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When the iPad was launched a few weeks ago, I smirked at the “fools” who queued up for days to get their hands on one.  ”Sure, it’s just a giant iPhone”,  I muttered in condescending tones.  All the reviews on the web, in newspapers and in magazines were lukewarm too.  It doesn’t multitask and it has | Read on…

Promethean announced the appointment of Jim Wynn to its senior management team as Chief Education Officer. Jim has over three decades of experience in education technology across more than fifty countries. He joins Promethean from Cisco, where he led their public sector consultancy for emerging markets, with an emphasis on education. Jim’s previous appointments include | Read on…

The ICT in Education Conference 2010 will be held in Tipperary Institute in Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Saturday, 15th May from 9am to 4pm. The theme for the conference is ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’ and is split into two streams: • ICT in Education • Innovation in the Classroom The keynote speakers for this year | Read on…

From Teachnet Blog (http://blog.teachnet.ie/?p=1970) The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) have announced that all major interactive whiteboard vendors have agreed to make their educational content available in the UK in a common file format (CFF), a move that will make IWB content much more accessible by allowing teachers to share content and resources | Read on…

The Qwizdom Q7 slate is a wireless slate that can be used to interact with a computer. The company who sell these slates (Qwizdom) sent me one to check it out.  With the NCTE are recommending schools should invest in slates before moving into the world of Interactive Whiteboards, it was a good opportunity for | Read on…

Last time the INTO recommended strike action, almost everybody agreed…except me.  This time, the INTO have recommended accepting the Union’s deal with the government that would ask teachers to work an extra hour per week with the pay off that their wages will not be cut.  This time I am agreeing with the INTO’s recommendation.  | Read on…

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A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by Seán Delaney, the presenter of Inside Education, a radio programme on Dublin City FM. Seán came to visit the school I work in and we had a chat about how I use technology in the school, my ideas about how technology can enhance learning and a brief | Read on…

I spent some time looking at SESE Interactive, the latest piece of software from the educational software company, Learning Horizons.  Learning Horizons are hoping to capitalise on the success of some of their other software, including Sounds to Words.  They have brought in the expertise of practicing teachers to produce this software which aims to | Read on…

The CESI list is always worth keeping an eye on.  Out of the blue, last week, Michael Seery from DIT Kevin Street posted the following message up: As part of an MSc (E-learning) course, myself and three colleagues developed a site aiming to show how to use Google sites to set up a class website. | Read on…