This Open Badge is about using technology as a social service worker. I have grown up using computers in various aspects of my life from school to now professionally. I’ve seen technology being used with ASN adults and children aged 2-5. So I am confident when it comes to using technology at my place of work. Yet I can understand if someone struggles with technology as it is constantly evolving. I am often the person at my workplace where an employee will come to if they need support. This can range from admitting an assignment on their online portfolio, to adjusting the margins of a word document, to getting a Skoog to work, which is a musical instrument that uses technology to make various noises. Any training on a piece of software I am more than willing to learn about, as I find technology fascinating outside of work as well. Of course in my line of work it’s tricky to balance the use of technology for children and making sure they have opportunities away from it. If you work with children, you know that they are becoming addicted to iPads, phones etc so it’s trying to create a healthy balance.
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So I am submitting this blog post to hopefully claim the second Open Badge in the 23 Digital series. I have been working on achieving the SSSC Open Badges for the past three months now. I have currently earned 26 badges that range in various topics from Domestic Abuse Awareness to writing observations on children. I really do feel a strong sense of achievement now that I have some badges to my name. It’s great that the badges I have earned are part of the MyLearning app so I can access them easily as evidence of professional learning. A strong element to these badges is that I have to evidence how I will implement my learning into my professional practice. As I am working on these badges to complete the hours of professional learning for my SSSC registration, I find this step a crucial part of earning the badge and taking what I have learned into the work I do within early years.
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Hello blog! I am writing this post to work towards earning the SSSC 23 Digital Open Badges. My name is Eilidh and I am a Trainee EYP for Aberdeen City Council. I previously had a personal blog where I wrote about many different things including women’s health, LGBTQ+ and Mental Health awareness. So starting a blog isn’t new for me. What will be new is relating this blog to the professional side of my life. There is a lot of learning and training when it comes to working in Early Years. So I hope this blog will help me to gain more confidence in the field and share a bit of what it is like to train as a EYP in Scotland.