Glow Scotland

July 26th, 2011

Glow TV

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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.

June 29th, 2010

The Daily What

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‘The Daily What’- the all new Glow schools’ news service- will be launched in August in association with our partners for the service, The Herald group and Tinopolis Interactive. In the meantime, we really need user feedback on initial designs for the news service. We are always keen to find out what Glow users think and we will try to recommend changes accordingly.

There is a working prototype (with limited functionality at this point) that will give you a good idea of page layout, content and navigation elements. Please remember that very few links will work at this stage, but you should get a good idea of how the service will look when it is launched.

The prototype can be accessed here: http://www.dailywhat.org.uk/prototype/index.html

We have created a National Glow group for the service, with a particular focus for the moment on collecting feedback. If you have time, we would very much appreciate feedback from Glow users. There are several forum posts which ask specific questions and invite voting from users.

These forum posts can be accessed individually from the main Noticeboard of the Glow group, or by going to the ‘Tell us what you think’ page. There is also an email link, if you would prefer to email your thoughts, and a document store, if you would prefer to create a document of feedback and upload it to Glow. The Glow group also contains images of the prototype page designs.

Whichever option you decide to use, we really do appreciate Glow users taking the time to share their views. Remember, if we find out what you think now, we can make changes before the August launch.

Click here to go straight to the Glow group

September 22nd, 2009

The Glowing Lounge at the Scottish Learning Festival

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The Scottish Learning Festival is nearly here and the Glowing Lounge returns – bigger and better than before!

This year in addition to the presentations by practitioners there will also be a Showcase area where recent and forthcoming attractions will be unveiled and you will have the chance to see and use them first. Why not come in during our ‘drop in sessions’, enjoy a cake with some tea/coffee and see what’s new in Glow?

For the first time this year we will also be unveiling ‘The Brilliance Bar’ where you can come and ask questions and test out new ideas along with the Glow Development Team. The team will be on hand in the lounge over the two days of SLF to help you with any queries that you may have and pointers to help you get the most out of your experience of Glow.

If you cannot make it along you can still take part by joining the live Glow Meets that will take place during the two days of SLF. Access to these can be found via the SLF Extra Glow Group.

September 20th, 2009

Glow Development Needs You!

Andrew Brown

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As you know, the National Glow team are dedicated to making Glow better, and we’ve been listening to your feedback in the National Help Glow group, and across the other National Glow groups.

One area where you’d like to see some change is in the discussion forums tool that Glow has inside it. On Friday the 25th of September, we’re hosting a special event to look at possible alterations and enhancements to the discussion forum tool that’s used inside Glow, and we’d love you to be involved! The first 20 people to say they’d like to come along to a two hour session at 11am in the Optima, 58 Robertson street Glasgow will be able to join in the discussions with the National Glow team. If you can’t make it in person, but would love to be involved, then we’ll also run the event through Glow Meet.

How do you let us know you’d like to be involved? Simply say you’d like to come along in the comments section of this blog post.

November 12th, 2008

Learn about Glow

Lorna Arbuckle

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For colleagues and practicioners who haven’t received their Glow training yet, or for those who simply want to refresh their memory, the GlowScotland website offers ‘learning about Glow’ tutorials. These are a series of Flash-based activities to walk you through the many features of Glow. These tutorials are perfect for colleagues and practicioners who are stretched for time as you can take this at your own pace.  Visit; http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/glowscotland/whatsinglow/learningaboutglow/index.asp

October 28th, 2008

Spread the Word with the Communications Bank.

Lorna Arbuckle

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At the end of September, the Glow communications bank was launched on the GlowScotland website to provide you with the tools to share with others how Glow is being used in your classroom, school, or local authority. You can access a range of resources from poster and presentation templates, to images and logos, and all the latest information on Glow for you to include in your materials. We have also provided a bank of ready-made resources you can start using straight away. These are all downloadable, free to use, and updated regularly. To find out more visit the communications resource bank (link to comms resource bank; http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/glowscotland/preparing/communications/index.asp