video for each platform. These should fully support anyone wanting to revise certain …

Week Commencing 24th August S&Q Report Here is the Standards and Quality Report for 25/26. Click on the image to access all the links. Glow Updates Canva is now available! For everything you need to know about Canva in Glow, check out our handy guide available here! Glow Password Reset The pupil password reset took …

Week Commencing 17th August 👍🏻Welcome Back We hope you all had a great summer break. This session we will be posting our Midweek Bytes every Wednesday to keep you up-to-date with all the latest digital news so keep checking every week! 🔑Glow Password Reset The pupil password reset took place on 11th August so if …

Check out the new site here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/digilearnrenfrewshire/

We hope you have a great summer. If you fancy some CLPL over the holidays, why not have a look back at some our our posts throughout the session.  You can use our “tags” to select what you are interested in. Have a fabulous break! PS Look out for a new DigiLearnRen coming after the … Continue reading Happy Hols! →

IMPORTANT! This is the annual reminder of the dates when Glow forces a password reset for security purposes. Pupils 11th August Staff 25th August This means the next time a pupil or staff member logs on after that date, they will be forced to change their password.

All schools are able to sign up for the “free” Safer Schools Scotland app which can be used for pupils, staff and parents to provide helpful information on keeping safe online. To find out more, come along to our Introduction to Safer Schools Scotland webinar on 24th August by signing up via CPD Manager, Course … Continue reading Safer Schools Scotland Webinar 24/08/26 →

A new matching game is now available in Teach and the Learning Activities. This could be used as a quick interactive way to reinforce key concepts, check understanding and engage learners. Find out more in this Glow Connect post. Matching Game in Learning Activities and Teach Module – Glow Connect

This helpful Glow Connect posts tells you how to use the nifty plugin Draw Attention on your Glow blog. https://glowconnect.org.uk/glow-blogs-plugin-spotlight-draw-attention/

Check out the Professional Learning Offer for 2026-2027 from the Digital Learning Team below.  

Introducing the New SharePoint Experience Microsoft is rolling out a redesigned SharePoint experience, including a new app bar and updated navigation. This will automatically apply to all Glow M365 users, replacing the current interface. The rollout is scheduled from mid-June to mid-July. Introducing the New SharePoint Experience – Glow Connect   Retirement of SharePoint Alerts … Continue reading Microsoft Updates in Glow →

               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.        17/18 June – Fathers Day        … Continue reading Adobe Express Latest News →

  This is the annual reminder of the dates when Glow forces a password reset for security purposes.   Pupils 11th August Staff 25th August   https://www.canva.com/design/DAHGjKkxUlE/tokCzuma1TJAEzvSk952aA/watch

As a gift from the Scottish Government, a box of books on being safe and secure online is on their way for each Primary One child in all Scottish schools. What is inside the box? Inside each box P1 teachers will find copies of the brand-new story book Cy Bear at School Keeping Safe and Secure Online and a covering letter for your … Continue reading Cyber Resilience – Cy Bear book launch and support →

Dr Konstantina (Dina) Martzoukou, Associate Professor, RGU We were able to develop this project further with additional work as part of Generative Artificial Intelligence Skills in Schools: Teaching, Reaching and Activating – Instructors Network (GenAISiS T.R.A.I.N.) – Responsible AI in collaboration with Aberdeen Science Centre. We developed a training guide that is aimed at anyone supporting … Continue reading GenAISiS T.R.A.I.N for staff supporting learners aged 8 – 13 years →

Check out the latest update from Glow Connect here: https://glowconnect.org.uk/back-to-school-with-glow-may-2026/

Following our final AI Champions session, here is a useful round-up of the AI tools available within Glow. You can download your own copy here: https://canva.link/ycij19wdke7ly23 

The Scottish Government recently published “Scottish Guidelines and Guardrails for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Schools“. It has lots of useful examples as well as a list of core principles for education. You can find out more using the link above.

Why not let Luke Craig and friends from Google for Education lead one of your staff CPD sessions? We have monthly live 1-hour sessions that will introduce your staff to Google’s AI tools and provide time to gain Gemini Certified Educator status. For more information, click the link below Recorded Session (now viewable on demand) … Continue reading Whole School Live AI Training →

Calling all 4 – 11 year old practitioners! The Information Commissioner’s Office has produced the resource below to help parents and carers of 4–11-year-olds talk to their children about online privacy. I’m sure this will be helpful to parents so feel free to share the link with them. Switched on to privacy campaign toolkit | … Continue reading Switched on to Privacy Campaign →

Glow Connect have been producing a series on using AI in the classroom. This example from South Lanarkshire is all about using Adobe Express to develop essential digital skills – food for thought! Empowering Creative Digital Learners Empowering creative digital learners

Are you an Early Years Practitioner? Here are the recent national webinars which may be of interest to you. Click on the links to watch again! #SDLW24 DSAS ELC Launch and a sharing experience/ practitioner insight session #SDLW25 Digital Learning Through Play Award in ELC #SDLW25 Creating ELC Newsletters with Adobe Express #CSW26 Supporting Cyber … Continue reading National Early Years Watch Again Webinars! →

