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The Daily What News is an online news service provided by Education Scotland for Scottish schools. Its main purpose is to help the development of literacy and language (English and Gaelic) in young people aged nine to 16 as well as support their needs for news and information. At the same time, its functions facilitate interdisciplinary learning and critical thinking skills. The service empowers teachers and learners to develop trusted learning resources and classroom activities using community-created content and group interactivity.

The news service supports the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence and incorporates opportunities to link to the collaborative tools available in Glow, the national schools intranet.

Every article is available in English in a simple introductory version that contains the basic news story (the "what" tab) and also in a version with greater length and depth, that concentrates on an aspect of the story in more detail. In the Gaelic language, the majority of articles are available in the simple introductory version, and a selection are also available in the detailed version.

At the end of each article, clicking the link to "teaching ideas and suggestions" will take teachers to a blog on Glow where daily ideas for teachers will be available for each article, timed to be live from 2 pm on the day of the article's publication. Teachers are encouraged to upload their own ideas and resources to the blog - just follow the links to Teachers' Glow Group from any of the teacher's blogs. Shortly, teachers will also be able to comment directly on any ideas that are posted in the teacher's blogs - this function will be available from October 2010. The home page of the teachers' blog, where all blogs on all articles can be viewed, can be reached from the "Teachers" tab at top right of the website homepage.

The Daily What News is delivered by Tinopolis Interactive, a UK-wide web development agency with offices in Scotland, Wales and England. Part of Tinopolis Group, one of the UK's top five independent media companies outside the M25, Tinopolis Interactive specialises in online educational content and systems for learners of all ages throughout the UK.

The News partner for The Daily What News is The Glasgow Herald, part of the Herald & Times newspaper group. The Daily What editorial and learning team works closely with The Herald's journalists to bring the best of Scotland's news to Scottish learners and teachers, in formats that will support the Curriculum for Excellence.The Daily What News for Schools in Scotland is an online news service provided by LTS for Scottish schools to help the development of literacy and language (English and Gaelic) in young people aged 9 - 16 and to provide resources to facilitate interdisciplinary learning and critical thinking skills. The service aims to provide teachers and learners with trustworthy resources and classroom activities designed to engage and inspire learners through well written content and interactivity.

The news service supports the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence and incorporates opportunities to link to the collaborative tools available in Glow, the national schools intranet.

When logged in to Glow, pupils can discuss each news article via a discussion board within The Daily What News Glow group. This can be accessed directly from the site, by clicking on "Add to discussion" on the right of the article.

At the end of each article, clicking the link to "teaching ideas and suggestions" will take teachers to a blog on Glow where daily ideas for teachers will be available for each article, timed to be live from 2 pm on the day of the article's publication. Teachers are encouraged to upload their own ideas and resources to the blog - just follow the links to Teachers' Glow Group from any of the teacher's blogs. Teachers can also comment directly on any ideas that are posted in the teacher's blogs. The home page of the teachers' blog, where all blogs on all articles can be viewed, can be reached from the "Teachers" tab at top right of the website homepage.

The News partner for The Daily What News is The Herald, part of the Herald & Times Group. The Daily What News editorial and learning team works closely with The Herald's journalists to bring the best of Scotland's news to Scottish learners and teachers, in formats that will support the Curriculum for Excellence.

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