Tagged: Smart Schools = Smart Economy & News
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The big leap forward in digital education News
21.07.2011 Ireland has an opportunity to leapfrog the rest of the world in digital education. All that is missing is a visionary State strategy for digital schools.Categories: Jobs, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Government, Education, Digital 21, Development -
Keep 12.5pc rate and roll out digital schools, ICT sector says News
15.02.2011 The retention of the 12.5pc corporate tax rate and the continued roll out of the ICT in the classroom programme Smart Schools = Smart Economy have been called for by the ICT...Categories: Tax, Software & Web Development, Networking & Telecoms, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Education, Careers and Employment -
Why we need to sustain momentum on ICT investment in our schools News
03.02.2011 Ireland stands as one of the countries with the most to gain from ICT investment and the creation of a digital curriculum. Such investments would stand in the country’s favour... -
Greg Tierney, market development manager, Steljes Ireland News
03.02.2011 Schools themselves need to focus on a digital strategy to make sure that their teachers are engaged and that they are using the technology on a daily basis and make it part of... -
We need more kids who can code News
20.12.2010 In his look back on the week, Siliconrepublic editor John Kennedy reasons that not only do we need greater ICT competency in our schools, but we need more kids that code, that...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Jobs, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Education, Economy, Apps Zone, Apps -
Concern over major ICT spending cuts in Irish schools News
16.12.2010 Key figures in Ireland’s ICT sector have expressed concern over major cuts in State ICT spending in the recent Budget - down from €63m in 2010 to €1.5m projected for 2011. -
Alarm at Ireland's falling maths performance in PISA study News
07.12.2010 PISA, the OECD group responsible for measuring maths and literacy performance by students worldwide, has found Ireland significantly below the OECD average for maths, causing...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Science, Investments, Government, Education, Careers and Employment -
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Time to take triage approach to spending priorities - Lord Puttnam News
21.10.2010 As many of us know, Ireland is going to have to take a triage-like approach to decide where public spending goes for the future. But according to the former digital adviser to... -
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. -
Govt to give 698 schools €20m to buy ICT equipment News
15.10.2010 The Government has revealed the next phase of its €150m Smart Schools = Smart Economy Strategy and has followed up on last year’s €23.3m investment in hardware with a further... -
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Ireland’s first digital schools will pave way for digital citizens News
23.09.2010 This autumn, the first 78 schools across Ireland will go live with 100Mbps broadband connectivity. -
Digital curriculum, language skills keys to future Irish workforce News
01.07.2010 We need to prepare Ireland’s workers for the jobs of tomorrow, HP Ireland MD Martin Murphy says.Categories: Education, Digital 21