Cumann Rìomh-Oideachais na h-Éireann | Voluntarily supporting ICT in Education since 1973

Conference 2008 Presentations

Keynote Address 2008: Teachers using ICT at Cauldeen Primary School, Inverness, Scotland; one school’s story.

George Glass

George Glass George Glass has been involved in eTwinning since the launch of that action in Brussels in January 2005. Recently his school initiated an eTwinning project ‘Talking through Time’ which involved pupils digitally archiving the memoirs of local veterans. The contribution of their partner school in Malta added an exciting and unique dimension to the project. This project has been awarded the European eTwinning ‘School Collaboration’ Award.

The SCC English Blog

Julian Girdham & John Fanagan

The SCC English blog (http://sccenglish.ie/) is the diary, website, and online magazine of the English Department of St Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin 16. It is now four terms old, and is updated almost every day in term-time. It gathers news and examples of drama, poetry, fiction, and in particular highlights pupils’ work. In the last academic

The Fís Project

John Heffernan

FÍS (literally translated as ‘Vision’) is an initiative of the Department of Education and Science designed to introduce the medium of film as a support to the Primary School Curriculum. The Project is managed and delivered by the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) in collaboration with Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT). It has the full support and active participation of the Department of Education and Science.

Static vs Dynamic: The Content Management approach to Web Publishing

Enda Donlon

Content Management Systems allow one to prepare and publish information online, without needing an in-depth knowledge of web authoring software and techniques. This presentation aims to explore the potential benefits of Content Management as an approach to publishing web content, with a specific focus on school websites.

Cláir Bhána Idirghníomhacha

Miriam Judge

The Drumcondra/ICS/CESI Interactive Whiteboard Project began in the Spring of 2005 with the first of the boards installed just before that Summer. I have been involved with the Project since its outset and have had occasion to visit and interview a number of the Project Teachers and Students. My findings suggest positive outcomes across each of the sectors included in the Project – and these sectors included Primary, Post-Primary, Hearing Impaired and a Gaelscoil – but what are the factors that contribute to that success?