While reflecting on the recent pronouncements on the Smart Economy, I went back to the Building Ireland’s Smart Economy – A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal to look at the specific mention of ICT in schools. Basically, it mentions that the DES Strategy Report from last year “provides a clear direction to inform actions to […]
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We have been busy putting the finishing touches to our online summer courses for primary teachers which kick off on July 1st. A lot of effort has been put into making these courses as interactive and as interesting as possible for teachers. Thanks to the TeachNet mentors who developed the course tutorials, we are delighted
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So as the school year draws to a close what were the highs and lows for ICT in learning? I think we should all take stock of what has been a disappointing year for schools wanting to improve their integration of technology into the classroom. We are all aware of the lack of funding, policy
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Last week, Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told schoolkids to throw away their textbooks to help the state avoid bankruptcy. He referred to textbooks as being “outdated” and too expensive. California currently spends more than $400m annually on school textbooks. Instead of textbooks, the Californian Learning Resource Network will evaluate and list free and commercial online
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The NCCA ICT Framework In this podcast host Clifford Brown is joined by Sarah Fitzpatrick, Deputy CEO of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and Michael Hallissy, Director of Learning at the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA), to discuss the NCCA ICT Framework. The NCCA ICT Framework is an invaluable tool that assists
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I recently had the pleasure of attending a talk by Labour Party leader, Mr. Eamon Gilmore TD, at the DCU Ryan Academy Mid-Summer Networking Event on the topic of ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship’. I normally don’t attend such talks but I decided to head out to City West and hear what Eamon had to say on this
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Global Tools for Education Technology Leaders Learn about the resources, leadership initiatives and tools that CoSN, the nonprofit U.S. technology association, has developed for education leaders,both those in charge of technology, as well as those in charge of education. Hear the results from a new CoSN survey which found that school district administrators understand the
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In this podcast host Clifford Brown is joined by Deirdre Dennehy and Ian Roller from Dublin Inner City Schools Computerisation (DISC) to discuss the project. Operating since 1998, DISC’ aims to achieve equality of access, opportunity and training of Information and Communication Technology across inner-city disadvantaged schools. DISC is part of the Community Links Programme
Here is a Web 2.0 based application I came across recently called Wordle. It’s a word cloud and the user can create a wordle from any text, website or the clipboard and change and configure the wordle to suit their own preferences. Check it out atwww.wordle.net It’s completely free and wordles can be shared on
Welcome to TeachNet’s first International Perspectives podcast. Our first guest is Garry Putland, General Manager Business Development with Australia’s Education.au. Education.au is Australia’s leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) agency for educators and delivers a range of web services to clients in the higher education, schools’ education and vocational education and training sectors. Garry is
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