Laurie O’Donnell

It must be a quiet news day because I found myself featured in the newspapers this morning. The Scotsman newspaper had me joining the ‘Global Elite’ and the Dundee Courier had an article claiming that ‘The Force is with Former Teacher’.
I am used to reading about, seeing and hearing my ultra-high profile colleagues Derek Robertson […]

Started last week at a Scottish Government Glow Programme Board in Edinburgh. Glow continues to progress according to plan - slow and steady but supportable and sustainable. The publicity continues to be positive and the most important advocates of Glow, our pupils and teachers, seem to like what is in offer and see the potential […]

This week started in Glasgow with a LTS Corporate Management Team and a Glow Programme Board.
Tuesday was back in Glasgow for a meeting with Andy Torrance, formerly BT now with TLG (The Learning Game). I then had a very useful leadership coaching session with Martyn Sakol of ER Consulting. The value of having someone from […]

I was interviewed recently on Glow by Whitelight Media for Connected 20.
The questions came from our readers see below for my best attempt at answers.
Viewpoint: Laurie O’Donnell

You have been quoted as saying that Glow is the most ambitious education ICT project in the world.
How are we doing so far?
We are putting in place the […]

I was invited to speak at the launch of Glow in East Dunbartonshire on Friday morning. The event took place in Douglas Academy, Milgavie, with over 200 guests including , pupils, council officials, elected members and headteachers from across the local authority. Apart from speeches the guests were entertained by some wonderful music performed by […]