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Presentation Title

Presenter’s NameDateIntroduction

Introduction to Glow At

Knox Academy

November 2006

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Today’s Objective…….

For staff to:

• Gain an understanding of Glow and what will be available to staff an pupils in January 2007 and over the next 2 years as Glow develops.

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What Will We Cover Today?

• What is Glow?• What training will you need?• What will be available initially? • What is the trial at Knox

Academy?• What will be available as Glow

develops over the next two Years?

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What is Glow?

• Glow is the national intranet for Scottish schools, linking Scotland’s 800,000 educators and pupils

• Glow is a powerful set of tools for learning and teaching, sharing and collaborating which will be provided within a safe and secure on-line environment accessible from any location

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• GLOW is not solely about ICT • GLOW is an initiative that is

being designed and developed to enhance Teaching and Learning in Scotland

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What Training Will You Need?

• All Staff and pupils will receive training and support.

• This will be in collaboration with Glow Mentors.

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Initially………

• The initial facilities that can be accessed within the GLOW Intranet will include:• Pupil site• Staff site• Establishment site.• Local Authority Site• National Site• Your own personal site.And……

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• GLOW groups within your establishment that you are a member of. (i.e. sports clubs/homework clubs)

Miss W’s VW

GLOW Group

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•If you can imagine how our school server operates……

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• Emailing, daily bulletin, absentee Sheet .etc

• Sharing resources (like our current shared resources area on the server, but for all schools in Scotland to contribute, share and use)

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The Trial At Knox Academy

• Phase one of the GLOW trial will involve four classes (three Secondary and one primary).

• These trials will test the usability of GLOW.

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Glow Lesson

• Each class will be given a trial lesson• Each pupil will be interacting within

the intranet. • Pupils will have to upload images and

create their own individual pieces of work during the trial lessons.

• This will be tailored to the specific age group.

I.e.………….

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Themes and Aesthetics

• Primary themes more icon based

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• Secondary themes more text based

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The Future Of Glow

• What’s to come……..

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Tools Of The Future

• web authoring and hosting

• Voice over IP

• Web conferencing Video conferencing

• Video streaming

• Live communications server

• Security file transfer and chat