Glow Scotland

December 5th, 2011

Panda-monium as Sweetie and Sunshine land in Edinburgh

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Early Years, Events, Glow, Learner Resources, Literacy, Pupils

Our Glow TV team had an unusually early start to their Sunday as they braved the cold and snow and made their way to Edinburgh zoo for the arrival of two very special black and white guests. Known as Tian Tian and Yang Guang, or ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Sunshine’ the Pandas arrived just after lunchtime on Sunday 4th December to an excited throng of flag-waving well-wishers and a tartan-clad pipe band playing ‘Scotland the Brave’.

The pandas’ arrival marks the start of a ten year stay at Edinburgh Zoo, which many people hope will result in a baby panda. Baby or not, the new residents are sure to bring the zoo many new visitors, keen to catch a glimpse of these endangered bears. They arrived at Edinburgh airport, having made the 12 hour journey from China in a special ‘panda express’ Fed Ex plane with panda livery and a crew dressed in kilts.

Our Glow TV team of junior reporters, Callan, Cammy, Daniel, Emma and Evan, were at the zoo’s Education centre all morning, making Chinese lanterns and watching a panda presentation as well as capturing interviews with zoo staff. They, and lots of other children were then given special black and white jackets and hats and Scottish, British and Chinese flags to wave, before making their way down the hill to welcome the pandas from the airport.

The panda reporters did, of course, capture lots and lots of footage of the arrival excitement for Glow users and this week sees Glow TV turn into ‘Pandamonium’ as we bring you as much panda-related content as we can. Pam Currie from the Glow team will kick this all off on Tuesday at 2:30pm as she gives viewers a taste of what’s to come and provides sneaky early details of an exciting panda competition we will be launching. After that, on Wednesday morning at 10:00 am, Pam is joined in the TV studio in Glasgow by Louise and Melissa from the Daily What News, our Glow news service for schools. They will share panda facts, discuss the related news articles and resources, and give more details and tips on the competition to win ‘Pandaphernalia’, or ‘cute black and white panda stuff,’ if you are groaning at our panda puns by now!

Later on Wednesday, at 2:30 pm Glow TV viewers can watch our ‘Pandamentary’ which offers a truly behind-the-scenes look at all the zoo arrival excitement we captured on Sunday. Watch our intrepid panda reporters take part in fun panda activities and see the zoo keepers’ panda presentation from the Education centre. We even managed to grab a real scoop, when our reporters were relaxing with a hot drink in the cafe, only to see Yang Guang’s truck being reversed alongside us as the zoo staff prepared to unload him to his new home. As true reporters would do, they quickly grabbed their cameras and ran back out to the cold to try to get some sneaky footage of Yang Guang in the back of the truck.

‘Pandaphernalia’ competition details will be revealed in all of these Glow TV broadcasts this week and entries will run until December 16th. Tune in and find out how to enter. A good few black and white panda prizes to be had, including two cuddly panda toys, panda wristbands, panda rock, panda sweets, panda pens and a panda keyring, as well as some limited edition Glow TV t-shirts.

Education Scotland has set up a special ‘UK Pandas’ blog to celebrate the arrival of Sweetie and Sunshine and suggest CfE learning ideas as an inter-disciplianary resource. The blog also contains integrated links to the Chinese Embassy’s excellent ‘Panda Pals’ site, the Fed Ex blog that tracked the journey from China, the Edinburgh zoo homepage and a special Edinburgh Zoo panda site as well as videos and a host of other links.

July 26th, 2011

Glow TV

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Early Years, Events, Expressive Arts, Glow, Glow Meet, Health and Wellbeing, Learner Resources, Literacy, Local authorities, Mathematics, Moving Image Education, National Groups, Pupils, Religious and Moral Education, Sciences, Social Studies, Technologies, Uncategorized, modern languages, research

Glow TV is our way of bringing the National Glow Meets to you from the one, easy to find, place. Launching for the start of the new term, we have a major schedule of ‘programmes’ planned for the coming session, including, hopefully, a whole series of programmes on topics such as: CfE, SQA, Glow, Glowing Thursdays, World of Work Wednesdays, Creativity, Games Design and Moving Image Education.

This is, of course, in addition to the many exciting events we already broadcast through Glow, such as the author events from the Scottish Book Trust and Edinburgh Book Festival, as well as those hugely popular one-offs like the Dr Who event and the NASA astronauts one, for example. All of these Glow national events will now be accessed through the one central place, Glow TV.

We are now using new software for Glow Meet (Adobe Connect) and this software allows us access to a recording of a Glow Meet, instantly from within Glow. That got us thinking that we could really develop the idea of Glow Meets further and offer a kind of ‘Watch Again’ facility, a bit like the online efforts of the major TV channels. Okay, so we don’t have the equipment or resources that the major TV channels do, but we have created an area in Glow that provides users with a schedule and allows users the opportunity to add programmes to their own, personal, schedule when they sign-up for events.

