Tagged: Digital Schools
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216 additional Irish schools to receive 100Mbps broadband in 2013 News
05.03.2013 An additional 216 secondary schools on top of the first 280 schools in the trial and first phase of the project are to receive 100Mbps broadband, Ireland's Communications... -
Online vs classroom learning (infographic) News
24.11.2012 Online learning is more beneficial than traditional books-and-chalkboard learning. That’s the gist of an infographic that compares the two learning styles. -
Camara seeks 1,000 computers in one week News
15.10.2012 Camara Education wants your used computers – 1,000 in one week, to be exact - to refurbish and send off to be used in schools in disadvantaged communities in Africa. The charity... -
Kilkenny secondary school to pilot Samsung Smart School Solution News
08.10.2012 Students and teachers in Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny, will be the first in Europe to pilot Samsung’s Smart School Solution. The education partnership will demonstrate the... -
Technology’s impact on education (infographic) News
19.09.2012 Technology has revolutionised the teaching and learning experience. Broadband connects students and teachers across the world, tablet computers have taken the place of heavy... -
If education is key to the future, teachers should be rock stars (video) News
01.06.2012 Ten-time Academy Award-winner Lord David Puttnam, who has 26 BAFTAs and a Palm D’Or to his name, made a subtle but true point yesterday while visiting the Bridge 21 project at...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Education, Economy -
No Limbs, No Limits: Cork teen tells UN how tech improved her life News
27.04.2012 Cork teenager Joanne O’Riordan, who has no limbs, gave a speech to global leaders at a United Nations conference for Girls in ICT Day on how technology has changed her life. She... -
Northern Ireland invests in rollout of stg£170m education cloud News
09.03.2012 Northern Ireland is investing stg£170m in a new ‘Education Network Northern Ireland’ cloud-based network as part of the Classroom 2000 (C2k) programme. Northgate Managed...Tags: Managed Services, Cloud Computing, Northern Ireland, iPad, Broadband, WAN, LAN, Digital Schools, Eircom -
Microsoft Ireland and CJ Fallon to offer schoolbooks through the cloud News
09.02.2012 Educational publisher CJ Fallon will offer its schoolbooks through the cloud on the Windows Azure Programme, claiming it will save parents up to 25pc of the cost of textbooks... -
Irish teachers celebrate classroom tech at global forum News
08.11.2011 Four Irish schools are today taking part in the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum 2011 in Washington, DC, where educators from more than 70 countries are converging to...Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Economy, Education, Jobs, Mobility, Multimedia, R&D, Science, Sustainability -
350,000 textbooks downloaded from Apple iBooks in 3 days - report News
23.01.2012 Apple’s iBooks Store experienced more than 350,000 textbook downloads just three days after the company launched its new education initiative, says Global Equities Research. -
Foundation gives US$5m to academy to boost online education News
07.11.2011 Ireland's O'Sullivan Foundation is to inject US$5m into the Khan Academy to help accelerate the development and deployment of the non-profit's revolutionary approach to...Categories: Science, Open Source, Life Sciences, Graduate, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Computer science for schools – education planners just don’t get IT News
11.01.2012 This morning it emerged that the UK’s current ICT programme of study in schools is to be scrapped and replaced by a computer science curriculum as the UK quite rightly attempts... -
2012 Scratch competition now open to budding programmers News
05.12.2011 The 2012 Scratch competition has launched, which encourages primary and secondary school students to get involved with computing and software development. -
Prim-Ed delivers new ICT class resources for 2012 Olympics News
29.11.2011 Educational publisher Prim-Ed and the Olympic Council of Ireland has launched the ‘2012 Olympics Team in London’ pack, giving students educational resources on the event’s history. -
Flog your stuff on teens’ new website News
27.11.2011 Our Irish tech start-up of the week is Flog.ie, a zany new buy-and-sell website created by Irish 16-year-olds Andrew Forde and Jack Collins, two fifth-year students at Coláiste...Categories: Apps, Careers and Employment, Digital Business, eCommerce, Education, Internet, Multimedia, Social Media, Web, Web 2.0, Web Design, Web Development -
Ireland’s R&I Minister sets record on university rankings News
22.11.2011 Ireland’s Minister for Research and Innovation Séan Sherlock, TD, has reacted strongly to recent rankings of Irish universities from Times Higher Education and QS World... -
Kinect to get more kid-friendly games and education content News
19.10.2011 Microsoft has teamed up with Sesame Street, National Geographic and Disney to offer interactive educational stories and child-friendly games for the Kinect motion sensor. -
UK education ICT provider secures stg£9m in back to school contracts News
05.10.2011 UK education-based ICT services provider Northgate secured more than stg£9m in back to school business in September, with 7,000 extra teachers and learners availing of these...