My local council is giving out free ipads to school kids. If this helps their learning, that's great.
But I want to ask:
- Will all learning be delivered though the ipad? How will this impact students who learn better with something more tactile?
- Will any digital replacements for what would have been resuable textbooks now an ongoing subscription cost for schools?
- How much curriculum content is usable offline? Thinking about data costs and if cloud providers goes offline?
- Are there any data backup strategies in place? If a device breaks does a student lose all their notes?
- P6-S6 is 8 years. Have they got a deal with apple for security updates for those full 8 years?
- Digital literacy is frequently justification for projects like this, how much do ipads in particular help (e.g. vs a laptop)? Do you have any peer-reviewed evidence or plans to report on this?

https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/education2/supporting-children-in-school/digital-devices-roll-out-in-schools

#Education #Scotland #Fife

222 y/o grocery store in #Fife village to close due to lack of support

We’re looking to close at the end of the month due to a lack of trade and a lack of support from the #village

"You either use it or lose it, and this is now coming to losing it. We’ve had lots of campaigning, but we’ve decided now that we’ll shut the doors

“We survived the Beast from the East and #COVID, but now we don’t have enough people coming through the door”

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25936839.west-fife-village-shop-due-close-due-lack-support/

#Scotland #LocalBusiness #grocery

The lovely village of West Wemyss on the north shore of the Firth of Forth in Fife, whose modern attractiveness belies its industrial past as a producer of coal and salt. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyss/westwemyss/index.html

#Scotland #WestWemyss #Fife

Tower, Bordie Farm: tower house in Fife.
Listed building LB3352
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56614810
Historic Environment Scotland lists 3 notable sites within 1km distance.

#ScottishHistory #Fife

Burntisland railway station is a station previously operated on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burntisland_railway_station

#ScottishHistory #ScottishRailways #Fife

The impressive remains of Ravenscraig Castle, overlooking the sea at Kirkcaldy in Fife. The castle was commissioned by King James II in 1460 and intended to withstand attacks by the best artillery of the day. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkcaldy/ravenscraigcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RavenscraigCastle #Fife #Kirkcaldy

The harbour and marina at Tayport, close to the north-east tip of Fife. The village looks out over the mouth of the Firth of Tay and ferries crossed the river to what is now to Broughty Ferry from the 1100s until as recently as 1920. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/tayport/tayport/index.html

#Scotland #Fife