Sharing practice for using Glow and ICT

West Lothian Sharing our learning blog

A blog where pupils and members of staff from West Lothian education establishments can share successes from their schools and classes.

Published on 25 September 2012

Glow Meet with a dragon – early years fairyland topic

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (well, in Bathgate, West Lothian) the Primary 1 and 2 teachers in Windyknowe Primary School set themselves a huge task. They embarked upon a ‘Joining the Learning’ Fairyland activity that involved every one of the hundred Primary 1 and 2 pupils taking part in an Enchanted Forest project which culminated in them having a Glow Meet with a dragon!

Published on 30 January 2012

Storytelling in Early Years using Glow Meet

After setting up a Glow Group for Early Years practitioners in West Lothian, Margo Kerr, Early Years ICT Development Officer, established a popular project where stories are read by pupils in the upper stages of primary schools. Children in the nurseries – and also in primary classes – watch and listen to the stories via Glow Meet.

Published on 30 January 2012

Glow Groups for children - People who help us

Following introductory training in Glow, Amy Lumsden and Ruth Torrance, P1 teachers at James Gillespie's Primary School in Edinburgh, were keen to investigate if the Glow tools and functionality could support learning and teaching in their class. ‘People who help us’ is one of the Social Subjects topics covered by their pupils and Amy and Ruth felt it would be an ideal pilot to determine if Glow could be used successfully with pupils as young as P1.

Published on 30 January 2012

Bringing the Katie Morag stories to life using Glow Meet

‘What’s it really like living on an island?’ That was the question being asked by the Primary 1 pupils in Bannockburn Primary after reading some of Mairi Hedderwick’s ‘Katie Morag’ stories. To help answer that question, one of the school’s Primary 1 teachers, Jenny Shineton, decided to use Glow Meet to enable the pupils to speak to children who do live on an island.

Published on 30 January 2012

Developing skills for learning, life and work

These case studies from a variety of primary and secondary settings around Scotland, demonstrate evidence of progression in the development of skills for learning, life and work as outlined in Building the Curriculum 4.

Published on 23 August 2011

Books for All: Improving accessibility to curricular materials for print disabled pupils

This practical step-by-step guide shows how to find, create and enhance accessible texts and curricular materials.

Published on 1 June 2011

Using Glow to ease transitions

This set of three case studies records how three teachers in different establishments, working at different levels, have made use of Glow as a tool to support transitions.

Published on 16 March 2011

Using Glow to ease transitions between primary and secondary

See how Broughton High School uses Glow to ease transitions between P7 and S1.

Published on 14 March 2011