Internet Swapshop – Using Glow to share web resources with colleagues
Context
Isobel Mair School, East Renfrewshire, has a holistic approach to the education of pupils aged 5 -18 years who have a very wide range of additional support needs. Meeting the needs of pupils with complex learning difficulties demands a high degree of structure and staff expertise.
All staff are suitably qualified in the education of pupils with severe/complex learning difficulties and additional Communication and Language Disorders. Staff are involved in the educational process which is always self-questioning. There is an openness and trust where self-questioning is seen as constructive.
Staff are encouraged to share values, direction and responsibility for the benefit of the pupils / school. Educational provision is seen as partnership with parents, pupils, specialists and other professionals. The school strives to seek to celebrate success at all levels and to ensure the dignity and respect of all stakeholders.
The school’s ICT Quality team – whose remit is to promote effective use of ICT throughout the school – were keen to encourage the staff to engage with Glow and access the benefits of using it. Class teacher Iain Hallahan had been using Glow for over a year and was given the responsibility of developing Glow training within the school. He decided to set up a Glow Group within the school Glow site to allow staff to share effective internet resources they had found with each other.
Ingredients
What did Iain need to create the Delicious Resource area?
*The rights to create a Glow Group at school level (most teachers will have this by default).
Recipe
In this section we will hear Iain talking about the use of the web part he created and the impact that it has had in supporting the sharing of valuable teaching and learning resources from the web with the staff of the school. He explains how the staff are able to share and search for resources and his vision for the future use of the resource.
*How to add Delicious Resource to a web page.
Impact
*Watch Iain talk about the impact of the use of this resource in his school.
