CESI National Conference “Creative Technology in Challenging Times” 12th and 13th February 2010 At the 2010 Computers in Education Society of Ireland’s (CESI) Annual Conference, we plan to highlight the varied and creative ways teachers are using ICT to enhance teaching and learning at primary and post primary level. In that spirit, the theme for … Read more
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
Old mobile phones must be worth a fortune! Everyone from charities to businesses are looking for old mobiles, which they’ll happily trade in for new stuff. 400 phones can now get you an interactive whiteboard. Most fully kitted out Interactive Whiteboards cost around €2,000 before companies stick their profits on so your old mobile must … Read more
It’s great to hear about schools who take it upon themselves to be involved in worthwhile and innovative projects. The following is a news release from Jim O’Sullivan from O’Sullivan Software Solutions, which outlines a really cool Web 2.0 project taken on by ten schools in Co. Clare. “Teachers from eight Primary and two Secondary … Read more
Gifts4Fones and the Jack and Jill Foundation have been in the news lately due to their similar ventures in schools. Both organisations are offering schools the opportunity to swap old mobile phones for Interactive Whiteboards. Gifts4fones are working with Smartboard and Jack and Jill are working with Clarity, who supply Promethean boards. However, Gifts4fones are … Read more
Kathryn Crowley from the NCCA alerted me (and the hundreds of teachers subscrided to DICTAT) that there are now 20 primary school exemplars provided by teachers from Digital Schools across the country uploaded to the ACTION website. Their subject/content include interactive phonics, counties of Ireland, control technology, people in the community, field trips, etc. I … Read more
TOOMEY AUDIO VISUAL & WWW.GIFTS4FONES.IE I am delighted to announce that Toomey Audio Visual & SMARTBoard have teamed up with www.gifts4fones.ie to offer SMARTBoard classroom technologies in exchange for old mobile phones. We all have old mobile phones lying around at home so why not organise a collection amongst your school or college friends, club … Read more
The second ever CESI Meet was held in the Digital Hub in Dublin last night. I always love CESI events because I always leave inspired and full of new ideas after them and last night’s was no exception. The idea of CESI Meet is to have an informal evening of short talks and group discussions … Read more
As mentioned before in this blog, Clarity are the new distributors of Promethean boards in Ireland. Part of this takeover involves a bit of charity so they’ve teamed up with the Jack and Jill foundation in order to give a free Promethean IWB to any school who supplies them with a load of mobile phones. … Read more
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