Tommy Lawson

Schools Technology Advisor, Data Education in Schools

I work for part of the week on the Data Driven Innovation project and the rest as an Education Officer (Digital Learning) in Midlothian Council. My specialist areas are around empowering learners through digital solutions with operational experience of secondary school management, school design and build (23), inspiring learning spaces and technology, assistive technology, safer internet, school filtering and safeguarding.

Email: tommy.lawson@ed.ac.uk

Twitter: @_tommylawson

Or write/visit here:
Room 4.19, St John's Land
The Moray House School of Education
The University of Edinburgh
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
Scotland
UK

 

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British Data Awards 2024

The Data Education in Schools team have won the ‘Education Initiative of the Year’ Award at the 2024 British Data Awards.

Information Literacy Award

The Data Education in Schools team are have jointly won the 2024 Information Literacy Award, announced as part of the LILAC conference held in Leeds on the 25th March.

Internet of Things project update

The IoT in Schools programme works closely with the Data Education in Schools team to support learning and teaching with sensor data – developing and sharing knowledge and resources across the south east of Scotland city region's schools.

Teach Data Literacy handbook launch

‘Teach Data Literacy: a guide for primary teachers’ is a resource developed by the Data Education in Schools team to support teachers to enhance opportunities for all to build the skills and habits of mind relevant to data problem-solving.

British Data Awards

The Data Education in Schools team have reached the final of the ‘Educational Initiative’ and ‘Data for Good’ categories of the 2023 British Data Awards.

Projects

Knowledge Sharing Community

Working with partner schools to support the development of a data skills curriculum across the Edinburgh City Region.