Many people have been asking us recently if the recent cutbacks will have an impact on the TeachNet project. The reality is that the NCTE has withdrawn its funding since last year. This is despite a commitment to funding for the project from the Minister Hanafin in 2007. While we weren’t surprised by this move, […]
The new Obama administration has promised a package of €142 billion for education and €1 billion has been earmarked for ICT. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan plan promises to enable students of all ages to learn in 21st-century classrooms, labs, and libraries to help US students compete with any worker in the world. Time
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A recent posting to the DICTaT mailing list concerning an ICT grant for 72 Primary Schools hasn’t really generated any great debate. Perhaps it’s because most contributors are only settling back into school and haven’t had time to reflect on this posting! However I wonder is it part of a growing sense of despair or
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The BETT Show takes place in London between January 14th and 17th. BETT is celebrating 25 years of existence this year and is a must visit for anyone who is interested in learning about how ICT is being integrated into teaching, learning and assessment. Many first timers find the show daunting and it is as
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From the front line:- so there we were, a collaborative, fully interactive sesion underway using Paint Shop Pro on the Interactive White Board. Layers, transparencies, free hand selections; the class is ploughing through the work – creativity is flowing as we designed a Doodle 4 Google!!!Next pupil to the laptop and IWB pen suggested we
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now many options for using online maps in the classroom. The most useful online maps are: maps.live.com maps.google.com earth.google.com maps.yahoo.com Each have their own good and weak points. Added to these, there is a growing range of tools which you can use to add to your online map use. You can annotate Google Maps with
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100 primary schools in the DEIS Urban band 1 received letters from the NCTE inviting them to apply for dormant accounts funding to assist them achieve digital schools status. The invited schools have to complete the self evaluation on the Digital Schools website, submit their school ICT plan and complete the application form with details
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If you are new to ICT or feel you need a refresher, you should try an online course onALISON. Based in Galway, ALISON provides high-quality, easy to follow interactive multimedia courses. All courses on ALISON are accessible for free to individual learners. All you need to do is register yourself by choosing your own name
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The Budget brought many unseen cutbacks to our schools which have left me stunned. How a Minister for Education can allow Ireland to slip to last in Europe on the issue of class size defies belief. When Ireland was one of the wealthiest nations on the planet we should have been investing in education to
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The arrival of an Interactive White Board (IWB) presents a number of interesting challenges as well as the need to re-examine your teaching methodologies. It will take a substantial amount of time for a teacher to develop his/her own bank of educational resources. After the initial settling in period and getting over the fun of
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