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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The Coalition of School Networks (CoSN) published a video, “Learning to Change, Changing to Learn” a number of years ago. The video was published in response to a US Department of Commerce survey of 55 industrial sectors in relation to their ICT intensiveness. This survey found that education ranked 55, the lowest, below coal mining.
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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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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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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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The installation of an Interactive White Board (IWB) in a classroom is a positive step towards assisting with the integration of ICT as a teaching and learning resource into the various curriculum strand and strand units that we teach daily. However the IWB and the coupled software are only presentation tools and the teacher needs
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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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Despite the “doom and gloom” and the lack of Government investment in ICT, schools throughout Ireland are taking matters into their own hands and raising funds to purchase interactive whiteboards (IWBs). Drumcondra Education Centre have been hosting the Interactive Whiteboards Project. For the past 4 years, 14 North Dublin primary and second level schools have
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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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