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 […]
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 […]
Smart has the biggest market share in Ireland
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! 😉 […]
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 […]
Interactive Whiteboard Review: November 2009
It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed the Interactive Whiteboards on the Irish market and there’s been a number of major changes. The biggest news for me was the big change in distribution of Promethean boards, which are no longer sold by Prim-Ed. There are now 18 completely different types of IWB on my review. […]
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 […]
Jack and Jill Foundation teams up with Promethean
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]