Glow Blogs
I have had fun playing with the new Glow blogs. They launched yesterday and I got a chance to play. They are built on the WordPress platform which meant I found my way around. The IT team at RM have done a huge amount of work answering the call of so many who see the potential of things like blogs and wikis being added into Glow.
There are a few cosmetic teething problems that will be sorted out over the summer, I refer to one of them in my first post:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/Alan_Hamilton/2010/06/26/glowbetter/
BUT what a huge amount of potential. I am really looking forward to getting into classrooms across the country from August and seeing what the blogs can do to enhance learning.
It is also great to see how teachers such as Margaret Vass, Caroline Breyley and John Johnstone are getting stuck in and seeing past the teething issues.
Help screens are available from the Glow Team:
The table below shows how Glow permissions relate to Blog permissions, thought it might be useful:
| Glow group role | Blog role |
| Administrator | Blog Administrator (individual Blog) |
| Web Designer | Blog Editor |
| Contributor | Blog Author |
| Reader with Discussions | Comment access determined by Blog Settings |
| Reader | Read access determined by Blog settings |
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My name is Alan Hamilton and I am a Glow Development Officer for Learning Teaching Scotland.
My substantive post is teacher of Business Education at Stirling High School, Scotland.
I have started this blog after many months of reading and learning from many people in education, both in Scotland and in the global community.
I am interested in learning about new ways of learning for my pupils, using web 2.0 technologies. I am passionate about learning, enterprise and trying new things in the classroom.
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