Today I attended a seminar for primary school principals, which was given by the National Council for Technology in Education, (NCTE), in Kilkenny. I was very interested in this seminar as I believed that I would be hearing all about the €150m grant that was recently announced. Although this was indeed the case, the NCTE … Read more
Following the announcement by the Department of Education that all schools will share a grant of €1,700 + €34 per pupil, I’ve been asking primary school teachers and principals how they are going to spend their money. Well, to be honest, several primary school principals are asking me about how to spend their grant. These … Read more
This is a press release I received today. I was thrilled to receive it because in all the madness of the anger, revenge and striking, some agencies decided to think about the people that are being affected most. So without further a do – Primary Management Bodies call on Unions and Government to avoid disrupting … Read more
Readers of this web site know that I enjoy ranting about technology in primary schools. I’ve been asked to give a talk in Carlow Town on Wednesday, 25th November about how schools around the country are using technology in their everyday lives. The talk is aimed at parents, teachers, business people and anyone with an … Read more
According to a principal colleague of mine, it appears that every school will get €1700 plus €34 per pupil (based on last year’s numbers) from this new ICT grant announced last week. This principal rang the Department of Education to find out about this grant. Big schools are going to get a lot of money! … Read more
YTeach is a new online resource aimed at children from 3rd class upwards. When I say upwards, I mean upwards to the Leaving Certificate. Prim-Ed are Ireland’s distributors of this massive database of activities, which cover the Maths and Science curriculum. This review focuses on the Primary content. Prim-Ed have tailored the content to fit … Read more
YTeach is a new online resource aimed at children from 3rd class upwards. When I say upwards, I mean upwards to the Leaving Certificate. Prim-Ed are Ireland’s distributors of this massive database of activities, which cover the Maths and Science curriculum. This review focuses on the Primary content. Prim-Ed have tailored the content to fit … Read more
YTeach is a new online resource aimed at children from 3rd class upwards. When I say upwards, I mean upwards to the Leaving Certificate. Prim-Ed are Ireland’s distributors of this massive database of activities, which cover the Maths and Science curriculum. This review focuses on the Primary content. Prim-Ed have tailored the content to fit … Read more
I feel that I should reiterate that I have deep concerns about the €150m investment in “Smart Schools”, which I wrote about a couple of months ago (http://anseo.net/?p=1538), as it’s just been published this week. My main problem is with the impression that our ICT infrastructure in our schools is even adequate. There appears to … Read more
The following press release confirms that Smart have the biggest market share in IWB technology in Ireland. This is interesting news for all those schools that believed it was their main competitor who were the number one seller. I’m assuming within a few days I’ll be getting an email from them with a retort! 😉 … Read more