Signing-up for these events/programmes is easier now, too. Instead of having to complete a sign-up form for every event you want to take part in, all you have to do is register once for Glow TV and then choose your username from a drop-down list whenever you wish to sign-up to a specific event. Easy.

It is hoped that a lot of the programmes we bring you will include live debate/discussion on important topics in Education, as well as many online training programmes.We have managed to procure a little room in Education Scotland’s Optima office in Glasgow and turn it into our very own Glow TV studio, which even has a couch and a coffee table, so that our presenters look like true TV professionals in the making!

So, with a whole schedule of programmes you can tailor to your own personal guide, easy sign-up and channel categories to make it easy to find recordings and watch again, Glow TV is a brilliant addition to Glow’s assets. To register for Glow TV and then be able to have your own personal schedule and easy sign-up for programmes, click here.

November 2nd, 2010

Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood – Building confidence and shaping vision

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Glow Meet, Health and Wellbeing

Glow Meet Wednesday 10th November 4 – 5pm.

Following on from the Relationships Sexual Health and Parenthood Learning Day held on 27th October at Stirling Management Centre, the Health and Wellbeing team are delighted to offer you the opportunity of this follow on Glow Meet. During the Glow Meet you will have the opportunity to consider emerging practice, share ideas about how to plan effectively and innovatively as well as asking any burning questions you may have and networking with colleagues. We hope you will be able to join us at the above time and look forward to meeting you then!

The Glow Meet will take place in the Relationships Sexual Health and Parenthood Glow Group – click here to visit.

October 5th, 2010

Critical Skills – CPD Meet with Sarah Burton

Gail Cairns

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 : Categories Glow Meet, National Groups

Join Sarah Burton at 4pm on Wednesday 6th October for this Critical Skills CPD Meet.

Sarah is a Primary School teacher, currently working with Learning and Teaching Scotland as a Glow Development Officer.

In this CPDMeet, Sarah shares her own experience on the value of Critical Skills. Sarah also acts as a facilitator for the National Glow group for Critical Skills.

Find out more and sign up now in the National CPDCentral Glow Group.

October 4th, 2010

Using Glow to support an Authority-wide In-Service Day

Gail Cairns

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Glow Meet, West Lothian

A recent in-Service day in West Lothian gave all staff the opportunity to engage with new plans and forthcoming arrangements for assessment. Using Glow, the local authority could ensure that every school had access to the same information and resources to support the day’s activities.

The day was planned on a cluster basis, with teachers from each Secondary and its associated Primaries working together, along with staff from Nurseries, Special Schools and Outreach Teams. It began with the Director of Education and Cultural Services, Gordon Ford, speaking to every member of staff, via Glow Meet.

Visit this cookbook to:

• Watch Gordon Ford meeting with all teachers from West Lothian
• Find out the ingredients behind this successful in-service day

September 28th, 2010

Scottish Ten – Laser Scanning of Historic Sites

Gail Cairns

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, National Groups

Join Historic Scotland and the Glasgow School of Arts Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation via Glow Meet as they discuss their fantastic laser scanning project. This Scottish Ten Glow Meet will provide public access to otherwise inaccessible areas of ten historic landmarks. The team will create an amazing record of these sites, analysing the various sites from unseen angles and providing expertise on the historic sites such as Stirling Castle, New Lanark, Rosslyn Chapel, Mount Rushmore and the Orkney World Heritage Sites.

Dr Lyn Wilson from Historic Scotland and Alastair Rawlinson from the Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art will present the Glow Meet on 3D digital laser scanning on Thursday 30th September from 2-3pm.

An event ideal for secondary school pupils this Glow Meet will cover a range of subject areas including Science, Physics, History, Technical/Engineering Studies, Social Studies, Computing/I.C.T and provide the opportunity to ask the team about their work.

For more information and to sign up to this Glow Meet visit the National Scottish Ten Glow Group.

September 20th, 2010

Breaking Guinness World Record on Glow!!

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Glow Meet, Local authorities, Outdoor Learning, Pupils

Wednesday 22nd September 2010 has been designated European Car Free Day as part of European Mobility Week which aims to encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking. Over 1,000 cities across Europe will be participating in this year’s event and so will we at SLF!!

East Dunbartonshire’s Cycle Co-op, in partnership with four local authorities across Scotland, aim to set a Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous bike bell ringing in order to celebrate active travel especially cycling and walking. The aim is to get over 1,000 pupils from nursery, primary and secondary schools across Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire, along with partners in East Renfrewshire, Moray, Aberdeenshire and Edinburgh to ring their bike bells to the tune of The Blue Danube at 1pm via a broadcast by Sunny Govan FM and over the internet. The previous record in Scotland was around 500 in 2007.

Why not log in from 12.30pm on Wednesday 22nd September and watch the first record being broken live on Glow Meet? GWR Simultaneous Bike Bells Glow Group.

September 15th, 2010

Glow Live – Bringing the Scottish Learning Festival straight to your desktop!

