Category Archives: Glow

ICT in Education Excellence Group Report published

The Education Secretary Michael Russell has welcomed a report by the ICT in Education Excellence Group. The Group, which was convened by the Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Muffy Calder at the request of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, was asked to consider the future development of Glow, the national intranet for schools. Over the past five months the Group, which consists of IT and education specialists and end users, have visited schools across Scotland to look at the experience of using ICT for learning. Their final report makes recommendations to the Cabinet Secretary on how to ensure that future Glow is dynamic and remains relevant to its users for years to come.

Read more here

Related blog posts:

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning reflects on the work of the ICT in Education Excellence Group

The ICT in Education Excellence Group completes its report on the requirements of a future Glow service

Blog post by Professor Muffy Calder, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland.

Burns Night – Resources and Events

Visit Education Scotland’s website for a range of Burns Night resources including poems read by Scottish actors Robert Carlyle, Siobhan Redmond and Richard Wilson.

Sign up for the ‘Burns Bash’ Glow TV event on 25 January (9.30 am): http://bit.ly/13Vg2Nx

There is also plenty of information about Robert Burns, on the National Trust for Scotland website: www.burnsmuseum.org.uk/ .

You might also wish to check out the interactive about Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne and how to create a Burns Supper, on the Promethean Planet website: www.prometheanplanet.com/NTS

Glow TV events coming up

Assessment Community – 10 Key Assessment Messages, 16 January 2013, 8.20 am, http://glo.li/WoBjb1

Join the Education Scotland Assessment Team for a series of Glow Meets taking place in the Assessment Community. This first early bird event looks at the 10 key assessment messages and will be hosted by Catherine Lawson from the team.

NB: This same event will also run on Thursday 17 January at 3.45 pm


Paper Creativity Challenge – Prezi, 18 January, 9.30 am http://glo.li/11umxY7

This Glow Meet is one in a series which is taking place over the next few weeks.

Prezi is a large blank sheet of digital paper which can be edited easily to share beautiful interactive presentations. This Glow Meet will share how to create an education account with Prezi.  Prezi basics and then some ideas for using prezi for storytelling.

Paper Creativity Challenge – Make a Book with an Artist, 21 January, 11.00 amhttp://glo.li/Vkl0Q1

During this Glow TV session the artist will demonstrate three examples of making books, first is the five minute note book made from just one piece of paper, the second is the simple concertina folded book and lastly a basic hand sewn note book.

Paper Creativity Challenge – Meerkat Mail, 22 January, 11.00 am http://glo.li/Vpe5Fh

Join Margo Kerr, Early Years Development Officer in West Lothian to listen to the wonderful story of Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett and find out about this week’s creativity challenge. We know you can do it!!

Assessment Community – What is the NAR? 22 January 2013, 8.20 am,  http://glo.li/WoCvuW

Join the Education Scotland Assessment Team for a series of Glow Meets taking place in the Assessment Community.

This early bird event is entitled ‘What is the NAR? and will be hosted by Jem Anderson from the team.

NB: This same event will also run on Thursday 24 January at 3.45 pm

Holocaust Memorial Day – Scotland 2013 – Arts Event

23 January, 2 pm, http://glo.li/RzCc1t

Join us for this first event for Holocaust Memorial Day – Scotland 2013, where young people from across Scotland interpret HMD 2013 theme Communities Together Build a Bridge through the arts in film, drama, song and more.

Burns bash http://blogs.educationscotland.gov.uk/glowscotland/2013/01/16/burns-bash/

Join us for our celebration of the birth of Burns and the life and work of our famous bard on Friday 25 January at 9.30 am. This year we want you to be able to share what you have been doing in your schools and classrooms so join us for our Burns Bash.

If you would like to share your Scottish poems, dances or art work then make sure that you are with us that day to let other schools see what you have been doing – remember we always need an audience too so if you don’t want to perform then please just join us anyway.

For full details of Glow TV events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:

https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx.

(Glow log-in and password required).

CfE and Glow News

Education Scotland’s CfE and Glow News e-update provides you with updates on Curriculum for Excellence and support for practitioners, along with all the latest developments within Glow:

Read the November issue of CfE and Glow News to find out about the following:

Curriculum for Excellence
National Qualifications – Professional Focus Papers now available
National Assessment Resource
Education Scotland’s Learning Blog – selection of posts
Education Scotland reports on the impact of staff qualifications on early years learning
Game On Scotland – the schools programme for 2014
Glow
Feedback on the RM Unify pilots
New interface for teaching staff accessing Glow – December 2012
ICT in Education Excellence Group – First thoughts discussion paper
Update on Glow and e-portfolios
Glow TV events coming up.

Forthcoming Glow TV events

Child Centred Learning – A Pupil’s View, 20 November 2.00 pm: http://glo.li/U3fIbo

See also Glow Scotland blog post: http://blogs.educationscotland.gov.uk/glowscotland/2012/11/19/child-centred-learning-a-pupils-view/

Meet the pupils of Hill of Banchory Primary School in Aberdeenshire who are actively encouraged to take leadership in their own learning experience.

Creating a Culture of Empowerment – The Staff, 20 November 4.00pm: http://glo.li/U3fNM4

Following on from our earlier session with the pupils at Hill of Banchory Primary School you will now have an opportunity to hear from the staff about how they are developing a culture of empowerment within a school environment.

SCCYP – Am I getting it RIGHT? Series: 23 November.

An annual report to Scotland’s Children and Young People live from the Scottish Parliament.

Session 1, 10.00 am http://glo.li/RoGhFu

Session 2, 11.00 am http://glo.li/TPHTui

Session 3, 1.15 pm http://glo.li/TPI2hi

For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:

https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx.

(Glow log-in and password required).

New Glow Community for Expressive Arts Practitioners

A new professional learning community for Expressive Arts has just been started on Glow. The community will allow practitioners to engage in professional dialogue and share exciting and dynamic practice.

Use your Glow login to start sharing: http://bit.ly/artshome

CfE and Glow News – latest issue online

Education Scotland’s CfE and Glow News update provides information about Curriculum for Excellence and support for practitioners, along with all the latest developments within Glow.

The latest issue highlights a new CfE leaflet and two posters, the Parentzone website, the new SSLN Professional Learning Resource (Numeracy), the migration of Glow to Office 365 and some Glow TV events.

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/newsandevents/emailupdates/cfeandglownews/index.asp

Glow update – Migration to Office 365

A national Glow Group has been established to keep Glow users up to date with forthcoming changes: Migration of  Glow to Office 365 . Visit the Glow group to watch a video explaining how Glow is changing and for regular updates.

RM Unify is the launchpad that will provide single sign on to Microsoft Office 365 and other applications.It was piloted in October 2012 in a range of schools from across different local authorities, feedback is available on the Glow group.

If you have any questions about the migration of Glow to Office 365 please check first to see if the answer has already been been posted on the Glow group.

If not then please either:

email MiGo365@eductionscotland.gov.uk

or post on the Glow forum: MiGO365 forum – ask a question and an answer will be published as soon as possible.