How I wish!

This week sees the central Glow team continue their marathon with Mentor training in Scottish Borders, East Renfrewshire and event to kick things off in South Ayrshire. Next week sees the team take Mentor training in Orkney and Argyll & Bute, plus a return to Inverclyde to build on the work started there.

We wouldn’t have it any other way though. Mentor training is the ideal opportunity to make connections with people on the ground in local authorities and talk practically about how Glow can be used in the classroom. The best bit about Mentor training has to be near the end of day two though, as we really focus on planning next steps. Where local authorites have done this we have seen the clearest progress, and as a result we now factor this into each training event.

Watch out on the GlowScotland blog to keep up to date with the thoughts of the team as they take these sessions. Better still, why not enter into discussion with them and link up with other Mentors using Glow around the country?

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Launched today are the Glow Games – spread the word!

Visit the GlowScotland website to grab the embed code for your own site, or even better still, login to Glow to play the game and clock up an extra high score!

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working on the LTS stand.

As with previous years, I thought it might be a good idea to share what I’m up to at the Learning Festival?

Wednesday
9:30 – 10:15 C2A – Carron 1: Effective Learning & Teaching in action with Glow
11:00 – 12:00 LTS stand
12:30 – 13:15 C2B – Carron 2: Glow and e-mentoring: supporting development, 2st century style
15:00 – 17:00 LTS stand
17:45 – late(!) Forth: Teachmeet ‘08

Thursday
09:00 – 15:00 LTS stand (with a few breaks in between!)
16:00 – 16:30 Scottish Education Village: SLF Extra in Glow

It would be great to catch up with others if you’re coming to the Festival this year? Get me anytime on twitter @whereisab, or come along to that stand and find out what’s happening with Glow.

Apparently this year has the biggest number ever pre-registered – add to that the industrial action scheduled for Wednesday, and this event could be even more huge than usual!

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Over the coming year we’re going to see a huge growth in the number of live chats and web conferences taking place in Glow. What better way to kick things off for the Scottish Learning Festival this year than to have the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop take part in a live chat in Glow?

You can join the Cabinet Secretary in a live discussion on Wednesday 17 September from 5.30pm until 5.55pm to exchange views, to chat, ask questions, or share your experiences.

You’ll need a Glow login to take part, and can find the chatroom and discussion forum here.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity – if you are involved in Scottish Education and don’t yet have a login to Glow, get in touch with your Key Contact to find out more about their rollout plans for Glow in your area.

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