Glow Scotland

April 22nd, 2013

New SCHOLAR Sessions

Jennifer McDougall

Comments: none Tags: Tags: Advanced Higher, Higher, homework
 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, modern languages

Glow TV is delighted to be able to offer teachers and students a range of SCHOLAR sessions which will include both Professional Learning opportunities as well as revision sessions for those sitting exams this year.

These begin on Tuesday 23rd April at 7.30pm with a Professional Learning opportunity for Modern Languages teachers entitled ‘Using SCHOLAR to support Higher, Advanced Higher and National 5′. This session will be presented by Douglas Angus, SCHOLAR Online Tutor for Modern Languages. Find out more in Glow TV.

Look out for new homework sessions in May for Modern Languages (German and Spanish) and Physics.

April 12th, 2013

The Vikings! at the National Museum of Scotland. Meet the Expert.

Dawn Adams

Comments: none Tags: Tags: National Museum of Scotland, Vikings
 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, Social Studies

Friday 26th April at 2pm.

Join us in Glow TV for a fantastic chance for your pupils to meet our Museum archaeology curator who will be putting some of our Viking objects under the microscope.

It’s a chance for your pupils to find out more about the Vikings from an expert curator, and to ask him what it’s like to work with fascinating objects from the past. We will be answering questions posted at our last Glow Meet as well as taking new ones on the day.

Did Vikings have personalised individual shields that would distinguish them from other Vikings?, Did Vikings celebrate special times such as Christmas or birthdays?, How long did the Vikings spend travelling to different countries? and Did the Vikings have pets? These are a few of the interesting questions from the first Glow Meet that we will get the chance to explore. Join us to find out if your pupils questions are answered and take part in this unique opportunity to learn all about the Vikings from the National Museum of Scotland.

This event is suitable for P3-P7.

Click here to sign up for the event.

February 22nd, 2013

The Vikings! on Glow TV at the National Museum of Scotland

Dawn Adams

Comments: none Tags: Tags: National Museum of Scotland, Vikings
 : Categories Events, Glow Meet, Pupils, Social Studies

Join us on Glow TV on the 4th March at 2pm

What were the Vikings really like? Fierce warriors in horned helmets or peaceful farmers and traders?

Join experts at the National Museum of Scotland to explore some amazing real and replica Viking objects, which might help you to decide!

Take the mystery object challenge and find out about our Vikings! exhibition.

This event is suitable for P3 – P7.

Click here to sign up and find out more.

November 29th, 2012

The Scottish Ten – 3D Digital Scanning on Glow TV

Dawn Adams

Comments: none Tags: Tags: 3D, digital scanning, History, Scottish Ten
 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Glow Meet, Glow TV, Sciences, Social Studies, Technologies

Dr Lyn Wilson from CDDV and Historic Scotland will present a Glow TV session on 3D digital scanning on 5th December 2012 at 4pm.

What Will They Talk About?

o What is 3D Laser Scanning?
o What is the Scottish Ten project?
o Examples of our projects to date including: Stirling Castle, Rosslyn Chapel, New Lanark, Mount Rushmore, Orkney, Rani ki Vav World Heritage Sites and others.
o We will show laser scan images and photos of the team scanning. We will also show some animations of the laser scan data and video footage of the scanning, e.g. at Mount Rushmore.

Who is it relevant for?

The session is targeted at practitioners and will covering a range of subject areas: Sciences, Social Subjects, Technologies.

Join us on Glow TV to find out more and ask questions.

Information detailing their work is available at:
• www.scottishten.org
• www.twitter.com/scottishten
• www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/laserscanning
• www.youtube.com/historicscotlandtv

Find out more and sign up here.

November 13th, 2012

Change to Speakers for Schools

Jennifer McDougall

Comments: none Tags: Tags: Anas Sarwar, Bellahouston, Labour
 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow Meet, Glow TV, Pupils, Social Studies

In a change to our scheduled speaker, Douglas Alexander for Friday 16th November now join us for our final event of Scottish Speakers for Schools launch week live from Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow where we will be joined by Anas Sarwar.

Anas was elected in December 2011 and was born and brought up in the city of Glasgow.

He has been a campaigning member of the Scottish Labour Party since the age of 16 and was part of the team which campaigned to successfully save the Govan shipyard in 1999.

At the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections Anas was selected to stand as the number 1 candidate on the regional list for Glasgow.

Sign up and join us live from Bellahouston from 9.10am on the 16th November and if you are unable to join us live please ensure that you view the recording in Glow TV’s Watch Again.

September 5th, 2012

Support for Mathematics – Twig on Glow Resource

Dawn Adams

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 : Categories CPD, Events, Glow Meet, Glow TV, Mathematics

Mathematics CPD on Glow TV – 10th September at 4pm

Join us for the next Glow TV event to explore new materials supporting learning and teaching in Mathematics.

Twig World Ltd, the company behind the popular Glow Science, has released an additional two subjects – maths and geography – to their online resource. The addition of over 200 films brings the total online content to over 1000 high quality short films with related learning materials.

Twig on Glow can be accessed from www.twigonglow.com as well as from within Glow.

