Glow Scotland

PGDE students studying at the University of the West of Scotland had a taster session of Glow last week when staff arranged a series of Glow workshops that students could partake in. Approximately 80 students signed up to the workshops and were able to navigate through the Glow portal and create their own Glow groups. The students were very enthusiastic and keen to know how to get real Glow log-ins so that they could use Glow to support ACfE within their teaching. UWS should be up and running with Glow very soon, and pupils will hopefully be able to use Glow regularly to enhance their teaching as part of the course itself.

Earlier this week, Strathclyde University staff had their Mentor training, and were very open to the many new and innovative oportunities that Glow can provide. These are exciting times for teacher training institutes, with a number of them already on board with Glow. Plenty of thought and discussion needs to be had in regards to how to best use Glow for both staff at the Universities, and for student teachers. However, as long as students and staff remain enthusiastic, and continue to see the impact that Glow is having on the education of children, Glow will surely be a valuable tool that will become a common feature of the teacher training courses.

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