This paper draws on the evaluation of the Grid-Club ‘fun' web-site for children aged 7-11 which has been developed in the UK by Channel 4 television, Oracle and Intutive Media. The focus of the evaluation has been on children's learning in an informal web-based environment. Learning indicators were developed on the basis of what has been learnt from recent research, drawing particularly on socio-cultural theories. Data were then collected to track children's learning, using methods such as concept mapping, observation and interviewing.

This is a practical look at the possibilities presented for using Digital Art in the classroom. What happens when children begin using a digital editing package for actually creating images? A look at the small range of skills needed by children to get started in this area. It deals with children from the Primary sector and Post Primary sector where a small number of schools are experimenting with submitting digital art as part of an art portfolio.

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This project began as part of the NCTE's SIP initiative in 1998. Four schools were selected for the first phase, representing the main school types prevailing in Ireland - large middle class suburban, inner city disadvantaged, medium-sized semi-rural, and two-teacher rural.

'Information and Communications Technology in the Primary School Curriculum: Guidelines for teachers' The Primary School Curriculum, 1999, presented a view of learning that was centred on the child and provides a framework for the child's learning with a focus on the development of the child's knowledge, skills, and attitudes.