Sep 25 2009
Building Glow Communities – Science event
I went down to Stirling Management Centre recently for the Building Glow Communities workshop for science teachers. My experience of Glow is very limited and I have to admit to being less than impressed with my encounters to date, e.g. here & here. There were two factors that influenced my decision to apply for a place at the event. I wanted to learn about Glow and I wasn’t sure when or if local training would delivered.
There was a very broad range of Glow experience among the attendees, ranging from beginners like myself to teachers who use Glow daily in their classroom. Over the 2 days, we learned about Glow Groups and how to use web parts to introduce content. We worked in small groups to produce shared Glow groups on a range of diverse topics to support delivery of the science curriculum, including Advanced Higher Physics, Science transition from level 2 to level 3, Famous Scientists & The X-tra terrestrial Factor.
I’m particularly proud of the group my own team produced to support the outcome on considering the potential for life on other planets. We created activities to…
| consider the environmental factors affecting alien physiology |  |
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build a model of the solar system |
| explore the Martian surface |  |
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Find out about NASA’s mission to find habitable planets |
The group building sessions were broken up by short introductions to new web parts & techniques, information about intellectual property rights, demonstrations on how to create content such as a Voki or Wordle and embed it in your group to make the group pages more visually appealing.
It was a great CPD opportunity and I’ve already started work on my own Glow groups for use in school when pupil logins are rolled out.