Karen-Ann McSwiggan

I have been working with the Glow National Team as an Educational Consultant since January 2006. It is great to see schools make innovative use of Glow in learning and teaching. The Cookbooks are a great window on some of the fabulous work going on in schools already using Glow.


Posts by Karen-Ann McSwiggan

Operation Safety in Dumfries and Galloway

August 16, 2011 - 6:14 pm

Posted in Confident individuals, Cross Cutting themes, Dumfries and Galloway, Effective Contributors, Glow Groups, Glow Portal, Responsible Citizens, Successful learners, Survey, Technologies | No comments

Find out about Dumfries and Galloway’s plans for extending the learning through a Glow Group for their Operation Safety programme.

Mini-Mentors project at Coylton Primary

August 11, 2011 - 10:32 am

Posted in CPD, Confident individuals, Effective Contributors, Glow Groups, Glow Portal, Health and Wellbeing, Responsible Citizens, South Ayrshire, Successful learners, Technologies, Text Editor | No comments

This Cookbook will focus on the Mini-Mentor project that Judith Lennox ran with some of her P7 class pupils at Coylton Primary in South Ayrshire.

Using a survey for topic evaluation to enable pupil voice

August 9, 2011 - 4:33 pm

Posted in CPD, Confident individuals, Effective Contributors, Expressive Arts, Glow Groups, Glow Portal, Parental Involvement, Sciences, South Ayrshire, Successful learners, Survey, Technologies | No comments

This fifth Cookbook on Judith’s work with her P7 pupils on their Earth and Space Project will focus on using a survey web part for topic evaluation.

Showcasing Pupil Work in Picture Libraries

August 8, 2011 - 4:05 pm

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This 4th Cookbook on Judith’s work with her P7 pupils on their Earth and Space Project will focus on using Picture Libraries to showcase pupil work.

Our Planets Wiki at Coylton Primary

August 8, 2011 - 1:11 pm

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This third Cookbook on Judith’s work with her P7 pupils on their Earth and Space Project will focus on the Planets Wiki the pupils created.

Working with a Glow Group template for an Earth and Space Topic

August 5, 2011 - 9:05 am

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This first Cookbook on Judith’s work with her P7 pupils on their Earth and Space Project will focus on using a template of a previous Glow Group.

Engaging videos in an Earth and Space Glow Group at Coylton Primary

August 3, 2011 - 3:04 pm

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This second Cookbook on Judith’s work with her P7 pupils on their Earth and Space Project will focus on the use of video within the Glow Group.

Burns Supper – Using Glow to support an Enterprise Project

July 29, 2011 - 7:30 am

Posted in CPD, Confident individuals, Cross Cutting themes, Effective Contributors, Expressive Arts, Glow Groups, Glow Portal, Languages, Literacy, Mathematics, Parental Involvement, Personal and Social Educations, Social Studies, South Ayrshire, Successful learners, Technologies | No comments

Primary 7 pupils at Coylton Primary School used a Glow Group to help in the planning of an interdisciplinary enterprise event.

Using Glow Meet for Transition at St Mark’s Primary

July 27, 2011 - 5:32 pm

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This Cookbook will focus on the use of Glow Meet within a cluster for Transition.

St Aidan’s High School Transition – Interactive School Map

July 21, 2011 - 3:49 pm

Posted in Assessment, Confident individuals, Cross Cutting themes, Effective Contributors, Glow Groups, Glow Meet, Glow Portal, Glow Wikis, Health and Wellbeing, North Lanarkshire, Responsible Citizens, Text Editor | No comments

This Cookbook will focus on a clever interactive school map feature in the Transition Glow Group for St Aidan’s High School Cluster.