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New
intranet gives teachers and pupils powerful online tools to work together in
safety and security.
Site will make local pupils’ lessons more interesting,
interactive and help connect them with over 800,000 other teachers and
pupils across Scotland.
North Ayrshire’s teachers
and pupils are to benefit from an innovative new intranet which will help
them to plan, publish, and share information and ideas says local Labour MSP
Allan Wilson.
The site which was previously known as the Scottish Schools Digital Network
National Intranet (SSDN), has been renamed ‘Glow’ and revamped to make it
fun, bright, easy to use and accessible to all.
Cunninghame North MSP says the site will make local pupils’ lessons more
interesting, interactive and help connect them with over 800,000 other
teachers and pupils across Scotland.
The site, developed by Learning and Teaching Scotland aims to support
educational development, enhance the appetite for learning by exciting and
motivating pupils and give teachers and pupils powerful online tools to work
together in safety and security - at any location or time.
Speaking about the new look site Allan Wilson MSP said: "This is an exciting
time for North Ayrshire education. With the Executive’s ongoing curriculum
review and strategy to upgrade and rebuild local schools to create modern
state-of-the-art learning locations, our schools will have 21st century
technology to support 21st century learning and teaching”.
"Glow is yet another commitment by the Executive to North Ayrshire education
and will help connect local teachers and pupils with colleagues and fellow
pupils across the country, helping share ideas and enhancing their learning
opportunities.”
Cllr Peter McNamara added: “This is an exciting development, being able to
share good practice with colleagues across Scotland is a great step forward.
We in North Ayrshire have lots of innovative idea’s, one example being the
work praised in a recent HMIE report on Community Learning and Development,
sharing good practice like that identified can only benefit teachers and
pupils.”
Notes:
Developing, testing and piloting of Glow is currently underway, with initial
roll out to schools planned to start in mid 2007.
Visitors to the Scottish Learning Festival in September will be able to get
their first look at an early version of Glow as well as the opportunity to
attend seminars to find out more. The festival at the SECC, September 20-21,
is the key learning and teaching event in the education calendar.
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