The document discusses how mobile apps and Glow can help learners and teachers, noting that smartphone ownership among youth is increasing rapidly. It analyzes the options for using Glow apps and Office 365 on mobile devices, recommending sticking with apps that only require Glow credentials on school devices. The document concludes that Glow needs to better support Curriculum for Excellence by developing tools to help teachers create learning experiences that incorporate digital content from various sources.

1. Charlie Love
Education Support Officer
Aberdeen City Council
@charlie_love
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2. How can Glow help our learners to learn?
How can Glow help our teachers
support learning?

4. • 25 Gb per user of Cloud Storage
• Range of Mobile Apps that access storage
• Syncs to Windows 7/8 desktops
• Some browser support for mobile platforms
• Includes web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
and OneNote.
• A single storage space for personal Glow content
• Can share with any other Glow user

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Site Document Library User
File Hashtag

8. Social and Collaboration: Conclusion
is…
socialabout sharingfocused on
collaboration

9. • Smartphone ownership in 12 – 17 age group to reach
96% by 2017 (was 81% in 2013)
Source: UK Mobile Users: 2013 Forecast and Comparative Estimates, eMarketer
June 2013
• 34% of 13-18 year olds with mobile phones also have
access to a tablet device.
Source: “Kids Smartphone, Mobile Internet, eXperience” (SMIX Kids) report, YouGov,
February 2014
• “The use of mobile phones to access the Internet has
grown faster in Scotland than any other UK nation
over the last year.”
Source: The Communications Market 2013, Ofcom
August 2013

10. Mobile Apps:
Login with
Glow Email and Password
(Free)
Web Apps on Mobile:
Login with
Glow Email and Password
(Free) Mobile Apps:
Login with Microsoft ID
Glow Email and Password
(May require a paid subscription)

11. Glow Office 365 Apps
• Only require a Glow email address + password
OneDrive for
Business (Storage)
OWA
(for Email)
Lync
(Voice, IM, Web
Conference etc.)
SharePoint
Newsfeed

12. Web Apps and mobile
• Web Apps work well in modern browsers on
desktops/laptops.
• But not a good experience on mobile devices
(best on iPad)
• Not usable on small screen devices for editing
• Better to use native apps and OneDrive for
Business App to download/upload.

13. • Free for iPhone, Android and Windows phones
• Requires Microsoft ID
• Can link to a Glow account and view/edit OneDrive
Office Documents.

14. • Free App on Apple iPhone/iPad, Android and
Windows Phone (and Windows and Mac OS X)
• For learning and teaching – probably the best
offering in Glow/Office 365
• Share notebooks with learners, use video,
audio and much more.
• Requires a Microsoft ID for Mobile App
• Can link to a Glow account and view/edit
OneDrive Notebooks

16. Mobile in Glow: Conclusion
• User experience is
improving, lots of app
updates
• Office Mobile on phones
but needs Microsoft ID,
needs paid account on
tablets
• Stick with Apps which only
use Glow Credentials on
school owned devices.

18. If Glow is truly to support
Curriculum for Excellence then we
need to get smarter about our
digital resources and develop
tools to help teachers create
learning experiences that
draw on digital content from a
wide range of sources.

19. Learning Experience Builder / Course Creator
…
Glow and other content
Teacher
Packaged learning experience
to share, reuse and remix

21. Blog: http://charlielove.org
Twitter: @charlie_love