Renfrewshire ICT Blog

Schools and glow mentors whi have had access to the glow portal have only one week left to get stuck in, find out how it works and make their comments.  I spent some time yesterday trying to navigate my way round the portal.  It all seems fairly straight forward but I did find myself getting [...]

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If you work in Renfrewshire you can now book a place on the ICT showcase.   Log on to http://renfrewshire.cpdservice.net to book your space.  If you don’t work in Renfrewshire and want to join us then email me at gordon.mckinlay-ed@renfrewshire.gov.uk.  Find out more at http://www.ea.renfrewshire.sch.uk.
The showcase will take place on Tuesday the 20th of February from [...]

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The technological developments in mobile phone technology means that these devices are becoming more and more powerful as well as becoming more available to children and young people in school. Recent articles in the educational press have suggested that mobile phones can be seen as a useful learning tool in the classroom. On the other [...]

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We spent a very enjoyable couple of hours yesterday thinking about the planning for the ICT showcase event which will take place on Febrary the 20th 2007.  David Muir and Ewan McIntosh joined us as they will be the main presenters for the evening.  We did a fair amount of talking around the ideas of [...]

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I spent some time this morning with the secondary head teachers discussing the development of GLOW.  I included a fair amount of blue sky thinking related to how we use ICT in learning in the secondary school.  This opened up a fairly lively debate about how we deploy resources in the school and how we [...]

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The GLOW pilot has now started in Renfrewshire with four schools gaining access to the portal along with mentors.  Here are some screenshots which give a bit of a flavour of what it looks like for your interest and information.  You should be able to see the main areas of the portal as well as some [...]

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I spent some time today preparing the presentation on GLOW  for use at our head teachers’ meetings over the next three weeks.  I had intended using something I had done before but the fact that my hard drive has died makes that difficult.  This will be an important chance for us to talk about the [...]

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GLOW Piloting in Renfrewshire,
originally uploaded by Gordon McKinlay.

Training for the first phase of piloting of the GLOW portal took place at Park Mains High School on Wednesday. Staff from the four schools (Barsail and St Fillan’s Primaries and Johnstone Park Mains High) spent the afternoon together learning about the tasks involved in the [...]

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