Glow Scotland

October 8th, 2010

Murder and Mayhem at Liberton High School

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow Meet, Local authorities

For the past 19 years Liberton High School, City of Edinburgh has been running a highly successful Book Week which includes speakers, activities and workshops to engage the young people in the school. This year they would like to share their Book Week with all the users of Glow and invite you to take part in their theme this year which is Crime and Punishment.

Throughout the week schools across Scotland can join Glow Meets featuring a variety of authors and presenters on the subject of Crime and Punishment. We start the week with Geoff Holder a writer of non-fiction books on Strange Mysteries, the Paranormal, and Crime and we move then to Forensic Science and to Karen Campbell a former police officer and Best New Scottish Writer at the 2009 Scottish Variety Awards.

There is even more going on so please visit the Liberton Book Week Blog and Glow Group to find out what is going on and when in Liberton’s Book Week Monday October 11th – 15th and see what you can get involved in!!

Visit the Liberton Book Week National Glow Group and sign up for murder and mayhem!

August 10th, 2010

Edinburgh International Book Festival – three live Glow Meet events!

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, Literacy

This year there will be three live events from the festival broadcast over Glow.

On Monday 23rd of August at 10:30, your class is invited to join John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. This event is suitable for classes in P6 – S2. Click here to find out more and sign up.

Join the Children’s Laureate, Anthony Browne, in a CPD event for teachers on Thursday August the 26th at 5pm. Click here for more details and to sign up.

And finally, on Friday the 27th of August at 12:00 – 13:00 come and join us for Philip Ardagh, as he takes you on a whirlwind tour of Grubtown. Suitable for P4 – P7. To find out more and sign up to take part, click here.

All the Glow Meets will take place in the Glow Meet page of the Book Festival Glow Group Just click ‘Join the Glow Meet’ to join in. We advise that you check a few days in advance whether you can access the Glow Meet from your location. Click here for a quick troubleshooting guide if you’re having trouble, or contact Katie in the Glow Team (k.barrowman@ltscotland.org.uk) who will help you get sorted.

June 8th, 2010

A Day of Authors on Glow!

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, Uncategorized

Thursday the 17th of June is a fantastic day for book fans on Glow – in the morning, you can watch Michael Morpurgo’s live stream (in association with BBC Scotland Learning and the Scottish Book Trust), and in the afternoon you can tune in to ask the Scottish Book Trust’s Writer in Residence, Catherine Forde, any questions about her work!

Michael will be talking at 11 AM about his life, work, the animals in his books including War Horse as well his latest works; An Elephant in the Garden and Not Bad for a Bad Lad. This event will suit pupils in P5-S2.

You can sign up to watch on the BBC Website by clicking this link, or you can also watch the live stream through Glow by clicking here to go to the Authors Live Glow Group.

Catherine will be live on Glow Meet at 13:30 PM. Click here to sign up to take part!

Please visit the group to sign up for the event. There will be the opportunity to test your access to the Glow Meet before the event – go to the group for details.

The event is suitable for secondary school pupils

Catherine Forde has been writing novels with teenagers as the central characters for over a decade. Most of her novels are contemporary and Glaswegian. In a previous life she taught English in secondary schools and colleges and edited dictionaries. Catherine likes to explore the relationship between teenagers and the adults in their lives, and her writing is colloquial and dialogue-driven. Recurring themes in her novels are the influence and impact of music on the individual, fitting in and fractured relationships.

What a day for book lovers! Sign up now!

May 20th, 2010

Julia Donaldson live author event.

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet

On 26th May, 2010, at 11.00am, the Scottish Book Trust will have their second event in the Authors Live programme in partnership with BBC Scotland Learning: an audience with the UK’s foremost picture book author Julia Donaldson. Julia will be leading a hugely enjoyable 35-minute session of stories and songs. This event is suitable for nursery-P4 pupils.

You can sign up to watch on the BBC Website by clicking this link, or you can also watch the live stream through Glow by clicking here to go to the Authors Live Glow Group.

So make sure you don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to see the author of The Gruffalo, Stick Man, and countless other children’s favourites live this coming Wednesday!

June 1st, 2009

Glowing Authors – MG Harris Event

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet

It’s nearly time for our second national online author event, again in association with the Scottish Book Trust.

MG Harris, author of the acclaimed Joshua Files novels, will be reading from her latest work, Ice Shock and then answering questions, all via Glow Meet. The event is being broadcast from Lenzie Academy at 13:30 on Tuesday the 9th of June, and you and your class can register to take part by visiting the Glow Group for the event and requesting access.

Once you’re in, you can leave your details in the sign-up form, and you can start to add your questions for MG to the discussion board – you may then get the chance to ask it to her live over Glow Meet on the day!

The event will last and hour, and is most suitable for P6 – S2, although everyone is welcome!

There will be a chance to check you can access Glow Meet with support from LTS on Monday the 8th (more details will be on the Glow Group), but please do go in and try before then if you can and get in touch if you have any problems – contact k.barrowman@ltscotland.org.uk with any issues.