Schools are going to ignore NCTE advice

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

Lecture: Technology in Primary Schools

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

ICT Scoil – sharing IWB links

Faced with the exciting prospect of having a new Smart Interactive Whiteboard in my classroom in September I took it upon myself to become armed with a host of internet resources. I opened up Google and typed in “Interactive Whiteboard resources” only to find that there were 1,480,000 links. Where to start? There is a … Read more

Prim-Ed are selling Interactive Whiteboards again!

Prim-Ed are selling Interactive Whiteboards again.   In a call to Anseo.net, marketing manager Jessica Murphy, revealed that Prim-Ed will be distributing two different kinds of Interactive Whiteboard aimed at different users. Up until recently, Prim-Ed were the exclusive distributors of Promethean Interactive Whiteboards.  Earlier in the year, Clarity bought over these rights and Prim-Ed no … Read more

Press Release: Liosdoire

Perhaps in the excitement of Sunday’s game, Liosdoire have asked me to post up the following press release which can also be found on their web site: http://www.liosdoirecomputers.com/KerrySmart.html Kerry GAA have installed a 680 Smartboard in their headquarters in Austin Stack Park Tralee. They will use this for coaching teams and for presentations at meetings. … Read more

Outsourcing your IT

Outsourcing is a term that one would usually associate with big companies or government agencies.  However, most people in their everyday life use some form of outsourcing.  Essentially, outsourcing is an arrangement where a company or individual subcontracts services to another person or company.  Every company, no matter how big or small, will outsource to … Read more

Well done Promethean!

Promethean have released version 1.2 of their ActivInspire software.  This version of the software brings Promethean back to the top of the pile as the very best IWB software money can buy.  The main (and very annoying) flaw of the previous version was that they had gotten rid of the resource finder feature.  This was such a big deal that I didn’t bother upgrading from ActivPrimary.

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