Impact of Apple in Education

Establishing a contextual definition of what ‘good’ looks like. At Education Scotland we have established a ‘starter for 10’ to give everyone a lowered barrier of entry.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/2024/03/03/what-digital-learning-might-look-like/

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/2023/02/09/teacher-digital-skills-toolkit/

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/2022/01/27/features-of-highly-effective-digital-learning-teaching-and-assessment-in-schools/

Improved attainment, greater accessibility for all and cost reduction

Engagement

Pupil participation

health and well-being

attendance

attainment

pupil/parent thought

Attainment data/ tracking and monitoring of skills and achievements

Motivation & Engagement

Profiling/ personalised reflections of learning- pupil voice

Accessibility- how is it helping pupils

Creativity- pupils expressing understanding in a way that works for them and being more creative in general across subjects

Feedback! More pupils getting high quality feedback

Reducing teacher workload!

For school leaders it’s about the measure and impact of digital on attainment - has attainment improved? What are exam results telling us.

But I also think it’s important to listen and engage with families and young people, listening to their view points at council meetings. Think this is so important when encouraging their own child and supporting their learning away from the classroom.

It depends on what success measure the school leader values, do they value quantitative or qualitative measures? It is about attainment/exam results, positive destinations, attendance, happy learners, engaged learners, engaged staff. Also to question how to measure the use of digital throughout the school and then the level of that use. This question seems to provoke more questions for me.

Increase in the confidence of both students and the staff in using digital approaches to teaching and learning. Surveys and focus groups can be used to measure this.

Reducing teacher workload. Supporting all learners to achieve. Bringing vital skills learners to empower them reach positive destinations. Improving the feedback and quality of learning & teaching

I feel that if children are engaged and contribute. Sometimes paper is a barrier to learning whereas if a child can technology to describe their learning then it is a successful measurement.

Quicker, richer feedback resulting in higher attainment

health and well-being for staff (no carrying books to mark etc, reduce admin/workload)

quicker formative assessment, instant feedback, less marking

reduced costs (stationery, textbooks/resources)

Consistency, collaboration, creativity, skills for LWL, accessibility, reducing workload, challenge and enjoyment, relevance, differentiation by extension, equity, dual/multi-coding, transformation.

Staff and pupil surveys and focus groups. Individual learning conversations. Formative assessments.

Student wellbeing ie we use iPad to measure wellbeing (glow surveys) and then input all info for staff use on numbers. This means we know who is ready to learn and who is not.

exam results as schools are judged by these figures by the media as well as parents and the pressure to raise these year on year doesn’t go away

Engagement - pupil and parental and staff