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frontiers, further enhanced by in-house
training in areas such as:
The creation and use of school websites
(TYPO3);
Creation, use and maintenance of
blogs (both in classrooms and during
educational visits);
Animation (use of digital cameras and
software such as Movie Maker);
Educational Learning Environments
such as Studywiz.
This team of management, technicians and
teaching staff together through consultation
and discussion is able to effectively plan
PROJECTS:
STUDYWIZ AND NETBOOKS
Projects that are being undertaken currently
in the primary school can be divided into
two groups:
1) Use of technology as an integral part of
work within classes. This includes use
of the smartboard, the development
of the use of the computer room, the
mobile classroom, the use of existing
computers within classrooms and the
Netbook project.
2) The development of technology as a tool
for students and teachers to manage
individualised learning programmes –
i.e. Studywiz.
The Netbook Project began with a group of
students in the last month of school during
the previous school year. The successful
acquisition and use of ICT in this class
convinced the teacher and school
management to embark on the project.
and use the funds available. The continued
investment in maintaining good quality,
modern and up-to-date equipment is vital
for the continued progress and the long term
aim of extending the use of ICT in the school.
However, the distribution and use of 20
computers to the same number of students
has been a considerable challenge and
a radical change to the traditional paradigm
of the use of technology: the teacher and
students no longer go to the computer
room. Instead, the classroom has become
home to computers that the students
withdraw every day from the trolley where
they have been left to charge overnight.
Other teachers and their classes also have
access to these computers. This access
has been made available to them through
workshops, enabling them to learn how to
use various programs such as Studywiz.
The classroom has jumped firmly from the
twentieth to the twenty-first century.
Initially it was necessary to overcome some
obstacles and this has been a learning curve
for both teacher and technicians concerning
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