Glow Scotland

As storms go, it wasn’t the worst the islanders on Harris had experienced, but it did bring down power lines the night before the Glow team flew into the Western Isles for a two-day training session with Glow mentors. The damage blacked out television and radio signals.

As one mentor pointed out, it highlighted the difficulties facing isolated areas. This time, though, wireless access to the internet stayed live. Training went ahead, averting any delay to the launch of Glow.

But the ill-timed storm also highlighted the advantages Glow will bring to the islands. Access to tools such as Glow Meet will enable schools to communicate with one another, despite the weather-induced difficulties. Since the training in January, the mentors have been collaborating with one another using Glow Groups and connecting pupils from various schools using the Glow Meet web conferencing tool.

Glow is now ready to be launched in the Western Isles. Initially it will be introduced in two or three schools to allow the authority to get feedback from P1 through to S2 before extending access. In the spring it is hoped Glow will be made available to the rest of the schools.

Read more about Glow in the Western Isles.

Categories: Western Isles