I am of course hugely pro the use of ICT in education, but still
thought this short article was an interesting read. The article is
researched in the UK.
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Late notice for the live webinar but the recording will be available later.
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For anything outside the frameworks, I've been using a list of
suppliers from boards.ie:
[link]

Hi Mary, there are only frameworks for items like PCs, laptops, Mono and and
colour laser printers and data projectors. All other items are purchased in
the usual way.
Neil

[link]
This link gives full details of the purchasing frameworks
You can also get quotes for laser printers through the frameworks, but these
are designed for heavy workloads.
There are no purchasing frameworks for the other items mentioned so its best

Hi All,
DES/NCTE have provided frameworks to help us get quotes for PC & projectors.
Do they have any e-mail address in order to get quotes for items such as:
Mimio/IWB/Cordless keyboards &mice/laptops/lazer printers/digital
cameras/camcorder & visualiser?
Or do we just get quotes from local suppliers for these items?

Hi Steve
As a secondary school teacher who uses an IWB outside of the science lab
and has done so for a number of years, I think it has a tremendous amount to
offer the second level classroom teacher. At the very least I can use it
like an old fashioned black board, save my lesson and not make dust of my

Why are you interest in this topic stephen?

limited use in secondary, in fact very little... Most teachers rely on
the
(Academic teachers)- textbooks, worksheets, and a fair bit of skill.
(H.E. teahcers - flour, eggs and water and a fair bit of skill)
(language teachers- C.D. players, texbooks, worksheets, their voice
and a fair bit of skill)

Good article.... well worth a read.

Have you tried using Audacity, it is a very powerful open source (free)
audio editing program that allows you to record multiple tracks using a
single input source or multiple input sources and to mix these tracks
into a professional mono or stereo output track. Worth a look

Available from [link]

Most definitely agree - fine on your own but add 28 more Internet
hoggs and watch the fun begin!

I use an IWB as an interactive whiteboard for science teaching. The junior
classes get great use out of it and love it. There are a lot of resources
out there that can be adapted and used for junior cycle. I find it really
useful for engaging students and for drill and practice activities.
With senior cycle students I use it more simply to annotate over power

Small word of warning, used for 4th Year Radio project and at the end it
crashed on a few machines and I lost most of the work done. Lovely software
though. Sometimes offline is better ;)
Steve

Hello Steve,
I also would love to hear from colleagues who are using the boards. In some
cases, I suspect, the boards are being used in a particular way i.e. as
projection screens for PowerPoints, websites etc. This is not to negate the
value of such activities. However, it still leaves the students as 'passive

Hi all
The Spring Programme of eTwinning online Learning Events is now available:
[link]
These courses have been hugely popular with teachers, so early booking is advised as numbers are limited!
Anne

Thanks for that. Had a look. Great site

Hi Folks,
Just following on from a previous post, I've just discovered Aviary
Myno - a free sound and music editor that works online.
No installation required and you can upload and download tracks to it.
It also contains some free sound effect libraries - a very powerful
tool!
Using it at the moment in my HDip for Digital Story Telling.