Well, thats the two days of SETT over and I am now sitting in my hotel room relaxing. Its very hard being on your feel continiously. It was very good to see that many people are getting quite excited aboout the Glow project.
See http://www.glowscotland.org.uk
It does seem that people are generally quite impressed by what has been on show at the Exibition hall. It will be some time before the Glow service comes online. Its likely to be at least another year before users will be able to start to make proper use of it. There will be a series of pilot phases which will allow the developers to ensure that any bugs in the system are sorted before it is exposed to the masses.
When full service is achieved it will support the entire education community in Scotland which will consist of some 800 000 users.
Some people would consider that the system is based on well established applications which is of course true. However, the system as is stands is actually a firm basis for developing a range of other applications such as Bloggs, Wikies etc etc.
This is a space that is well worth watching! I will be very interesting to see what teahers and pupils actually do with the system once it comes into full service. I would expect that the users will do some things which we would find it very hard to predict.
As one of the people who has been involved in the Glow project for some time it is very rewarding to see the beginings of a product which was only in idea a year ago.