Glow
Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Glow in Western Isles Council
Western Isles Council is fully embracing the rollout of Glow across the authority. Staff from the authority received their Operational training in October 2007 and Mentor training was delivered in January 2008. The authority has taken ownership of its live site and is using Glow within its pilot schools.
Key contact
Kenny Matheson
kmatheson@cne-siar.gov.uk
Education Department, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Sandwick Road
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
HS1 2BW
01851 840 291
Latest news
- 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...
- Glow in the Western Isles - the best tool for the job.28 October 2008Last week I found myself back in the beautiful (and very stormy!) Western Isles on a support visit for Glow. Over the course of the two days I spoke to many teachers and was able to see first-hand the difference that Glow is making in this remote community. The best part...
- A nurturing Glow at Bernera Primary22 May 2008When Western Isles Glow Mentor Kirsteen Maclean told her pupils at Bernera Primary School she would be attending last month’s Glow conference in Stirling, she encouraged them to post their thoughts and ideas on the Glow discussion board. Checking the forum, Kirsteen was pleased to see that pupils had not...
- Glow in Uist7 May 2008Following Glow Mentor training in Harris in January, two teachers have been working together to bring pupils from Paible(a 5-14 school on North Uist) together with pupils from Sgoil Lionacleit (a community secondary school on Benbecula) using Glow Meet. Mary Ann MacDonald, a P6/7 teacher at Paible, and Liz MacMillan, a...
- Glow Meet Global Day - Western Isles18 April 2008As storms go, it wasn’t the worst the islanders on Harris had experienced, but it did bring down power lines the night before the Glow team flew into the Western Isles for a two-day training session with Glow mentors. The damage blacked out television and radio signals. As one mentor pointed...