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Visit of Professor Tim Brighouse

gordonmckinlay — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:57:24 +0000

You will be aware of the work of Professor Tim Brighouse through the two books issued to all head teachers over the last couple of years. The more recent book “How Successful Head Teachers Survive and Thrive” was issued to all schools at the start of this term. Professor Brighouse is a non executive director of RM, the company providing the infrastructure for GLOW. As such we are very pleased to give you advance warning of the visit of Tim to Renfrewshire on the 11th of March 2008. Plans are at an early stage but will include a conversation workshop with head teachers on leadership along with a keynote presentation at the third of our GLOW evening events. The evening event will be at Gleniffer High School from 7-9:30pm and will include presentations on the use of GLOW to enhance learning and teaching along with the keynote by Professor Brighouse. It will be possible to book your place at the evening event via the online CPD system (http://renfrewshire.cpdservice.net). You can book your place at this event using CPD online. Search for GLOW on 11/03/2008. If you have already logged in to CPD online then just click here. There is no charge for the evening.I am sure that you will not want to miss the opportunity of hearing Professor Brighouse so this early notification aims to help you in keeping your diary clear.

GLOW Launch

gordonmckinlay — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:00:00 +0000

Last night saw the GLOW launch in Renfrewshire at Gleniffer High School. About 250 people with representation from most schools in Renfrewshire attended the event. We heard from Alan Wait from Learning Curve about the importance of digital literacy in the 21st century. Paul Smyth gave a first live glimpse of some of what GLOW has to offer. Finally Douglas Chapelle from RM gave a presentation of the importance of thinking through the issues of ICT in learning and teaching. Douglas highlighted the Tim Brighouse book”How Success Head Teachers Survive and Thrive” which was distributed to all our establishments earlier this term. If you have not yet had a chance to look at this can I commend it to you.

This was a great evening and we are very thankful to all the contributors for the time they gave up. The next steps are all to do with implementation. Steven Wilson has been working hard at the ops training and this is ongoing with mentor training later in the month. It looks like it will be all go very soon!

ICT Showcase – Evaluation

gordonmckinlay — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:11:44 +0000

Many thanks go to everyone involved in setting up and running last night’s ICT showcase. We had 200 teachers plus a number of other in attendance. David Muir and Ewan McIntosh gave a brilliant and stimulating presentation on some possible uses of web 2.0 in learning. The previous posts give some of the detail.

Over the next couple of days the audio from the evening will be available here and on the Renfrewshire EDS site so you can download it and listen again! A DVD is being produced for distribution to all schools in Renfrewshire. If you want a copy then please let me know and we shall see what we can do.

Initial feedback has been very positive. If you were there last night, please make sure you complete the evaluation on the CPD online system and send me your feedback as well. The event last night was an experiment

ICT Showcase – One Day to Go

gordonmckinlay — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:53:19 +0000

It’s Monday morning and I have checked the final figures for the ICT Showcase on Tuesday evening. We have 180 teachers booked with another 20 or so guests including parents and some folks from outwith Renfrewshire. All the final details should be in place. The evening will be videoed so we can create a DVD for all those who couldn’t get there on the evening. The audio should go on the website and here pretty soon after it has been recorded. Wireless conectivity should be available for anyone wishing to blog on the evening (let me know if this is you!). The accomodation is all sorted, the tea, coffee and cakes are all ready and we have the programme is all in place. David and Ewan are prepared (well so they tell me!). I think we are ready to roll.

If you are coming to Gleniffer tomorrow night then I look forward to seeing you then. If you are not, then why not!

ICT Showcase

gordonmckinlay — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:32:24 +0000

I spent some time yesterday with David Muir in final plannng for the ICT showcase on the evening of the 20th of February. It has been great to see how many places have been booked already. It is going to be very busy! If you are thinking about coming and not have yet booked a place then you had better get on with it!. Log on to the cpd on-line system here. If you from outwith Renfrewshire and want to come along then please drop me an email.

This will be a great staff development opportunity for anyone wanting to know more about using web 2.0 tools in learning and teaching.