Laurie O’Donnell

Just had a couple of wonderful days in Glasgow at SLF2008. We have evolved the festival into a showcase for Scottish education over the last 9 years and I think we now have a model that works pretty well with continuous improvement built in by design. This year the focus was very much on Curriculum […]

There is an article by Melanie Reid in this morning’s Times Online covering George Lucas’ testimony to the US Congress.
Under the headline ‘The Force is with Scotland’s School’s intranet, says George Lucas’ the articles goes on to say:
‘In what must rank as one of the most heady compliments ever given to an education system, the […]

Our press officer Lee-Ann has just sent me a pdf of a small news article in today’s  Herald with the above headline.
This is really the Glow section of the LTS website (or what we call the LTS Online Service). It looks pretty good and the new sections ‘Glow in Your Area’, ‘Glow in Action’ and […]

 This one really made me smile
George Lucas mentioned Glow in his testimony before  the US Congressional committee on telecomm and the Internet a couple of weeks ago.
His testimony (6 pages) makes really good reading but the mention of Glow is on page 5 for those of you who are impatient.

On 24 June The Scottish Government public expenditure watchdog Audit Scotland published a review of 20 major capital projects including  Glow.
Overview
Audit Scotland noted that Glow had already been the subject of a number of external reviews including several using the OGC Gateway Process and that the programme was characterised by the close working relationship between […]

One of the great jobs I have in LTS is leading the Scottish Learning Festival. The event is now in it’s 9th year and has evolved from being an exclusive ICT event into the major national showcase for Scottish Education.
SLF2008 takes place over two days, 24 and 25 September, in Glasgow’s SECC. This year […]

As part of the award I was asked to answer a few question for ‘Edutopia’ the front-end of the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
Starts:
O’Donnell describes the ups and downs of the Glow roll-out in his blog but his main lesson learned is about the importance of patience and good-faith collaboration: “The time it takes to take […]

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 […]

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 […]