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Recently I have been in North Berwick and Edinburgh discussing Glow with our partners in the National Parks and Outdoor Learning National Glow Group. I met with Emily Dodd, the Education Officer at the Scottish Seabirds Centre (SSC) in North Berwick. She has an amazing classroom at the harbour and some fantastic technology to back it up. Using large screens, linked […]

My colleague Karen-Anne McAlpine and I were presenting in  Campie Primary School in Musselburgh today. We made four presentations, over the course of the day, to probationers from primary and secondary schools across East Lothian. To do this, we teamed up with Elizabeth Cowan, Key Contact and Iain Stewart, Glow mentor and ‘head of science’ in Preston Lodge High School. I felt […]

When educators in East Lothian first discovered the power of blogs as a communication tool, the medium had something of a bad press, creating a growing demand for blogging in a safe and professionally specific environment. Enter EduBuzz.
Edubuzz is a blogging group for teachers and educators in East Lothian. A number of educational blogs […]

Last year East Lothian hosted the trial phases of the Glow Portal. Now, a year on, the authority is preparing to roll out the initiative to all schools by exploring how Glow can enhance teaching and learning. It began with mentor training, which helped create a ‘real buzz and vibe’ in the authority, according to […]