Kate Farrell's 7 minute presentation at Teachmeet SLF14 on Digital Creativity hubs in Scotland for training and supporting Primary teachers to deliver more Computing and ICT in class

1. DIGITAL
CREAKATTEI FVARIRTELYL
@DIGITALKATIE
COMPUTING AT SCHOOL
SCOTLAND

2. CREATIVITY
Pupils who are encouraged to think
creatively:
• become more interested in discovering
things for themselves
• are more open to new ideas and
challenges
• are more able to solve problems
• can work well with others
• become more effective learners
• have greater ownership over their

3. DIGITAL CREATIVITY
Games Development
Mobile App Development
Web Development
Programming
Web and Social Media
Stop-motion Animation
3D Modelling
Physical Computing
Information and Data
Computer Animation
Video Editing
Audio Production
Graphics
Digital Illustration

4. WHAT IS
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING?
Computational thinking allows
us to develop skills and
techniques to help us solve
problems effectively, with or
without the aid of a computer

5. WHY THE FOCUS?
Forecasts from e-Skills UK
suggest that there could be
as many as 11,000 job
opportunities each year in
ICT and digital technology
roles in Scotland.

6. EXAMPLES OF
DIGITAL
CREATIVITY
ACTIVITIES

7. ANIMATION WITH SCRATCH

8. GAMES DEVELOPMENT WITH SCRATCH

9. GAMES DEVELOPMENT WITH SCRATCH

10. GAMES DEVELOPMENT WITH KODU

11. BOOK PUBLISHING

12. VIDEO EDITING AND GREEN SCREEN

13. MINECRAFT AND PYTHON
PROGRAMMING ON RASPBERRY PI’S

14. 3D MODELLING

15. WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

16. UNPLUGGED COMPUTING

17. IS THERE A DIGITAL
CREATIVITY HUB NEAR YOU?
EDINBURGH (X4!) GLASGOW
FIFE EAST LOTHIAN
DUNDEE …AND MORE!

18. FIND OUT MORE
WWW.CASSCOTLAND.ORG.UK
KATE.FARRELL@COMPUTINGATSCHOOL.OR
G.UK
@CASSCOTLAND @DIGITALKATIE