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Forum moderation

January 7, 2013 User deactivated Leave a comment

Moderation may be needed from time to time

Glow Forums are linked to Glow groups. The administrator of a Glow group is also the moderator of Glow forums which allow them to make changes to posts made by other people.

It is always wise to reinforce the expectations you have of anyone using a forum, mainly to use appropriate language and be respectful to others.

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The video below shows an introduction to the moderation options available to you:

Remember:

Lock topic – keep the topic there but stop any changes to it
Delete topic – remove the topic and all its associated posts
Move topic – move the topic and its posts to another board that I administer
Split topic – instead of one topic, create two and then decide which posts should go in each
Merge posts – take 2 posts from the topic and merge them in to one
Merge topic – take the posts in this topic and put them in to another topic
Copy topic – take this topic and its associated post and put them in another board but leave the original in place (live move but it leaves the original in place)
Change to sticky – this topic will always appear at the top of the lists of posts, regardless of activity (normally the topic at the top of the list is the one with the most recent post)
Change to announcement – this will take the topic and take it out of the topic section and move it to the higher Announcements section
View logs – this allows me to see activity in the topic and the overall board

Coding/ programming, Cool stuff, English/ Literacy, Expressive Arts, featured tiles, Health and wellbeing, Languages, learning/teaching resources, Mathematics/numeracy, Religious and Moral Education, Sciences, Social studies, Study skills, Technologies

Khan Academy

January 7, 2013 User deactivated Leave a comment

A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.

The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. It’s a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere.

All of the site’s resources are available to anyone. It doesn’t matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy’s materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

Here’s a video introduction to the site and how it came about:

And here’s a video on basic addition that shows you the kind of content the site has:

And here’s a topical video on ‘Les Miserables’ which explains the context for the film:

English/ Literacy, Expressive Arts, Glow news, Glow Resources, Health and wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics/numeracy, Religious and Moral Education, Sciences, Social studies, Technologies

Daily What News

September 25, 2012 User deactivated Leave a comment

The Daily What News is a top quality Glow resource that your account gives you access to.

A news service just for schools in Scotland, The Daily What News provides a sophisticated and interactive news service for Glow users, with articles written by a specialist news content editor especially for a schools’ audience. Articles are published every school day and there are two versions of each article. In addition, three articles each week which are published in Gaelic.

The articles are arranged in news categories and are tagged according to CfE subjects and experiences and outcomes. The articles are archived and searchable from the main homepage, giving users a rich learning resource that offers learners the opportunity to make meaningful and relevant connections across different curricular areas. Many of the articles feature an interactive activity that provides Glow account holders with a fun way to extend or cement users’ learning on the story’s topic. Users can also use their Glow logins to take part in forum discussion topics for each article.

Teachers will find the Teachers’ Area Blog an excellent resource. Beneath each daily news article there is a link to a blog post that provides Glow users with a wealth of lesson ideas and suggestions for several curricular areas from the one news story. The posts are written by a specialist education content editor who links the news story to CfE outcomes and experiences and provides links to other interesting and relevant content.

A recent article in the Sport category focused upon Rangers’ fans’ trip to Manchester and how their behaviour was better than on a previous occasion that had led to trouble in the city centre. The article would surely be a popular one with young people and, because they are known for their reluctance in reading, it is of note that it would be of particular appeal to boys. There is even an interactive activity attached to this article which invites learners to test their knowledge of SPL club nicknames. What better way to engage reluctant learners in purposeful and relevant learning? In theTeachers’ Blog, lesson suggestions were offered in a number of CfE subject areas (Social studies, Health +Wellbeing, English+Literacy) and links were provided to video content and discussion stimuli that would encourage even the most reluctant learner to engage with such relevant and meaningful subject matter.

This is, of course, just one example. There is already a good stock of interesting content on the site, with stories ranging in topic from the floods in Pakistan, for a World focus, to how young people made an impression on the Scottish Parliament, for a story that is closer to home. Each school day sees another story added to the archive, so we are building a wealth of content that Glow users can benefit from.

Whatever the story’s subject-matter, it is always the case that it will be written in a manner that is appealing and relevant to our learners. Add to that the interactive activities and lesson suggestions in the teachers’ blog, and you might just find thatThe Daily What News is just what you have been looking for!