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 lost rather too easily. When I tried to modify some of the web parts I got really lost. I shall need to find some more time before my time is up to see whether I can do any better on another time around.
Glow Pilot – Only One Week Left
November 30th, 2006 · 2 Comments
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whereisab :||: the digital home of andrew brown :||: Blog Archive » One week left
// Dec 1, 2006 at 6:03 am
[...] I read with interest yesterday on Gordon McKinlay’s blog that there is only one week left for the Mentor’s to trial the portal. With this in mind, I’m shocked by how little I have read about in on the edublogosphere? Was there an ‘offical secret’ act? Maybe I have missed a few posts, but to my knowledge, it seems only Tess Watson and East Lothian in general, Bob Hill and Gordon McKinlay that have dared to voice their views. All credit to them – particualrly Tess, who is talking about how it can be used with students (this is after all, the entire point of the initiative?) So why the silence? Either the Mentors that have access to the portal don’t blog anyway, or they are a bit stuck for inspiration with what they see. I hope all the Mentors throughout the country will be ambassadors for what they see in the portal – not how it works, but rather how it could be used in an educational context. I’d be wanting to read how Mentors are going to use the tools to empower their students, and how using technology can improve the quality of education in the classroom. If it doesn’t do this, then equally I’d quite like to read about it, and then have the online opportunity to debate it. [...]
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Pam McDowall
// Dec 1, 2006 at 7:16 pm
I know what you mean, Gordon. It all seems quite straightforward until you are trying to modify something inbetween running to your next class and dealing with your next crisis! I need to set aside some time to really “test” it out and would welcome some time to, as Andrew Brown says, debate how it can be used with students and to hear what others think. As the clock is ticking I can only hope to set aside some Glow time and get thinking.
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