Saturday, March 1st, 2008...8:34 pm
Glow Mentor Training- Day 2
On Thursday, I along with the other Glow mentors attended the second day of our Mentor training. During the course of the day we learned about a number of components that make up Glow. This included some ‘hands-on’ sessions.
A lot of what we covered was not of new ground to me as I used most of the tools during the trial phases. This meant that I was able to help and talk to other Mentors.
The links below will provide you with a recap of my experiences during the trial phases last year.
Video Conferencing using Marratech (Glow Meet)
Glow Groups (creation, management, admin and permissions)
Web Hosting
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
There was a lot covered during the training, each mentor contributing their own thoughts and ideas. In due course I will introduce you to each of them. It came of no surprise to see how well we worked together over the two days. There was a real buzz and vibe to be experienced. This will really drive Glow forward in East Lothian. It is also clear that Glow and EduBuzz will ably complement each other. We are hoping to discuss the outcomes of the training next week as we want to start rolling Glow out to schools within the Authority as soon as possible.
I would like to say thank you to the trainers from Learning and Teaching Scotland and RM. Following the session on IPR I would also like to state that the credit to LTS and RM was on a yellow post-it on the rear of the car- though it may have fluttered of during my Journey home 
It is a very exciting time in Scottish education and I am very much enjoying contributing to the development of a project that I will be involved with over the next three decades.
3 Comments
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:41 am
Well, on behalf of the trainers, thank you very much for a most enjoyable couple of days. Speaking personally, one of the things I’m getting most out of training is meeting the Mentors from around the country. It’s building up this sense of community that to me is key to the success of Glow. I can’t wait to see how Edubuzz and Glow integrate and compliment each other in the future. As Paul and Martin both said, if we can be of any assistance in developing Glow is ELC, then just ask!
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
Thanks AB!
We will be in touch once we have discussed the way forward.
Hope you are having a nice weekend.
March 4th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Hi Tessa, thanks for being a great audience over the two days of mentor training in Prestonpans. This was a really good experience for the Glow team aswell (minore technical problems aside). It is also really useful feedback for me to see your round up of the two days.
I am looking forward to the next phase in EL.
best wishes
Martin
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