Michael Hallissy

What vision do the main political parties have for learners in the 21st Century?

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In the coming weeks many politicians will call to your home or school seeking your vote and promising to bring about “change”. But how many of them have considered what impact digital media should have on learning in the 21st century. Interestingly the most recent edition of Silicon Republic published a story entitled, Today’s Digital […]

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ICT in the News –“A lot done but plenty more to do”

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​All schools received good news from the DES in November with the release of over 43 million Euro into the system for investment in ICT infrastructure.  This investment is to be welcomed and is badly needed as evidenced by the NCTE 2005 census (Shiel and O’Flaherty) and subsequent calls for investment in the Department’s “Investing

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Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook

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Everyone seems to be agreed that teacher professional development is essential if teachers are to successfully integrate ICT into their classroom teaching.  Here is an interesting publication from Education Weekthat highlights a number of interesting projects and ideas associated with 21st century learning.  Though some may contest the notion of 21st century teaching and learning

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US Launch their "DRAFT" National Educational Technology Plan

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On Friday March 5th the US Department of Education released a draft of the National Educational Technology Plan: “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology.” Launching the document the US Secretary of State Arne Duncan said that it “was prepared for the Office of Educational Technology by leading researchers and practitioners. It represents their best

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Rethinking Teacher Professional Development for the 21st Century

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I am currently attending the Consortiuum of School Networking Conference (CoSN) in Washington DC and had the pleasure this morning to attend an excellent session on the future of “long-term embedded teacher professional development”.  The session was led by Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach who described a world where teachers build their own learning networks. 

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Craig Barrett’s views on Ireland’s need to create a world class education system

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Craig Barrett, the former chairman of Intel Corporation, was in Ireland last week and spoke at an event in the Royal Irish Academy.  On Saturday morning, February 13th 2010, he shared his views with John Kenny on the Marianne Finucane  Show (click to download the interview) in relation to the need for Ireland to create

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