Glow and the Curriculum for Excellence

Curriculum for Excellence offers teachers greater freedom to teach in innovative ways for which Glow provides the tools. During this seminar you will hear how these tools in Glow provide opportunities for creative learning and teaching and the delivery of new curricular guidance.

Together, Glow and Curriculum for Excellence will :

• make learning active, challenging and enjoyable
• connect the various stages of learning from 3 to 18 through the use of a common range of important services
• encourage the development of high levels of accomplishment and intellectual skill
• provide a wide range of experiences and achievement of a suitable blend of what has traditionally been seen as academic and vocational
• support personalisation and choice

Glow will support the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence by enabling pupils to:

• learn independently and collectively
• access a variety of information sources
• research projects
• link up with peers across Scotland and across the world
• access school and curricular resources.

It will support the four capacities by enabling teachers to:

• identify and collate content, courses and tools for their teaching
• share ideas and good practice with colleagues elsewhere
• engage in online and connected communities of interest
• track and monitor their pupils’ progress
• undertake necessary administrative functions using efficient technologies.

Marie Dougan, Programme Director, Glow, LTS.
Margo Williamson, Programme Director, Curriculum and Assessment, LTS.

Marie Dougan 
Marie began her teaching career as a biology and science teacher in both the secondary and special school sectors. She also worked as a teacher in a variety of hospital and home settings.

Marie became interested in the potential of computer technology to enhance access to the curriculum for children with a variety of additional support needs. She completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and was a tutor for this course for the University of Edinburgh.

Marie subsequently moved to supporting teachers in introducing the use of  ICT. She then managed the Information Technology Support Unit (ITSU) which provided support and advice to teachers in 150 schools within the City of Edinburgh.

From 2002 until 2006 Marie managed the Masterclass project in Learning and Teaching Scotland and is now Programme Director for Glow.

Margo Williamson
One of Margo's key roles is to lead and manage the development of the Curriculum for Excellence for Learning and Teaching Scotland. She has considerable teaching and management experience in both school and higher education, where she worked as a senior lecturer. Her background and research interests are in literacy development and the role of ICT in learning. She has attended and presented at a range of national and international conferences and has been invited to contribute to several staff development events throughout Scotland.