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Please share this with ALL teaching staff
If you are your school's digital lead, please complete this form
Warning- Using AI to take notes during meetings!!
Warning- Using AI to take notes during meetings!!
Please note that using AI note-taking applications may be a breach of the GDPR.
Please note that using AI note-taking applications may be a breach of the GDPR.
All discussions will be accessible to your AI note-taker, and the information being discussed may be used by the AI application to train itself.
Has your school started to address its cyber safety?
Has your school started to address its cyber safety?
The start of the academic year is the ideal time to ensure that your school has taken action to mitigate the impact of a Cyber Incident.
The start of the academic year is the ideal time to ensure that your school has taken action to mitigate the impact of a Cyber Incident.
Your school has responsibility for the data which it holds.
Your school has responsibility for the data which it holds.
Increasingly, organisations are under threat of experiencing a cyber incident. Schools are no different; it is your responsibility to ensure that you have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that your data is protected.
The initial part of the support is the precautionary steps which your school can take to minimise the effects of a cyber incident.
There is also access to a plan template, which can be downloaded and completed, along with access to some staff training to develop your staff's understanding of cyber safety.
This document has been created using the guidance available on the Hwb platform.
Support and guidance in the steps your school needs to take to have the procedures in place to achieve the 360Safe Cymru award. These can begin to be implemented at the start of the school year, as this will usually be when schools create their student/school committees.
Additional Cyber Safety Steps
Additional Cyber Safety Steps
Ensure staff are not leaving their passwords by/on their devices (yes, they are still being written on post-it notes!)
Devices need to be rebooted (turned on and off) to allow security updates
When leaving a room, ensure staff lock their computer (Windows Key and 'L'), an increasing number of Cyber Incidents are a result of learners 'hacking' their own school
All USB sticks should be encrypted, alternatively, make use of secure online cloud storage
When printing to the school network printer, use a code to print off or ensure sensitive material is not left to be collected later in the day
Shred any confidential waste
Schools should make provision for supply staff to access work that has been left; they should not be required to log in as the staff member they are covering.
Website Updates
Website Updates
In the ever-evolving world of AI, schools and teachers will need support to understand various ways AI can be used within education.
A guide to understanding how learners can develop an understanding of how they create, store and share documents.
There is information to support schools and staff in understanding how the devices learners have available impact a learner's understanding of how data and storage work.
Chatbots guide for parents
Chatbots guide for parents
This video provides an introduction to what chatbots are, how they work and some of the worries that surround them.
Please feel free to share this with your learners' parents. The YouTube link is https://youtu.be/RZOMCfNTZac
WhatsApp guide for parents
WhatsApp guide for parents
This video provides an introduction to some issues regarding WhatsApp, with some of the steps that can be taken to minimise the impact.
Please feel free to share this with your learners' parents. The YouTube link is https://youtu.be/2ddHuae49MU
Renewal of Office 365 licences through Hwb
Renewal of Office 365 licences through Hwb
Cabinet statement
Written Statement: Welsh Government renews national Microsoft 365 licence – providing equitable access for all learners and teachers
Written Statement: Welsh Government renews national Microsoft 365 licence – providing equitable access for all learners and teachers
Please make families aware they could be making use of these licences, saving them £84.99 a year!!
Classroom ideas
Classroom ideas
Create informational videos
Create informational videos
Using Adobe Express, this video was made by layering images and using the 'animate characters' tool.
Learners can develop the skills of researching a topic area, writing a script, planning their content and recording and evaluating their video.
Please get in touch if you would like support in following this process.
Hwb updates
Hwb updates
Mae sesiynau GwylDigi Hwb bellach ar gael i'w gwylio ar alw ar Hwb. Gwyliwch sesiynau gan Microsoft, Adobe, Britannica, Apple, Common Sense Education, Just2easy a mwy.
Ymunwch â gwersi byw i ddysgwyr yn nhymor yr hydref a darganfyddwch sut i ddefnyddio offer Hwb yn yr ystafell ddosbarth.
Cadw Cymru yn ehangu byd Minecraft: safleoedd treftadaeth newydd ar gyfer yr Hydref
Bydd 5 safle Minecraft Cadw Cymru newydd ar gael yn ystod tymor yr hydref, ynghyd â gweithdy ar-lein i lansio pob safle.
Llys a Chastell Tretŵr, gweithdy ar-lein 15 Hydref
Llys yr Esgob, Tyddewi, gweithdy ar-lein 22 Hydref
Castell y Fflint, gweithdy ar-lein 5 Tachwedd
Plas Mawr, gweithdy ar-lein 12 Tachwedd
Blaenafon, gweithdy ar-lein 19 Tachwedd
Cysoni eich amserlen ysgol â’ch calendr Hwb
Gwyliwch y fideo cam wrth gam ac archwiliwch y canllawiau llawn ar sut i gysoni amserlenni trwy Hwb trwy ymweld â’r dudalen gymorth Microsoft 365 ar Hwb.
