Using Glow to support the learning of Higher Philosophy

Overview

John Cudlipp is Principal Teacher of Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies (RMPS) at Broughton High School in Edinburgh. John is an advocate of the use of technology aimed at enhancing the learning and teaching process.

In this cookbook John will talk us through how he uses Glow to support the learning and teaching of Higher Philosophy.

Context

Through the appropriate use of technology in class, John has aimed to enhance the experience of his pupils during their time in the RMPS department. With the introduction of Glow to Broughton, John was keen to investigate how best to use the tools and functionality to further enrich the learning experiences of his pupils. John set up and developed a Glow Group to act as a medium for teaching and learning with ICT and also for sharing materials with other staff.

In this cookbook, we will:

• Hear John outline how he uses Glow to support the teaching of his Higher Philosophy class.
• Find out how to make use of Glow web parts to engage pupils and help reinforce course concepts.

Ingredients

What John uses to support the teaching of his class: 

1. A Glow Group
2. An XML web part to display a Voki and educational games
3. Discussion web part
4. Documents web part

Recipe

In the first two videos below, John talks us through how he uses Glow to support his class teaching. The other video clips will take you through how to replicate some of the activities that John demonstrates in the group:

Impact

From his commentary, it is clear that John is very positive about the ability of Glow to support his teaching. In particular:

• Pupils providing one another peer support and evaluation facilitated through Discussion Boards and the uploading of work to the Documents store for review
• The ability to embed educational games which are used to help reinforce key course concepts
• The Discussions web parts providing opportunities to explore topics more deeply
• The provision of anytime, anywhere access to revision resources and essay writing guidelines and templates

In making use of a variety of Glow tools, John has developed a Glow Group that is engaging and relevant for his pupils. The group provides an easy access point for a variety of information sources, stimulus to deeper learning, opportunities for collaboration, peer evaluation and assessment.

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