Glow Scotland

November 10th, 2011

Bookbug – What the Ladybird Heard

Jennifer McDougall

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 : Categories Early Years, Events, Glow, Glow Meet, Literacy, Pupils

During their first year at primary school, all children in Scotland will receive a free book with a message from Bookbug.

This year’s chosen book, ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ by Julia Donaldson, won in the 0-7 age category of the 2011 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children’s Books. Thousands of children voted in this age group, so we are pleased to be gifting a book that really was their choice.

This Glow Meet will explore the book ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ including gifting ideas and fun activities that students and teachers can plan at school or in their classroom. The official gifting week is the week beginning November 21.

The session will be presented by Tracy Lowe from the Scottish Book Trust who is a regular Glow Meet presenter, her enthusiasm and love for books is clearly demonstrated in her presentations!

Sign up and join us on Friday 11th November at 10.45am.

July 26th, 2011

Glow TV

pcurrie

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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.

January 10th, 2011

Jacqueline Wilson Live Web Stream and Glow Chat!

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Chat, Glow Meet, Literacy

Jacqueline Wilson will be giving a live talk with the Scottish Book Trust and BBC Scotland Learning between 11.00 and 11.40 on Thursday the 27th of January. Please sign up here if you will be watching through Glow.

Even more excting news – Jacqueline has agreed to take part in a Glow Chat after the live streamed event! The time will be 13:00 – 13:30 (subject to Jacqueline finishing her signing session at the BBC).

To take part, you need to be able to use Glow Chat – Please try to join the Glow Chat room on the event page well in advance of the day to make sure you get a successful connection. If you have any trouble, email Katie from the Glow Team on k.barrowman@ltscotland.org.uk as soon as possible before the event and she will advise you – you must do this well in advance, as you may be advised to contact your local authority to enable chat and this may take a few days!

Due to expected high demand, we ask that only one computer per class is logged into the chat, (by the teacher preferably) but the pupils can take turns asking questions, just remember to type in your name, class and school at the end of your question. We realise that the time of the chat may coincide with lunchtime, but we hope a lot of Jacqueline’s fans will still be able to log on.

The more interesting and unusual the question, the more likely it is that Jacqueline will answer it, so get thinking now! Jacqueline will answer as many questions as she can on the day, but she won’t be able to answer everyone, so apologies in advance.

We hope you can join us!

The Glow Team

November 16th, 2010

An Encounter with Manfred the Baddie!

Jennifer McDougall

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

In November 2010, Scottish Book Trust will give all P1 children in Scotland a free book with a message from Bookbug. This year’s chosen book, Manfred the Baddie, written and illustrated by John Fardell, won the 0-7 age category of the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children’s Books.

We are delighted to announce that John Fardell will be taking part in a live Glow Meet in the Early Year’s Glow Group on Thursday 25th November from 1.45 – 2.45pm. During this fun, interactive event, John will be reading from Manfred the Baddie, getting children to join in with drawing their own baddies, and taking as many questions from you and your class as he possibly can. This event is linked to the P1 Book project, but all primary years are welcome to join in.

Sign up and let us know that you will be joining us!

October 28th, 2010

Scottish Book Trust Online Teacher in Residence Events

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Chat, Glow Meet, Literacy

The Scottish Book Trust’s fantastic Online Teacher in residence scheme is in full swing, with some excellent CPD opportunities for teachers. Visit the links below for more details on how to get involved.

1. Choke Chain: Online Teachers’ Book Group Tuesday 2 November at 4pm. Glow Chat featuring Choke Chain by Jason Donald – a dramatic debut novel looking at aspects of a difficult family life, set in South Africa. Suitable for upper secondary level but all teachers welcome. We still have 5 books to give away.
Click here for more details.

2. How to Teach Creative Writing – Tuesday 16 November at 4pm. Glow Meet featuring professional writer and teacher of writing Nick Hesketh on the why, what and how’s of teaching creative writing. A two-part series, participants must be registered and attend the first session on the 16th November in order to gain access to the second session on the 230th November. We only have 6 places left.
Click here for more details.

3. Royal Mail Awards Book Groups – Tuesday 14 December at 4pm. Choose from three simultaneous Glow Chats discussing each of the shortlisted books per ages group for the Royal Mail Awards and how they could be used as cross-curricular lesson tools in class.
Click here for more details.

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!

June 3rd, 2010

Call for feedback from the Julia Donaldson Event

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events

Guest post from the Scottish Book Trust:

Call for Feedback!

Hello! This is a call to everyone who watched the Authors Live event with Julia Donaldson on Glow last week. Would you be happy to give us your comments and observations to help us improve our next Authors Live event (which will be on the 17th June at 11am with the fantastic Michael Morpurgo)? Just click on the link to our online survey and follow the steps.

Many thanks – we really appreciate your time.

All best wishes,

Scottish Book Trust Children’s Team

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!

February 9th, 2010

Eric Booth to launch Scottish Book Trust Online Teacher in Residence Programme via Glow Meet!

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, Literacy

The Scottish Book Trust Online Teacher in Residence is an online teaching and CPD resource community and programme of events aimed at teachers in Scotland interested in creative learning approaches to literature and literacy within Curriculum for Excellence.

Working with two practising teachers, Scottish Book Trust will develop a diverse range of online teaching and CPD resources, and an online community where teachers can benefit from:
• regular CPD resources and events
• best practice examples
• shared teaching resources
• interaction with like-minded colleagues

Teachers will be able to connect with Online Teacher in Residence through a dedicated web space or our national Glow Group.

Eric Booth will be hosting the online launch via a Glow Meet at 4pm on Thursday 25th February. In order to attend this event, teachers will need to sign up via the Online Teacher in Residence Glow Group before 24th February 2010.

Please sign up by clicking here.

The Online Teacher in Residence web space can be found by clicking here.

Further information can be found on the Scottish Book trust website by clicking here.

If your or colleagues have any additional questions, please email otir@scottishbooktrust.com

January 5th, 2010

Catherine Forde comes to Glow!

Katie Barrowman

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 : Categories Events, Glow Meet

This year’s Scottish Book Trust Writer in Residence is the award-winning teen fiction writer Catherine Forde.

Catherine will be available to answer all your questions about creative writing on Glow on the Third of February – time to be confirmed –

Click here to sign up to take part!

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.

Between now and March Catherine Forde will have a new writing task for learners on the first Monday of every month, and teacher’s notes on the task are also available. Watch Cathy’s brilliant video podcasts where she explains each task, and use the accompanying written notes. There are already 3 tasks online – check them out at the Scottish Book Trust’s site:

Click for pupils’ pages

Click for teachers’ pages