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Book: Education Nation

This lovely book has just arrived through the post. The author is my good friend Milton Chen, former executive director and now senior fellow at the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF). Those with a long memory may recall that George Lucas, the Star wars director, spoke about Glow at the US House of Representatives in [...]

Glow is ‘Out of This World’ – According to The Scotsman

Another good news story for Glow in this morning’s ‘Scotsman’ newspaper. Fiona McLeod notes that the capabilities of Glow ‘are proving to be out of this world for teachers who can use it find free resources and materials for school projects as wide ranging as The Vikings to the planets.’
Lots of great stuff beginning to [...]

Glow in the News Again

There is an article by Melanie Reid in this morning’s Times Online covering George Lucas’ testimony to the US Congress.
Under the headline ‘The Force is with Scotland’s School’s intranet, says George Lucas’ the articles goes on to say:
‘In what must rank as one of the most heady compliments ever given to an education system, the [...]

Glow Mentioned at US Congressional Committee on Telecoms and Internet

 This one really made me smile
George Lucas mentioned Glow in his testimony before  the US Congressional committee on telecomm and the Internet a couple of weeks ago.
His testimony (6 pages) makes really good reading but the mention of Glow is on page 5 for those of you who are impatient.