Web: the place for 21st century learning I love the Web and I spend more time teaching about it and the tools required to use it as a creative space [ … ]
Glow and CfE support – the elephant in the room?
Uninspired in a digital age? Does anyone else find the most recent release of support resources for CfE from Education Scotland uninspiring? I’m really happy to have a level of [ … ]
Have I helped you? I need your help :)
I need your help. I’ve always been committed to making the best use of technology to support learning and I’ve invested much of my professional life trying to make technology [ … ]
A National Campus in the Cloud?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of a National Campus for Scotland. This idea has been floating around for a couple of years but ADES have now [ … ]
GlowPlus? The Agile Solution
In my previous post I posed several questions. How can a small agile development group ensure the delivery of a service to over a million users, the security of their [ … ]
GlowPlus? Risks and questions
What is the future of Glow now that the ICT Excellence Group report is in and the recommendations have been made? How can the agile development of the future GlowPlus [ … ]
Glew: What other’s are saying
So much has been said about the development of Glew as a platform for learning that I thought it would be useful to bring the key posts together so that [ … ]
GlowPlus: Understanding Social Network Integration
In a recent Holyrood magazine article, John McCarney (head of education services at RM Education – the current Glow provider) demonstrated a lack of understanding of the “security issues” and [ … ]
Glew Scalability and Security
Earlier today I read a great piece by Paris Gourtsoyannis of Holyrood magazine. The item was focused on what happens next with the ICT Excellence Group report and raises some [ … ]
Office 365 Web Apps with Amazon Kindle HD
I thought I would have a go with an Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Office 365 Wave 14. I already know that the email, calendar and contacts is rock solid [ … ]