A Glow e-Portfolio is a digital way for pupils to share information. Pupils can document their learning experiences, reflecting on their personal progress, recording self assessment and can also attach photographs and samples of work as evidence. They can also use an e-Portfolio to share personal achievements.
Why do we need to know?
Having a digital e-Portfolio is useful as all learners are able to access their Glow accounts at school and home. It gives them a central place to record key learning experiences and encourages them to be reflective. E-Portfolio’s can be shared with class teachers so that they can keep track of a learners personal progress. Parents and carers can also be shown it by pupils to keep them informed about learning.
In Midlothian, primary schools are using Glow e-Portfolio’s in Primary 7 so that pupils can create Learner Profiles which can be shared during their first week of high school. Other schools have started this process further down the school instead of using a paper based folio of work.
Glow have provided excellent step by step instructions on setting up an e-portfolio which include video and written instructions here.
For staff interested in refreshing their understanding of Glow, please click here to sign up for training. This training will be done online using Adobe Connect so you will be able to do this from any computer/laptop. A link will be sent to your mgfl email address once you have registered so that you can access the course.
Yammer is a private and secure social network which Teachers and Pupils can connect, collaborate and coordinate across classes, schools, local authorities and beyond.
Yammer is accessible in Glow through the Office365 tools in the OneDrive tile.
Yammer makes Education and Learning:
Social
Mobile
Collaborative
Real-time
Contextual
Yammer allows teachers and students to get quick answers to questions, share news with only those who need to know, coordinate work for projects and discover valuable information.
There is a Yammer app that is accessible on the app store which makes access even quicker.
There are currently over 10000 members on Glow Yammer. Join the conversation and take advantage of the fantastic professional dialogue availble with colleagues throughout Scotland.
Class Notebook is a free tool available from Microsoft and can be accessed by all children and teaching staff through Glow. Class Notebook is an electronic version of a notebook which can be customised and shared with others in order to promote collaborative work. Just like a notebook, you can separate a Class Notebook into sections and add multiple pages in each to keep work organised and easy to locate. Within this you can embed different tools from O365 such as Forms, Word, Excel and Powerpoint which enables you to keep all of your work in one place.
In the classroom, this can be a useful tool both in primary and secondary. There are three elements of this notebook shown below:
This tool can be used across the curriculum and when delivering interdisciplinary learning. It provides a quick way for teachers to gather a variety of evidence as each page can contain text, photographs, comments, web links, audio or video. A picture of a piece of work can be instantly inserted via mobile devices straight onto a pupil’s page. Pupils can also use this tool to reflect on their learning and record this just like they would do using a learning log. They would be able to access this whenever they are connected to the internet whether they are at school or home which provides opportunities for parents to be further involved in their child’s learning.
If you would like further guidance on how to use Class Notebook effectively to enhance learning and teaching, please contact the Learning Technology Team. There are also helpful videos available which give more information.
Glow have a useful YouTube channel which provides step by step guides on how to use different aspects of Glow in class. If you are interested, please access using the link below:
