Digital Learning Portfolios

All Saints Primary School have recently used OneDrive to set up digital learning portfolios. This in itself allows students to develop a variety of transferable skills, but one of the main outcomes is that maintaining and developing a digital learning portfolio promotes lifelong learning. (more…)

Hwb+LMS learning tools

The Digital Competence Framework (DCF) is the first element of the new curriculum for Wales to be made available for schools in Wales. Digital Competency is defined by the Welsh Government as (more…)

Darren Park Road to RioBlog

Have you ever stopped to think about how often you collaborate with other people? Take a moment to think about your day. You wake up and may have to collaborate with the rest of your family on who uses the bathroom first.

On your way to school you will probably talk to your friends. Once at school you will collaborate with your teacher, your class mates and friends from other classes. Social media is fast becoming the major means of collaboration. It cannot replace face-to-face contact but it does have its advantages as long as it is used responsibly and appropriately. Hwb+ is a safe on line learning platform where pupils and staff can collaborate, and every school in Wales has access to their own Hwb+ site.

Schools across Wales are beginning to collaborate with each other using Hwb+. Many schools are taking part in joint projects such as ‘The Road to Rio’ where pupils are collaborating with pupils from other schools by sharing photographs, blogging about information they have discovered about the Olympics and sharing ideas with each other through discussions online.