Aye Mind have produced a series looking at popular social media platforms which have useful conversation starters and additional support. This can be helpful for staff, pupils and parents. Here is their Instagram one: Social-Media-Series-Instagram Social-Media-Series-Instagram

Please see information below from Rebecca Gracher of Code Club: I am the community coordinator for Code Club in Scotland. I hope you can help me promote a training opportunity we have for teachers in Scotland. We are hosting two one-day training sessions in early June, one in Glasgow and one in Dundee. The training … Continue reading Funded Code Club training for teachers →

For anyone who is still interested in participating in the Digital Educator Awards Scotland (DEAS) but couldn’t attend live, the recording and slides are now available on the DEAS website digitaleducatorawards.com. There is still plenty of time to join the summer programme.  The next steps to get started can be viewed at the link below: … Continue reading Digital Educator Awards Scotland (DEAS) →

Unfortunately, we had to cancel our Safer Schools Scotland webinar which would have shared all you needed to know to get started. Don’t worry, you can still use the Renfrewshire form to sign up first and secondly use their onboarding form. You can access the Renfrewshire form here: Safer Schools Scotland – Fill in form … Continue reading Safer Schools Scotland →

During this final term of the session, now is a good time to start thinking about a clear out of your Glow drives. The Glow Community rules provide some useful pointers to help you with this. Check them out here:

Missed our Read&Write webinars with the fabulous Emma Dobinson from Everyway? Catch up on any of them here:

  Have you recently had an AP10 Promethean panel fitted in your classroom? If yes, why not register for one of our online Promethean orientation session?  Open the advert below and click on the link to register. AP10 Orientation

🌤Ready for the final lap? Grow your skills for the summer term 🚀 Let Google lead your next AI twilight with Gemini Academy Live Why not let Luke Craig and friends from Google for Education lead one of your staff CPD sessions? We have monthly live 1-hour sessions that will introduce your staff to Google’s … Continue reading Google Workspace Update →

Here is the round-up of all our posts throughout March and April. Please download and share with colleagues 😊 DigiLearnRen Latest Round-up!

I love a wee tip – do you? Check out this handy tip from Glow Connect when sending Teams chat! Choose your ‘Enter’ key behaviour in Teams Chat Settings  

Safer Schools is a multi-award-winning safeguarding ecosystem, created to educate, empower and protect your entire school community, in a digital World.Available at no additional cost to school and Local Authority customers insured by Zurich Municipal, Safer Schools has been developed in partnership with online safety experts, INEQE Safeguarding Group. Come along and hear all about … Continue reading Safer Schools Scotland Launch! →

Here’s all the latest Adobe Express news! Secondary teachers (& primary who want to go further), check out the new Secondary Computing E-book! The primary e-book is always here. 1.              Live lessons (English & Cymraeg) 75 minutes long with a natural half time break if you need to leave early. Register for … Continue reading Adobe Express Update →

Did you know that Glow Connect sends out a monthly newsletter which has all sorts of useful information about Glow? To sign up, all you need to do is click on the Scotland tile and scroll down to the Glow Newsletter tile. Click on this to take you to the sign up page and you … Continue reading Glow Connect →

  Our seventh AI Champion Educators session is next Wednesday. If you didn’t manage to join our professional learning series on using AI in Glow, we hope you have enjoyed catching up on demand on our YouTube Playlist.  

Welcome back – we hope you all had a restful Easter break! In case you missed our Term 3 update at the end of last term, we have shared it here again for your information. Enjoy! Term 3 Update 25/26

It has been a full on term in our DigLearnRen community! Thank-you for all your support throughout the session so far. In the final term we will be launching the new DigiLearnRen site and providing details of what is to come in the new session so watch this space for more information. To end this … Continue reading Term 3 Update 25/26 →

Next session, the Digital Learning Team’s mission is to weave digital tools naturally through every area of the curriculum, making it an effortless and creative part of every school day. To help your establishment, department or cluster achieve this, we are planning to introduce five key collegiate sessions, plus a bespoke session for our ELCCs. … Continue reading Professional Learning Needs Consultation →

Following last week’s creativity RTC session, I thought it would be useful to share our Apple RTC out of the box ideas for using with your iPads. https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/renfrewshirertc/ideas/ There is lots of useful information available on our dedicated RTC site, so check it out here:  https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/renfrewshirertc/

Ahead of our AI Tools showcase this week, I though it would be helpful to share again our AI Staff Toolkit for Gemini and Notebook LM. Here you will find the playlist to watch again all our sessions so far, alongside lots of guides and ideas of how you as an educator can make use … Continue reading AI Tools in Glow →

Our third Read&Write session with Emma was all about how to make the most of Read&Write using the browser. You can watch again here: https://youtu.be/PDp9YU31qqQ

Here is the branded video from this session, now available on our YouTube Channel. We hope you find it helpful. https://youtu.be/J-LgALKDldg

  Below is a recording of the 6th session of our AI Champion Educators with Martin Coutts and Susan Sey from Education Scotland. This looks at the latest Gemini and Notebook LM updates. Martin also shared a playlist of Google Gemini hints and tips. We hope you are enjoying our Watch Again opportunities from this … Continue reading AI Champion Educators – March 2026 →