Introducing Glow to Primary 6
Overview
Fiona Meney is a Principal Teacher at Forehill Primary School, South Ayrshire. She has recently started to look at ways that Glow can be used to support teaching and learning in the classroom.
In this cookbook we will look at how Fiona has used Glow with Primary 6 learners to support teaching and learning and to introduce pupils and staff to Glow and its functionality to support Curriculum for Excellence. This cookbook will exemplify this good practice and show how to re-create it.
Context
Fiona has looked at ways that she can make learning more interesting and engaging for the learner and looked at how Glow could support pupils to communicate with each other and share their ideas and work collaboratively. Fiona has responsibility for Primary 6 one day a week and decided that she would introduce the class she has and the other P.6 class to Glow, creating a joint Primary 6 Glow group.
She has created projects within the Glow Group which encourage independent working and thinking and allow pupils to support each other and contribute to the collaborative group.
Fiona plans next year when these pupils are in primary Seven to have them as supporters for other pupils and staff throughout the school.
Watch Fiona as she describes her Glow Group and how she uses it to support learning.
Curriuclum for Excellence Outcomes and Experiences
*Using what I know about the features of different types of texts, I can find, select and sort information from a variety of sources and use this for different purposes. LIT 2-14a
*I can make notes, organise them under suitable headings and use them to understand information, develop my thinking, explore problems and create new texts, using my own words as appropriate. LIT 2-15a
*Throughout the writing process, I can check that my writing makes sense and meets its purpose. LIT 2-23a
*By considering the type of text I am creating, I can select ideas and relevant information, organise these in an appropriate way for my purpose and use suitable vocabulary for my audience. LIT 2-26a
*I can persuade, argue, explore issues or express an opinion using relevant supporting detail and/or evidence. LIT 2-29a
*I can use my knowledge of rounding to routinely estimate the answer to a problem then, after calculating, decide if my answer is reasonable, sharing my solution with others. MNU 2-01a
*Having determined which calculations are needed, I can solve problems involving whole numbers using a range of methods, sharing my approaches and solutions with others. MNU 2-03a
Ingredients
What did Fiona need to use to support this project.
1. Administrator rights to a Glow Group
All children had to have contributor rights to the Glow Group in order to collaborate within the group.
Recipe
*How to change discussions web part to peer assessment
*How to add multiple web links web parts for differentiated group work
*How to add a Voki
Impact
There have been a number of impacts from this project. The class teacher is now much more familiar with the components of Glow and now hopes to develop her skills to support teaching and learning. She also feels that the learners have now had a good experience with Glow and are capable of logging on and navigating their way through the web parts confidently so she would like to enhance their experiences.
Fiona feels that the learners are having an opportunity to learn in a style with which they feel comfortable and are skilled in. She hopes to continue to use Glow to support the learners in her class and to use their skill base to support children and staff in the use of Glow.
Watch Fiona talk about the impact of this project.
