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A Giant Success!
Read more: A Giant Success!At the beginning of March, we brought some Giants from National Museums Scotland directly into nearly 50 classrooms across the city! Learners and teachers alike were guided step by step to create an animation on Keynote that played with perspective and movement. We also looked at how to be creative with our choices, adding text…
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Using Teams Chat & Setting Quiet Hours
Read more: Using Teams Chat & Setting Quiet HoursThis video explains how staff can use Microsoft Teams to send messages to colleagues, as well as how to set quiet hours across Teams and Outlook. Helpful for staying connected during the working day while also protecting your personal time. We explain how to: Suitable for staff across all settings, and recorded February 2026 on…
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Using Praise in Teams
Read more: Using Praise in TeamsThis Digitip shows how to use the Praise function inside Microsoft Teams A great way to complement the feedback, certificates and awards you give out in school. Watch the video
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Organise PDFs in Apple Books
Read more: Organise PDFs in Apple BooksThis Digitip explains how to save and organise pdfs using Apple Books on your school iPad. Useful for study materials, gathering research, collecting project information and lots more. We explain how to: Suitable for both staff and learners, and recorded February 2026 on iOS 26. Watch the video here
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Safer Internet Day 2026
Read more: Safer Internet Day 2026Our second ever set of Live Assemblies to mark Safer Internet Day UK was big, with 60 of our Primary Schools taking part in 241 classrooms across the city; some in little groups, and some in their big assembly halls! This year’s theme was complex one: Smart Tech, Safe Choices:Exploring the Safe and Responsible use…
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Making Learning Visible with Custom Sized Media Placeholders
Read more: Making Learning Visible with Custom Sized Media PlaceholdersThis Digitip explores how media placeholders in Keynote and Pages can be created for simple, child-friendly templates that support learning and pupil voice. You’ll see examples of effective media placeholders in action across maths, reading and literacy, before learning how to design your own custom-sized placeholders using shapes. These templates make it easy for young…
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Burns Goes Digital Live Lesson
Read more: Burns Goes Digital Live LessonOur first live lesson of 2026 began with a celebration of Scotland’s National Poet, Robert Burns, paying digital tribute to his Address to a Haggis. This tied writing and digital literacy into learning taking place across schools centred around Burns Night. Focused on exploring Scots language, Robert Burns’ impact, and digital literacy skills, the Burns…
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Safer Internet Day 2026
Read more: Safer Internet Day 2026Tuesday 10th February Each year, we actively encourage participation in Safer Internet Day as part of your school’s approach to digital literacy, specifically Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety. Many schools use Safer Internet Day to launch the rest of the year’s conversation around online safety. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is : Smart Tech,…
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Formative Assessment with Teams Quizzes
Read more: Formative Assessment with Teams QuizzesThis DigiTip shows how to use the Quizzes feature within Teams to create assessments based on class learning materials. This quickly and easily syncs with Microsoft Forms and is a useful tool for personalised formative assessment. Quizzes allows you to: Watch the video.
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Christmas Tree Close-Up in Sketchbook
Read more: Christmas Tree Close-Up in SketchbookIn this Christmas Cracker, pupils will learn how to create a festive scene looking through the branches of a Christmas Tree, finding (and making!) the right tools for the job. Watch the video. Choose your baubles here (long press and tap ‘download’): Please do feel free to share any creations with us on this Padlet!
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AR Elf on the Shelf
Read more: AR Elf on the ShelfIn this Christmas Cracker pupils will use an Augmented Reality scan of an Elf on the Shelf to be creative in Keynote. This is suitable for both Shared and 1:1 devices. Watch the video. Please do feel free to share any of your pupils’ creations with us on this Padlet! Open the Padlet page to share…
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Christmas Cracker – Drawing Santa in Keynote
Read more: Christmas Cracker – Drawing Santa in KeynoteIn this Christmas Cracker, we’ll use the geometric shapes in Keynote to create a picture of Santa. This video shows you the steps of manipulating the built in shapes as well as using the fill tool to make a picture of Santa. Watch the video Please do feel free to share any of your pupils’…
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Christmas Jumper Generator
Read more: Christmas Jumper GeneratorWatch the video. In this Christmas Cracker we’re using Scratch to create a Christmas jumper generator. Just go to https://scratch.mit.edu and tap Create or sign-up your class. The coding guide is included with the final code, and there’s also a QR code to take your students directly to the Scratch website. Please do feel free to…
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Accessing Edinburgh Learns
Read more: Accessing Edinburgh LearnsThis Digishort is for Edinburgh education staff.It shows how you can access the Edinburgh Learns site for staff. The Edinburgh Learns Site is a secure area where schools can access policies, procedures and resources to support learning and teaching. Watch the video
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Merry Christmas Everyone
Read more: Merry Christmas EveryoneIn this Christmas Cracker pupils will learn how to create a version of the Shakin’ Stevens hit ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ in GarageBand. Watch the video. There are additional resources to support you and your learners completing this Christmas Cracker, you can download it by clicking the link below. Merry Christmas Everyone – Pages file Download…
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Animating Fairy Lights
Read more: Animating Fairy LightsIn this Christmas Cracker pupils will learn how to use the drawing tools in Keynote and create an animation effect. Watch the video. Please do feel free to share any of your pupils’ creations with us on this Padlet!
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Christmas Cracker: Pixel Pictures
Read more: Christmas Cracker: Pixel PicturesIn this Christmas Cracker, we’ll use tables in Keynote to create Christmas pixel pictures This video shows you the steps of changing colours in table cells to create a pixel image. Additionally it will discuss the navigation of A1 Spreadsheet cell notation where instructions can be followed to create different images. Watch the video Resources…
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Digital Advent Calendars
Read more: Digital Advent CalendarsIn this Christmas Cracker pupils will learn how to use a variety of Keynote functions including: links, animations, shapes, formatting tools, and more. Learners have the opportunity to create their own digital advent calendar. The video example looks at creating one with twenty-four days, but learners can make smaller countdowns. Watch the video. Please do…
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Teaching and Learning with Minecraft Education – Recording of Online CLPL
Read more: Teaching and Learning with Minecraft Education – Recording of Online CLPLWhat happens when you mix one of the world’s most popular games with the serious business of teaching and learning? You get a training session that’s as fun as it is forward‑thinking. Our recent Teaching and Learning with Minecraft Education CLPL virtually brought together colleagues from across the City of Edinburgh Council to explore how…
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Supporting Reluctant Writers with Voice Memos and Pages
Read more: Supporting Reluctant Writers with Voice Memos and PagesThis DigiTip shows how to use Voice Memos to record and transcribe ideas. This feature is available on Gen 10 (P7) and Gen 11 (P6) iPads. This feature can allow learners to use their voice to create written content. You can record your voice in Pages, Numbers and Keynote or dictate text but you are…
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