Renfrewshire ICT Blog

Further to yesterdays post from Gordon, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new Staff Tutor for ICT in Renfrewshire.
I previously taught Computing at Park Mains High School and I am particularly enjoying the opportunity my new post offers me to work with staff and youngsters from all sectors of [...]

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Tomorrow sees the start of preparation for phase 2 of Glow piloting in Renfrewshire.  We have two meetings tomorrow: one for the pilot schools and the second for the mentors.  In the afternoon the four pilot schools: Barsail and St Fillan’s primaries and Johnstone and ParkMains High schools will learn about what is expected of [...]

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Phase 2 of Glow piloting is about to start.  The four schools (Barsail and St Fillan’s Primaries and Johnstone and Park Mains High) will be involved in trying out more of the services which will be the final part of Glow.  This time round the schools will be trying out web hosting, web conferencing, chat, [...]

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Yesterday saw the end of the phase 1 pilot period of Glow. Folk from the four schools involved in Renfrewshire met together to talk through what had gone well and what had not gone well. Paul and Vicki then joined us and we were able toprovide some verbal feedback to them. I still have to [...]

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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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