A great way to bring your presentations and lessons to life
A video from Prezi is the best introduction we could provide:
And here’s a tutorial to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3-opPvyVCY
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Twig videos
A Dynamic Teaching Resource
Here’s the Our Cloud video guide:
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- Over 800 outstanding 3-minute films on science, maths and geography
- Tailored to the Curriculum for Excellence at levels 2, 3 and 4
- With keyword search and curriculum links
- Researched and written by academics, producers, scientists and mathematicians
- Footage from the very best film archives
- Supported by teaching & learning packs with diagrams and quizzes
- Bringing subjects to life with stunning visuals, music and clear graphics – not just outdated programme clips
Daily What News
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!
Here’s an Our Cloud video guide to give you a guided tour:
Glow TV
If you don’t use Glow TV regularly in your classroom, you probably want to check it out!
Glow TV has several programmes on every single school day and over 18 months worth of recorded content that can be ‘watched again’ at a time that suits you and your class. Programme themes cover a whole host of interest areas on topics such as: CfE, SQA, GTC, HMIE, Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing, Glowing Thursdays, World of Work Wednesdays, Creativity, Games Design, Daily What Newsround and just about every curricular area. There is sure to be lots of great content that you can find useful.
The ‘Watch Again’ facility is a bit like the online efforts of the major TV channels. There is an easy to use area in Glow that allows you to browse all recorded programmes by category and watch them when it suits you. It also allows you to add programmes to your own, personal, schedule when you register for events so that you can keep track of your own planning.
Signing-up for these events/programmes is easier now, too. Instead of having to complete a sign-up form for every event you want to take part in, all you have to do is register once for Glow TV and then choose your username from a drop-down list whenever you wish to sign-up to a specific event. Easy.
A lot of the LIVE programmes include live debate/discussion on important topics in Education, as well as many 
online training programmes and experiences for young people to collaborate and interact with presenters.
So, with a whole schedule of programmes you can tailor to your own personal guide, easy sign-up and channel categories to make it easy to find recordings and watch again, Glow TV is a brilliant addition to Glow’s assets.
To register for Glow TV and then be able to have your own personal schedule and easy sign-up for programmes, click here.
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