Glow
Aberdeen City Council
Glow in Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Council is fully embracing preparation for the rollout of Glow across the authority. Staff from the authority received their Operational Training in March 2008 with Mentor training being delivered in April 2008. Aberdeen has taken ownership of its live site and plans to pilot across each Aberdeen City area are in place.
Key contact
Rosaleen Rentoul
rrentoul@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Principal Officer (Learning Resources)
Summerhill Education Centre, Stronsay Drive, Aberdeen AB15 6JA
Tel: 01224 346456
Latest news
- Time to realise some benefits11 December 2008Today a small group of folk drawn from Aberdeen City, Angus, Midlothian, RM and Learning & Teaching Scotland got together for a workshop with a consultant to look into the area of Benefits Realisation. Part of the day was spent thinking about the original high level strategic benefits that the...
- Historic Glow Learn Training25 November 200824th & 25th November saw the first national Glow Learn training sessions, held at Stirling Management Centre. Representatives of Aberdeen, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, South Lanarkshire and Western Isles attended this well-structured, intensive two-day residential course – the first of several to come over the next few months. The course...
- The Granite City is (g)listening14 November 2008I had a very busy but enjoyable day in Aberdeen today: making presentations at three venues to a total of 500 teachers. My first presentation was a live tour of Glow at Hazelhead Academy, for teachers who know about Glow and have log ins. This school is set to be a leading light for Glow in ACC...
- Aberdeen Mentors Sparkle31 October 2008On 28/29 October, Martin Brown and I were working with a new wave of Glow Mentors in Aberdeen this week. Martin did the bulk of the sessions, mentoring me in my new role as Glow D.O., as well as mentoring the mentors! The new mentors are a great bunch and...
- Glow for Aberdeen City Probationers3 October 2008Today I made my first visit to Aberdeen City as a Glow Development Officer. I was delighted to have the chance to speak to the city’s current probationer teachers concerning Glow as part of their training day about ICT based resources. It was heartening that, when asked what they knew...