The new maths materials include a range of topics from space, measurement, shape, number, algebra, accuracy and proof, statistics and probability and a history of maths.

Twig films are high quality, inspiring videos to support the curriculum and engage learners using real world images rarely seen in the maths classroom. The everyday application of mathematical concepts provides answers to those pupils who struggle to see ‘why maths matters.’ The support materials complement the videos to explore topics from ‘The Heartbeat formula’ in Algebra to ‘Why do we count in tens’ in Number.

“The resource fits nicely into CfE. The films instigate discussion and that’s a really important thing… it’s about getting the kids to understand and think for themselves.” Maths Teacher, West Lothian

Mathematics CPD – 10th September at 4pm

Join us to find out what’s new, get a tour of the website from Twig staff and hear from teachers who have used the resource.

To find out more and sign up click here.

August 29th, 2012

Glow Science Is Upgraded to Twig World Resource

Dawn Adams

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 : Categories CPD, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow, Glow Meet, Glow TV, Mathematics, Sciences, Social Studies, Technologies

Twig World Ltd, the company behind the popular Glow Science, is releasing an additional two subjects – maths and geography – to their online resource. The addition of over 200 films brings the total online content to over 1000 high quality short films with related learning materials.

The website now allows teachers and students to save favourites, search across curricular areas and embed films into learning materials and classroom presentations. On the new website, exclusively for Glow users, all resources are mapped to the Curriculum for Excellence areas of Sciences, Social studies, Mathematics and Responsibility of all.

Twig on Glow can be accessed from www.twigonglow.com as well as from within Glow.

www.glowscience.org.uk will continue to be available until January 2013.

*www.twigonglow.com includes all content from Glow Science as well as new materials and can be accessed using your Glow login.

Join us in Glow TV for a series of events which will allow you to explore the new Twig on Glow as a resource to support learning and teaching. Ask questions of practitioners who have used the resource and find out what’s new.

Click on the links below to sign up for an event (Glow login required) The following sessions are available:

Twig on Glow, Sciences CPD – 3rd September at 4pm
Twig on Glow, Mathematics CPD – 10th September at 4pm
Twig on Glow, Geography CPD – 1st October at 4pm

April 25th, 2012

The Beavers are Back!

Jennifer McDougall

Comments: none Tags: Tags: RSZZ, scottish beaver trial
 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow Meet, Pupils, Sciences, Uncategorized

Live from Edinburgh Zoo on Friday 27th April at 10.45am will be your chance to speak to Beaver Expert Robert Needham, Field Officer for the Scottish Beaver Trial.

Beavers became extinct in the UK 400 years ago, but now they are back in Scotland as part of a trial reintroduction, being co-ordinated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and the Scottish Wildlife Trust in partnership.

Since May 2009, four beaver families have been reintroduced to Knapdale, near Lochgilphead in Argyll and they have been busy since then making lodges, a dam and producing kits (baby beavers). This is your chance to ask lots of questions related to beavers and their habitat and to find out the latest news from the Trial.

Rob will be showing interesting photo footage of the beavers as well as showing you what beaver signs to look out for, just in case you want to go to Knapdale and find them for yourself.

This Glow meet is aimed at Primary and lower secondary learners. Sign up and join us in Glow TV!

April 20th, 2012

SCCYP – The Launch of RIGHT now

Jennifer McDougall

Comments: none Tags: Tags: Midlothian, SCCYP, Tam Baillie, Tynewater Primary
 : Categories Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Glow, Glow Meet, Health and Wellbeing, Midlothian, Pupils

This Glow Meet coming live from Tynewater Primary School in Midlothian will give everyone an opportunity to meet Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People as he launches RIGHT now – the new phase of his activity for this year.

Be the first to find out about the new resources coming from SCCYP and get your pupils ready to talk to Tam about what he will be doing in the coming year. You may already have the new booklet in your schools and if not look out for it!

Tam will tell them about:

· how he is promoting children and young people’s rights

· the role of Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner, how you can contact him and get involved in his work

· a wee taste of what over 12000 of Scotland’s 2 to 5 year olds chose to blether to Tam about this year

· what is happening now in response to the priorities for his work identified by 74 059 of Scotland’s children and young people through ‘a RIGHT blether’, his national consultation with you that ended last year.

So why not sign up and join us for this exciting new SCCYP activity on Monday 23rd April at 11am?
Sign up in Glow TV.

April 17th, 2012

Schools and the Traverse Theatre

Jennifer McDougall

Comments: none Tags: Tags: drama, Traverse Theatre
 : Categories Creativity Portal, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Expressive Arts, Glow Meet

Building relationships for the future – A Discussion Event for Teachers.
Glow TV is delighted to be returning to the Traverse Theatre once again on Monday 23rd April at 4.30pm.

Join Artistic Director (and former Drama Teacher) Orla O’Loughlin and Head of Traverse Learning Noëlle O’Donoghue, as they highlight how the Traverse Theatre can support schools to deliver the new curriculum and how we hope to engage with you and your pupils during our 50th anniversary in 2013.

The session will feature an informal Q & A so come armed with your questions!

Sign up and join us in Glow TV!