Tagged: Primary Schools & News
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Irish teacher scoops global Microsoft educator award News
14.11.2011 Doreen McHale, a teacher at St Philomena’s Primary School in Bray, Co Wicklow, has won second place in the Microsoft 2011 Global Forum Educator Awards’ ‘Extending Learning...Categories: Sustainability, Social Media, Science, Green Tech, Green Computing, Government, Education, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Ericsson kick starts nationwide primary school science competition News
08.09.2011 Telecoms technology firm Ericsson and development agency Atlantic Corridor have launched a science competition for primary schools across Ireland that is linked with the... -
Children to tackle biomedical engineering with Lego News
09.06.2011 Almost 450 children ages 6-9 will take part in Ireland’s inaugural Junior FIRST Lego League final, where they will build a Lego model tackling biomedical engineering challenges. -
'Cinema Seat Availability' wins Junior Inventor title News
17.05.2011 A group of 6th class students from Scoil Naomh Iosaf, Baltinglass, Co Wicklow have been announced as the overall Junior Inventor winners 2011 for their invention ‘Cinema Seat... -
Lights – camera – action! News
14.09.2010 The arrival of digital media in Irish schools has generated a whole new creative outlet for Ireland’s budding filmmakers. -
Bringing Ireland’s education system into the 21st century News
14.09.2010 Ireland has a tradition of educational excellence. The National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) has the task of ensuring that, through the integration of ICT,... -
Set sail on the 7 Cs News
14.09.2010 The kids who will be tomorrow’s workforce are expected to be digitally literate and armed with critical-thinking skills and the ability to cut their way through oceans of data.... -
Irish children called to Doodle 4 Google News
28.09.2010 Google is calling for children across Ireland to flex their creative muscle and enter the third annual Doodle 4 Google competition. -
ICS Grid launched for digital content and learning management News
23.09.2010 ICS Skills, formerly ECDL Ireland, has launched ICS Grid for Learning, a digital content and learning management service providing a hosted Learning Management System (LMS) to... -
E-learning benefits teachers, not just students News
17.08.2010 While e-learning is traditionally seen as an educational resource for students its can also benefit their teachers and directly impact on their professional development... -
CJ Fallon launches e-learning platform for primary maths News
02.06.2010 Publisher CJ Fallon has launched a version of a digital learning programme called Destination Maths, which was developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt specifically for Irish...Categories: Education -
12 Irish primary schools to embrace European-wide science, maths project News
15.06.2010 The European-wide Fibonacci Project was launched in Ireland today by Discover Science and Engineering and St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. -
493 primary schools get Science & Maths Excellence award News
08.06.2010 As part of the Discover Primary Science programme Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) has announced that 493 primary schools around Ireland have received an Award of Science... -
Promethean makes the classroom mobile News
25.05.2010 Whiteboard technology player Promethean has introduced a new mobility solution that enables teachers to bring the lesson to the student, wherever and whenever needed.