- July 2nd, 2008
Glow eases transition in Dundee
- Anne Ward
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Many pupils feel daunted by the prospect of making the move into primary or secondary school. Yet Glow can provide a useful support network during this period of change, as schools in Dundee are discovering
Glow Meet has the potential to strengthen collaboration between Dundee’s nurseries, primary schools and secondary schools. In one transition project, nursery pupils use blogs, discussion forums and Glow Chat to build a friendship with P6 ‘buddies’, who treat them to a virtual classroom tour. By the time these nursery pupils enter P1 they already have a friendly face to welcome them to their new school.
Meanwhile, a Modern Foreign Languages transition project is linking up primary and secondary schools. Barnhill Primary School has trialled a project which uses French café culture to promote foreign languages. Pupils upload their French speaking exercises as MP3 files and post them on the discussion forum, where secondary pupils provide advice and feedback.
‘We have a strong vision for supporting transition through Glow,’ said Louise Henderson, Education Support Officer for ICT in the Nursery/Primary sectors. ‘The resources available through Glow make it much easier to communicate across sectors and break down the barriers.’
A Primary 7 pupil from Barnhill Primary in Dundee said:
‘We have sent our work to other schools that have evaluated it and sent it back through Glow; we have then improved our presentations. The other school gave us more critical feedback than our peers at Barnhill, which was good because we then could make our work better.’
Find out more about Glow in Dundee.
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