{"id":1531,"date":"2012-07-10T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T14:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2012-07-13T08:25:44","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T08:25:44","slug":"new-glow-excellence-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=1531","title":{"rendered":"New GLOW Excellence Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2012\/07\/glowmedium_tcm4-5017051.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1533\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?attachment_id=1533\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2012\/07\/glowmedium_tcm4-5017051.gif\" data-orig-size=\"165,95\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"glowmedium_tcm4-501705\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2012\/07\/glowmedium_tcm4-5017051.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2012\/07\/glowmedium_tcm4-5017051.gif\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1533\" title=\"glowmedium_tcm4-501705\" src=\"https:\/\/glow-prod-ab.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2012\/07\/glowmedium_tcm4-5017051-150x95.gif?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&#038;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEHgaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJGMEQCIEMH8k00W6yOPf5otyNd%2BPm3J8D9HMqCfXRa38VjZBsXAiBy7%2BVPpnJaKU5YKbRY0mzq7MadV8qWLqrUGguxpfD%2BEiq5BQhBEAUaDDI3MzU3MDE5NTQzMyIMaBe2DZF13PWz3cuXKpYFI6Q3hLZlAB5zYcfih%2BgZGpjrPvgNrqNtWrr%2FzAe3IVS7KFM%2B1WKaRuta1UCRrkLczsh4tQ%2FU%2Bw2j0SQ9CAUG2O8gYOf%2Brzh3vQ7AtkVgYJZST%2BdVpmmer9PWNUp%2FTvx4iO47AZDhLKwJ%2Blzda8GasLYxBB2yclawEvoNicT9Kwv3IZxnHf4z5iyonkpldmPYIlnBNWr6S%2BBq2GSMeMQ51aOPBafyxltaVdGkOqDbjg9OXWwEZn%2FNpIhaCW9lCyVUpuQ3zxQwr4w%2Ff6CXhoxdOAUcY6iJ%2Fa4NGRmf6CpDAgbA8OObsskzsCiAbs%2B3VftYCB8VHKH%2FJxk2xyqUZW749%2BZf5xNjeYBss0YkM8KniNJGQw5mkP70tfoex62fpNoJu727gg0r4y99TX3eGoy8mRh%2FWKfTz%2FJ4eCjL6kQa4ANIto9DZOVsMtTm%2BZlGII4KtAMHQbF7JgXwUs6sNMvsSXXqIHBMkMsUgR3UJyciyNqP1zgf1qtnfeItU2TsSyxD1HC010%2BR3XSFFa8Ak2vSDd8pPdsn%2F1u5Inis4BQRc8lW233OjFR6G2upGSAWK50oc5fCHQU%2FP0Lr%2FHrdzPSEogyFdPNZHBEuu%2B3Y68%2F9KJi61bxJBNxKTtASM5pQax2Pb%2FdGZzEisrrHwqZW1h7K7uPCupLQ%2Fe%2B1%2B6PwmdOe38D21sTUADXlk02fKtMnPa9RBznfcxlRyZJ93zOzuP6y7LbGB%2FMyClUAkjUR3lJasm7OoTItNtYeaFSrw1m32iDgGekuoqdWAE1xaMqOYwt0bFidQYab3d6qySc9Cix%2F7P7Gz3ZXo2iA9%2F1UDwBct7euN7Ut5AS23AMRiv9xTyr98Q1T5a9X6WM%2B4oXoVkeYfNelQatit8EwgfXr1QY6sgHx0ZbpuBdBceS6kQ5pJsXzbIvcoMYyqQwrqO%2B24ecBOEDkoJ4TnGkgLq2trxx5IkdKvPgYDO%2FkxBRFxmaszNh6jXKTaX3FFHHjYfnUWYKT8CD7gQKHOXzLJXwRJ1ez8w0tMNOcGCZ%2FnFnntdAB2NzMXTKF5Loj4eeMxNC2JcuJpC6GvdtXKSKoRXJPcSPxTQmnamYH2IOqO%2FCJ5TA73f0Qfeba16RzcXtz%2BItEZIfjQIep&#038;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&#038;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UXRG5BZ44%2F20260929%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&#038;X-Amz-Date=20260929T001257Z&#038;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&#038;X-Amz-Expires=900&#038;X-Amz-Signature=1abf6f9e980ee08dfc060f88e825a2dbe23426ce76418bd0f03c05d6c5c2ff45\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a>A new &#8216;Excellence Group&#8217; has been announced by Cabinet Secretary Mike Russell to consider the future direction of GLOW.\u00a0 It certainly seems like a group constituted to think big and to be creative, leading us to think that the recent GLOW agreement with Microsoft and their &#8220;365&#8221; suite of tools may not yet indicate our long term direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As well as the most outspoken critic of &#8220;old GLOW&#8221; in Jaye Richards-Hill, the group contains the BBC&#8217;s favourite ICT teaching advisor Stephen Heppell as well as Argyll &#8220;old boy&#8221; Ewan MacIntosh noted for his promotion of future thinking around social networking and use of mobile devices.\u00a0 Charlie Love, who has created a brilliant rival to GLOW, &#8220;Glew.org.uk&#8221;, is a surprising, but probably inspired inclusion indicating that everyone who has something to offer is being listened to.\u00a0 The full list is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Muffy Calder, Chief Scientifi Adviser, Scottish Government.<\/li>\n<li>Prof Ian Sommerville, Professor of Software, University of St Andrews<\/li>\n<li>Prof Mike Sharples, Professor and Chair of Educational Technology, Open University<\/li>\n<li>Mr Ewan McIntosh, Director, NoTosh<\/li>\n<li>Mr Charlie Love, Teacher of Computing, Cults Academy Aberdeen<\/li>\n<li>Prof Bill Buchanan, Professor in the School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University<\/li>\n<li>Mr Hamish Budge, Education Support Officer, Comhairle Nan Eilean Sar, Isle of Lewis<\/li>\n<li>Prof Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal Knowledge &amp; Management, CIO &amp; Librarian, University of Edinburgh<\/li>\n<li>Mr Neil Winton, Principal Teacher of English, Perth Academy<\/li>\n<li>Mr Tony Rafferty, National Parent Forum of Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Mr Fraser Speirs, Head of Computing and IT, Cedars School of Excellence<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Jaye Richards Hill, Former Learning Community Principal Teacher<\/li>\n<li>Mr Martin Dewar, Digital Director, Young Scot (who will also facilitate the involvement of two school pupils in the group)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Stephen Heppell, Chair in New Media Environments, Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The announcement can be found at the &#8220;Engage&#8221; website:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/eduemail4.ad.argyll-bute.sch.uk\/exchweb\/bin\/redir.asp?URL=http:\/\/www.engageforeducation.org\/2012\/07\/glow-schools-it-excellence-group-set-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.engageforeducation.org\/2012\/07\/glow-schools-it-excellence-group-set-up\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Boyle<\/p>\n<p>Quality Improvement Officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new &#8216;Excellence Group&#8217; has been announced by Cabinet Secretary Mike Russell to consider the future direction of GLOW.\u00a0 It certainly seems like a group constituted to think big and to be creative, leading us to think that the recent GLOW agreement with Microsoft and their &#8220;365&#8221; suite of tools may not yet indicate our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=1531\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New GLOW Excellence Group<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3347],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning-technology","tag-glow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1540,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions\/1540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}