Canllawiau ar gael i gefnogi cyfranogiad diogel mewn e-chwaraeon
Mae'r canllawiau newydd yn darparu cyngor ac adnoddau ymarferol i gefnogi ymgysylltiad diogel ag e-chwaraeon.
Hwb yn darparu datrysiad storio ffeiliau diogel ar gyfer Asesiadau Di-Arholiad
Trwy Hwb, bydd ysgolion yn cael eu cefnogi i weinyddu a storio ffeiliau sy'n gysylltiedig ag Asesiadau Di-arholiad mewn ffordd ddiogel. Mae'r datrysiad wedi'i ddatblygu trwy gydweithio ag awdurdodau lleol a Cymwysterau Cymru, gydag ymgynghoriad gan CBAC i gadarnhau bod y datrysiad technegol yn cyd-fynd â gofynion y cymwysterau a JCQ.
Cofrestrwch yma ac ymunwch â ni am 3:30pm 14 Hydref ar gyfer taith trwy’r offeryn newydd a ddarperir gan Hwb.
Pwysicrwdd codau CBGY
Mae'n hynod bwysig y dylid diweddaru gwybodaeth SWAC ar y MIS fel rhan o'r cyfnod troi i sicrhau bod ymarferwyr wedi'u neilltuo â'r trwydded gywir. Mae gwybodaeth SWAC hefyd yn cael ei defnyddio i adnabod y staff priodol ar gyfer arwyddo dogfennau allweddol, fel y Cytundeb Rhannu Data.
Hwb DigiFest on demand sessions
Hwb DigiFest sessions are now available to view on demand on Hwb. Watch sessions from Microsoft, Adobe, Britannica, Apple, Common Sense Education, Just2easy and more.
Live lessons for the autumn term
Join live lessons for learners this autumn term and find out how to use Hwb tools in the classroom.
Cadw Cymru expands Minecraft world: new heritage sites for autumn
5 new Cadw Cymru Minecraft sites will be available during this Autumn term with an online workshop to launch each site.
Tretower Court & Castle, online workshop 15 October
St Davids Bishop’s Palace, online workshop 22 October
Flint Castle, online workshop 5 November
Plas Mawr, online workshop 12 November
Blaenafon Ironworks, online workshop 19 November
Sync your school timetable to your Hwb calendar
Watch the step-by-step video and explore the full guidance on how to activate timetable sync via Hwb by visiting the Microsoft 365 support page on Hwb.
Guidance available to support safe participation in esports
The new guidance provides practical advice and resources to support safe engagement with esports.
A new Hwb tool for securely storing Non-Examination Assessment (NEA) evidence
Through Hwb, schools will be supported to administer and securely store files related to NEAs. The solution has been developed through collaboration with local authorities and Qualifications Wales, with consultation from WJEC to confirm that the technical solution aligns with qualification and JCQ requirements.
Register here and join us at 3:30pm 14 October for a walk-through of the new Hwb provided tool.
The importance of SWAC codes
It is extremely important that SWAC information is updated on the MIS as part of the rollover period to ensure practitioners are assigned the correct licenses. SWAC information is also used to identify the appropriate staff for signing of key documentation, such as the Data Sharing Agreement.
Join the Hwb Digital Community
Scan the QR code to join.
A message from Dom Traynor (Adobe Express)
A message from Dom Traynor (Adobe Express)
I hope you’ve survived the onslaught of the first half term. Here are some new things to help you through to half-term and beyond.
Live lessons including an official Premier League special!
75 mins long with a natural break in the middle if you need to leave early. Sign up for the recording, if the dates don’t work for you. Check out our official Premier League live lesson on 22nd October!!!!
NB. If you’re signing up to even more sessions, click the ALREADY REGISTERED button.
ACE Leader Program
I’d love you to be part of the Adobe Creative Educator Leader Program.
· Are you leading creativity? In your classroom? Your school?
· The new ACE Leader badge rewards your leadership
· Access monthly calls, creative challenges with swag chances, training & more
Sign up: adobe.ly/acesignup
ACE Teacher Training
10 teacher training sessions to improve your skills on Express happening between now and Christmas. Click to register your place!
45 Lesson Ebook
We fixed the video tutorial links to the drawing tutorials and fixed the Ireland map in the Irish Famine lesson. The Welsh language ebook is also in the pipeline – arbennig!!!
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