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DES to Roll Out 100Mb Broadband to All Schools by 2014

Monday, February 6, 2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

The Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairí Quinn, along with Pat Rabbitte, the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, have announced that super-fast 100Mb broadband will be rolled out to every second level sch... ...

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Posted by: Humphrey Jones

Technology and Pedagogy – not a chicken and egg

Saturday, February 4, 2012 · Posted in Opinion

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The IPPN conference is the biggest conference for primary school prinicpals in Europe with over 1,100 delegates.  The event, which goes on for 3 days draws in some of the biggest names in education and ...

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Posted by: Simon

CESI Conference 2012

Saturday, February 4, 2012 · Posted in News

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Mark your diaries – the CESI ceonference is back in Portlaoise this year.  With so much emphasis on digital literacy in schools, teachers around the country need to come along to this conference to see how Irish teachers are using technology ...

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Posted by: Simon

Online File Converter

Thursday, February 2, 2012 · Posted in media converter, online

Convert Files Website Convert Files lets you converter a wide range of file types including any document, archive file, spreadsheet, audio and video file from one format to another. Process files up to 200MB. What do you think of Convert Files? ... ...

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Posted by: PDonaghy

Online Poll Creator

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 · Posted in online, polls

Quipol Website Quipol lets you create elegant yes/no polls. Your poll is presented inside a box with a thumbs up or thumbs down button at the bottom. Users can also post comments to go with their response to a poll. What do you think of Quipol? ...

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Posted by: PDonaghy

Unstoppable Creators and Powerful Thinkers

This is one of the finest descriptions of a class blog I have ever come across: Welcome to 1JR’s class blog. We are a class of ground breaking inventors, unstoppable creators and powerful thinkers. We learn cooperatively together but most importantly with a shared dream of success and impact. We are shaping the future and ...

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Posted by: tombarrett

Interview with Andy Hopkins

Saturday, January 28, 2012 · Posted in 2Simple, BETT, Podcast, purple mash

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Rozz interviewed Andy Hopkins from Purple Mash, the online creativity suite by the people behind 2Simple Software.  Andy demonstrated some of the new features of Purple Mash, including the ability to self assess and create great looking models and writing ...

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Posted by: Simon