The first Irish school to embrace e-books [SiliconRepublic.com]
- Published: 07 April 2011
A VEC secondary school in Longwood, Co Meath, has become the first Irish school to equip all its first-year students with laptops with e-books installed as part of an initiative pioneered by Intel, Steljes and The Education Company of Ireland (Edco).
A new, innovative approach to delivering the school curriculum for Junior Certificate students has been adapted at St Fintina’s Post Primary School in Longwood, Co Meath. The school is the first in Ireland to equip all first-year students with a Fizzbook Spin tablet -style laptop, which each have a full range of Edco e-books installed upon them.
How to make a Google Apps website [teachertube.com]
- Published: 06 April 2011
How to make a Google Apps website
26 minutes of ‘me time’ [Schooldays.ie]
- Published: 06 April 2011
According to recent research, mums only have 26 minutes of time to themselves each day. Not much, is it? My kettle takes fifteen minutes to boil so that doesn’t even give me time to make two cups of tea (applies sad face).
‘The Changing Face of Motherhood’ report which highlights the findings of extensive new research from Proctor & Gamble into the role of motherhood from the 1930s to the present day, makes for fascinating reading.
Minister Quinn welcomes position paper from Catholic Schools Partnership [DES P.R.]
- Published: 06 April 2011
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn TD, has welcomed today's position paper from the Catholic Schools Partnership and its consultation process in relation to the patronage of primary schools...
Small is beautiful as country areas fight to retain schools [Independent.ie]
- Published: 06 April 2011
The new Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, is likely to face one of his toughest political battles as his department moves to shut down tiny rural schools.
Local communities will fight a rearguard action to retain small village schools, which are under threat of closure from recommendations in Colm McCarthy's An Bord Snip report.
