In March last year, St Aidan’s PS, Enniscorthy, purchased iPod Touches for the pupils in two of its 4th classes as part of an ongoing project involving schools attached to the Wexford , Kilkenny and Sligo Education Centres and Apple Ireland. The purpose of the project was to investigate the use of this technology as […]
I’m a relative novice to Google Docs and never really personally saw the need for me to find out what they could do and how to use them. I had been aware from many articles on the internet written by people in the field of education that they were widely used. However, it was only […]
What if you were told of an amazing untapped, sustainable national resource that has been discovered yet is not being exploited? I’m pretty sure your interest would be piqued, particularly in the current economic climate where our future lies in our ability as a nation to capitalise on our resources and strengths. What is this resource? And, […]
The weekend of Sept 17th was definitely a Digiteach weekend – in Dingle! A bilingual CESImeet, combined with courses in Moodle and IWB, provided a cracking weekend of CPD for those from far and wide who attended. The CESI Meet was held on the Friday night in the Dingle Skellig Hotel, a wonderful location! Once […]
Last December Conor Galvin posted a message on the Computers in Education Society of Ireland list about an “ICT for Collaborative, Project-Based, Teaching and Learning” course taking place in Malta, in the summer of 2010. It was funded as a Comenius Life Long Learning programme. Applications were through Léargas In Dublin. The course was held at a […]
This research project, based at the University of Limerick, is looking at the potential application of a Virtual Laboratory for Senior Cycle Chemistry to the Irish context (titled VCLIPPS) by building on and extending software originally developed at Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh. VCLIPPS is a unique piece of software in that it addresses many of […]
The proliferation of digital multimedia has posed challenges and created new opportunities, and this is no more imaginable than where pedagogy is concerned. In 2010, a project was set up to provide archiving solutions to archive curators, content owners, education providers and users of digital media alike. One key specialist niche of this nascent project […]
Mention the word PowerPoint (PPt) in polite company – and be guaranteed some pretty passionate reactions! In the wrong hands, it can become a coma-inducing lethal weapon. Just think about how often have you heard the term Death by PowerPoint. The PPt presentation, good bad or indifferent, is everywhere nowadays, and is becoming more common in […]
Since it was founded in 1877, the mission of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) has been to collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland. Digitization of the Library’s collections has been an important part of the National Library’s role in recent years and has allowed […]
At present, computer technology has become ubiquitous in the areas of education, employment, community and recreational environments. As more technology is being developed and used in education, one particular field that is growing in popularity is the area of ICT and Special Educational Needs, in particular Assistive Technology software which represents another important component of […]
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