Jim Wynn joins Promethean as Chief Education Officer
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 […]
ICT in Education Conference 2010
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 […]
New common file format for IWBs
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 […]
Interactive Whiteboard App
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Interview with Inside Education
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 […]
SESE Interactive
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 […]
SESE Interactive
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 […]
Becoming an eTeacher
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. […]
Teachnet Cloud Computing Podcast
Recently I was asked to take part in a podcast on cloud computing by Teachnet. This was my third contribution to Teachnet’s brilliant podcasts – and my first that had nothing to do with Interactive Whiteboards! I’ve been using cloud computing for longer than the term has been bandied about but I am certainly no […]