Glow Scotland

(Blog post written by Louise Henderson -  Education Support Officer ICT EY/Primary Educational Development Service Dundee City Council).

A group of educationalists from Singapore visited Dundee last week to observe how they are using Glow to enhance learning and teaching in their schools.   The day began with an introduction to Glow and a tour of the role based sites.  They thoroughly enjoyed the brain training games within the National ‘Glow Games’ group and were impressed  with the extent of communication and collaboration already taking place at Authority Level in the Dundee City Glow Groups.  

 The visitors received a very warm welcome at Barnhill P.S. by Pam Nesbitt HT and Sharon McQuillan DHT.  Here they were introduced to P7 pupils actively engaged in using Glow Groups.   The pupils have made a link with P7 at Forthill P.S. to collaborate in a joint WWII project and regularly use Glow Meet to discuss their project outcomes.  The Singapore visitors commented, “Barnhill is a school of the future” and the innovation taking place through Glow was obviously having an impact on the achievement and motivation of the pupils.

Next stop Grove Academy where the Singapore visitors were welcomed by John Hunter HT and Kenny Stewart PT of Computing.  Here they received a presentation by Kenny titled, ‘Glow ‘n’ Grove – The story so far’.  He demonstrated how his school is using Glow to improve communication flow between all departments and how he is engaging with his pupils through the use of glow groups and Glow Learn. 

The Singapore visitors were thoroughly impressed with the innovation taking place at all levels within educational establishments across Dundee and could see how motivated and inspired teachers and pupils were when engaged with Glow.  

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