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

Using a wiki as an evidence store for pupil e-portfolios

July 20, 2011 - 3:17 pm

Posted in Assessment, Confident individuals, Effective Contributors, Glow Blog, Glow Groups, Glow Portal, Glow Wikis, Mathematics, North Lanarkshire, Parental Involvement, Successful learners, Technologies, Text Editor | No comments

The Maths Store – using a department-wide wiki to make materials available to pupils to use as evidence in their individual e-portfolios.

Sharing Instrumental Performance Videos at St Aidan’s High School

July 19, 2011 - 7:49 pm

Posted in Confident individuals, Expressive Arts, Glow Groups, Glow Portal, Higher, North Lanarkshire, Standard Grade, Successful learners, Text Editor | No comments

This Cookbook focuses on how Alan Jenkins has created an Instrumental Performance Glow Group to share musical performances with pupils.

Standard Grade Music – Using a wiki for project work

July 19, 2011 - 11:24 am

Posted in Expressive Arts, Glow Groups, Glow Wikis, North Lanarkshire, Standard Grade, Technologies | No comments

Irene Stewart is a Principal Teacher of Music. In this 2nd of 2 Cookbooks we will focus on Irene’s use of a wiki for uploading and sharing work.

Std Grade Music – A Glow Group using a Graphical Interface

July 18, 2011 - 7:59 pm

Posted in CPD, Expressive Arts, Glow Groups, North Lanarkshire, Standard Grade, Text Editor | Comments Off

Irene Stewart is a Principal Teacher of Music. In this first of 2 Cookbooks we will focus on Irene’s use of hidden pages and a graphical interface.

e-portfolios using Glow blogs at Barr Primary, South Ayrshire

April 14, 2011 - 12:36 pm

Posted in Confident individuals, Effective Contributors, Expressive Arts, Four capacities, Glow Blog, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Literacy, Mathematics, Numeracy, Parental Involvement, Personal and Social Educations, Responsible Citizens, Sciences, Social Studies, South Ayrshire, Successful learners, Technologies, e-portfolios | 1 comment

In this cookbook we will focus on Barr Primary School in South Ayrshire as part of a local authority pilot using Glow Blogs as e-portfolios.

Metaphor and Simile Dictionaries at P7 in St Brigid’s.

August 31, 2010 - 9:08 pm

Tags: 2-21a, HWB 2-10a, HWB 2-11a, Lit 2-22a, LIT 2-24a, LIT 2-26a, Lit 2-29a, TCH 2-03a, TCH 2-04a, TCH 2-04b
Posted in CPD, Confident individuals, Custom List, Effective Contributors, Glow Groups, Glow Portal, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy, North Lanarkshire, Responsible Citizens, Successful learners, Technologies, Text Editor | 2 comments

Find out how St Brigid’s Primary have designed a P7 writing activity involving self and peer assessment and creating simile and metaphor dictionaries.