Gail Cairns

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 : Categories Development, Events, Glow, Glow Groups, Glow Meet

Glow Live at SLF – Literacy Across Learning Primary
Wednesday 22nd September, 9.15-10.30am

Join us for the Literacy across Learning Primary seminar as it’s streamed live via Glow Meet! Ideal for all practitioners, this Glow meet will feature an introduction by one of the presenters, talking about the areas that will be covered in this seminar. Join our panel of experts before the seminar as they discuss various topics closely linked to Literacy across Learning.

Sign up for this Glow LIVE meet on Wednesday 22nd September at 9.15am and take advantage of the opportunity to ask questions throughout the seminar, which will be answered by the panel or the speakers at the end of the presentation.

With feedback from members of the live audience at the end of the seminar, this action-packed Glow meet is a must-see event.

For more information or to sign up for this seminar click here.

OR

Sign up for the Glow LIVE Meet here.

Glow Live at SLF – Enhancing Experiences for Pupils on the Autism Spectrum in Mainstream Education: The Autism Toolbox: An Autism Resource for Scottish Schools
Wednesday 22nd September, 3.30–4.45pm

Join us for this Glow LIVE Meet as Professor Aline-Wendy Dunlop’s seminar on Enhancing Experiences for Pupils on the Autism Spectrum in Mainstream Education: The Autism Toolbox: An Autism Resource for Scottish Schools – is streamed live via Glow Meet.

An event suitable for all practitioners this Glow meet will feature a discussion by a panel of experts on three areas closely linked to Autism before the seminar begins. This Glow LIVE meet on Wednesday 22nd September between 3.30–4.45pm welcomes questions throughout the seminar, which will be answered by the expert panel or the speakers at the end of the presentation.

Feedback from members of the live audience can also be seen at the end of this event!

For more information or to sign up for this seminar click here.

OR

Sign up for the Glow LIVE Meet here

Glow Live at SLF – The National Assessment Resource – Nuts and Bolts
Thursday 23rd September, 9.15-10.30am

Ideal for all practitioners this Glow meet will include an expert panel discussion on the various topics surrounding the National Assessment Resource – Nuts and Bolts seminar. Watch the seminar as it is streamed live via Glow meet on Thursday 23rd September between 9.15-10.30am.

Post your questions throughout the seminar and see the responses by our expert panel or seminar speakers at the end of the presentation. Hear from live members of the audience, as they give feedback on the National Assessment Resource seminar.

For more information or to sign up for this seminar click here.

OR
Sign up for the Glow LIVE Meet here.

Glow Live at SLF – Numeracy across Learning into Action in Secondary schools
Thursday 23rd September, 1.45–3.00pm

Join four teaching practitioners from Earlston HS via Glow Meet as their seminar on Numeracy across Learning into Action in Secondary schools is streamed live from the Scottish Learning Festival.

Watch the practitioners from Earlston showcasing their unique approach to promoting Numeracy amongst the staff in their school. This Glow meet is an ideal event for all practitioners and will include contributions from a specially selected expert panel.

Listen as our experts discuss three topics closely linked to Numeracy across Learning and ask your questions within the Glow meet. These will be answered by the speakers or the expert panel at the end of the presentation.

Watch members of the live audience as they give their feedback following the seminar. Join this Glow LIVE meet on Thursday 23rd September between 1.45–3pm.

For more information or to sign up for this seminar click here.

OR

Sign up to the Glow LIVE Meet here.

For more information on any of the Glow Live Meets visit the National SLF Extra Glow Group.

September 14th, 2010

Get involved with SLF Extra!

Gail Cairns

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 : Categories Events, Glow Groups, Glow Meet

The Scottish Learning Festival 2010 is just 8 days away! The National SLF Extra Glow group, has been launched to extend both the life and the reach of this year’s festival, delivering many of the highlights straight to your desktop via Glow.

Watch live streaming of the 2010 keynote speeches from the Clyde Auditorium, as well as live footage from four fantastic seminars via Glow meet. Sign up to the Glow meets and watch an expert panel discuss the seminars and answer your questions at the end of the session. Details of these Glow meets can be found in the Glow Live area of SLF Extra

SLF Extra keeps you up-to-date as our Glow reporters cover various areas of the festival and communicate regular feeds from bloggers, tweeters and budding photographers who will keep you updated through Flickr.

August 23rd, 2010

Bookbug Pirate Pack – Find Out More!

Jennifer McDougall

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

The Bookbug Pirate Pack (formerly My Bookstart Treasure Chest) is gifted to all 3 year olds across Scotland in their ante pre-school year. In this Glow Meet you will have the opportunity to learn more about the Scottish Book Trust Early Years Programme, the Bookbug Pirate Pack and how the contents of the pack support the Curriculum for Excellence and how the pack fits into the wider literacy development work of early years settings.

Join this exciting Early Years Glow Meet with Tracy Lowe to find out more about this new programme and pack on Wednesday 1st September from 3.30pm – 4.15pm in the National Early Years Glow Group

This Glow meet would be extremely beneficial for all Nursery staff involved in gifting Bookbug Pirate Packs and also to Primary 1 teachers who can find out more about this new programme.