Gordon McKinlay has been thinking about how we are going to work with the ‘Glow Groups’, small online communities in the national intranet. Jimmy Wales, at this week’s Online Information Conference, also gets us thinking about building communities from his experience as Founder of Wikipedia, and maybe offers some ideas as to how these Glow […]

I am sitting on the train on my way home from Hillside school in Aberdour in Fife having just spent the day on David Noble’s course on Using the Social Web to develop the Four Capacities.
Aberdour is a pretty looking village and we had a nice autumnal view when we took a minute to look […]

Gigajam, available to all Scottish teachers and learners through Glow, provides exciting new ways to learn how to play musical instruments. See the video for the highlights of this new technology.

Gordon McKinlay last night saw his Local Authority, Renfrewshire, open the national intranet Glow for business at a 250-teacher strong event.

I guess many of the teachers moving ICT forward in Scotland got a kick start from the Masterclass community. What some folk probably do not know is that Masterclass is still alive. Local Authorities no longer receive funding to support their Masterclassers, but the online community is still active. What is more this once closed […]

Three of the Glow Mentors from Clackmannanshire explain what they’ve been doing at Scottish Learning Festival and the seminars, keynotes and networking opportunities they have enjoyed.
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The second day of the Scottish Learning Festival is over and I’ve had another great day.
I started at the Islay High: School of Ambition talk which Andrew Brown blogged: Ambition - island style.. An inspiring presentation the school sounds as if it is a great environment for learning.
Next I spent some time on the show […]

Pupils from St Fergus’ Primary School in Dundee describe their time travel drama about Glow while Lorna Kerr from Glow explains the project. Also an attendee to the Scottish Learning Festival explains how it supports his interest in social media in education.