Tynewater Primary School in Midlothian had just finished its Glow training and was raring to go – too good an opportunity to miss I thought! So last week I enjoyed an exciting week working with a class of Primary 4 children to create work to showcase to their school.
The class had undertaken a Waste Management […]

24th & 25th November saw the first national Glow Learn training sessions, held at Stirling Management Centre. Representatives of Aberdeen, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, South Lanarkshire and Western Isles attended this well-structured, intensive two-day residential course – the first of several to come over the next few months.
The course was introduced by Ian Hoffman, […]

Today I had the great pleasure of attending the annual conference of ADES - the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland. Why was I there? This year, ADES are moving their online community into Glow, and today saw the launch of their National Glow Group. As of today, all Directors of Education in Scotland […]

At the end of last week I was in Dundee as part of their ‘Making Connections’ Event - the theme of which was using ICT to enhance Curriculum for Excellence and Learning Together.
As many teachers in Dundee City are already using the Glow portal and Glow groups really successfully my role was to talk about […]

I had a very busy but enjoyable day in Aberdeen today: making presentations at three venues to a total of 500 teachers.
My first presentation was a  live tour of Glow at Hazelhead Academy, for teachers who know about Glow and have log ins. This school is set to be a leading light for Glow in ACC. My second presentation was with […]

 “Once you have something to work towards, a focus or an event, Glow really begins to mean something to you.” - These were the words said by two rural school teachers from Shetland recently in the Glowing Lounge at SLF. Their own particular focus was a school trip to London by pupils from both their […]

The social Studies National Glow Group (SSNGG) held a Glow meet for Google Earth (GE) training yesterday.  It was a great learning experience for those teachers who attended from across Scotland, and for me. I improved my knowldge of how to use GE and Glow meet. It was great to see Glow users in Glow meet. Based on this experience I […]

For colleagues and practicioners who haven’t received their Glow training yet, or for those who simply want to refresh their memory, the GlowScotland website offers ‘learning about Glow’ tutorials. These are a series of Flash-based activities to walk you through the many features of Glow. These tutorials are perfect for colleagues and practicioners who are stretched […]

 
 
 
 
 
I was lucky enough to attend the Science in the Parliament event last Wednesday at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh – both as a delegate interested in the proceedings of the day, and as an exhibitor, providing information about Glow to the other delegates as they visited our LTS stand.
Science and the Parliament is an […]

I spent a fun two days in Dumfries and Galloway this week, taking part in three different events geared towards getting people onto and using Glow.
On Wednesday night, I joined the D&G Glow team for a Glow roadshow, where the cluster primary teachers gathered for a demo and introduction to Glow. There was a real […]