Glow Scotland

I was warmly welcomed at St Martin’s RC Primary and Nursery School, in Tranent, today.

Dave Gilmour,  the East Lothian Council Key Contact for Glow, and I were helping  a small group of primary and nursery teachers get to grips with Glow. It was informal and informative. I was  really impressed with their ‘have a go’ attitude and the way they very quickly came up with questions about Glow groups and how to use them for different teaching and learning purposes.  It was clear to me that while quite a few of the group were trying Glow (hands on) for the first time, they would not be slow in trying it out with children in their classes.

I spoke with Christine Muir, a nursery teacher. I showed her some basic tools or web parts, how to create a Glow group and how to add members to the group. She promised to create a Glow group for her nursery classes.  I assured her she cannot break Glow and look forward to seeing her ideas for using Glow for whole class teaching.  I am sure she will develop some of the ideas we talked about: using the National Site and content for teaching literacy eg Bo Bear, using Glow meet offline with pupils to record speaking and acting etc and sharing digital images of pupil work from her Glow group. 

It would also be great if nursery teachers in ELC could develop Glow groups for outdoor learning, eg Forest Schools projects, and share these links in the National site in the National Parks and Outdoor Learning National Glow Group. I know teachers in ELC have a wealth of experience in this area. If they record what they do outside in Glow groups, then pupils can bring their learning back indoors and enjoy sharing the experience even more.

It was great to visit St Martin’s RC Primary School and great to work with such positive teachers. The fantastic pictures above are by Frank Carty: seen on the walls surrounding the school.