Blog feedSharing Glow groups
February 10th, 2009
We are each others best and most under used resource.
On our travels up and down the country we (the Glow team) continue to be thrilled at the innovative and creative ways that staff and pupils are engaging with Glow. We realise too, that having the opportunity to see how others are using Glow can be a valuable experience. With that in mind, the Glow team has created a national Glow Group that allows for this sharing of good and interesting practice. So if you are in Aberdeenshire or Argyll, East Dunbartonshire or East Lothian you can now view Glow groups from all over the country. There is a catch of course – in order to join in and share this wealth of good ideas somebody has to take the initiative and post up their group for sharing. So if you are reading this Blog then that would be YOU!
The process is straightforward and to lead you through it we have uploaded a short guide into the Glowing Potential national group. It’s in this national group that we are encouraging you to allow others to take a peek at what you have been doing. We ‘d love to see groups shared from a variety of levels- classroom groups, school groups, local authority groups. The guide provides simple advice on how to allow others into your group with limited permissions. So if like me, you are particularly nosey and like to know what’s going on this could provide an excellent opportunity for the sharing of ideas and resources on a national scale.
But what if my Glow group isn’t as good as some others that I have seen? Don’t worry! We absolutely understand that Glow groups are constantly evolving and will always be ‘works in progress’ Don’t let this put you off. The more the merrier and as we build upon the each others ideas so we evolve or own practice. If altruism isn’t enough of a worthy incentive then to further encourage those a little more reticent we have decided to award some prizes for the ‘best’ Glow group of the month as voted (X factor style) by you. So if you’d like to win a Glow team member in your school for a week and other equally exciting stuff then you have to be in it to win it.
Go on and do it now. National Site – Glowing Potential glow Group - Sharing Groups tab. See you in there.