Welcome to Digital Schools
About the Digital Schools Award
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June 2011The Digital Schools Award is an initiative which recognises excellence in a school's approach to the integration of ICT in learning and teaching. This award aims to build on the excellent progress already made by schools in ICT integration and to encourage them to strive for further progression and improvement.
The Digital Schools Award is an initiative of the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) in partnership with the IPPN, INTO and CESI. The award is currently open to primary schools only. See the How to Participate section for full details on getting involved.
read more...Skype Launches a Dedicated Network for Teachers
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March 2011
Teachers already use Skype to connect with other classrooms around the globe, bring in guest speakers without asking them to travel, and take virtual field trips. Now, Skype is making it easier for them to do so.
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Best Schools 2011 - putting technology into practice
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March 2011The Sunday Business Post on March 13th had a special 16 page broadsheet supplement dedicated to the use of technology in the classroom.
On-line resources highlighted by Clare Education Centre.
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Dec 2011
The Clare Education Centre website features a list of on-line teaching resources for schools. There are dozens of resources for primary schools, ideal for whiteboard, digital projector, or one-to-one teaching using a computer. Click here to see more...
Quick Resource: Microsoft PowerPoint
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November 2011Digital Schools Site is offering a Quick Resource each month where we focus on some basic and very simple tools that you can access right away.
The first one is on Microsoft PowerPoint.
Microsoft PowerPoint has long been a fantastic resource for teachers to use in Class.
Digital Schools have identified some fantastic resources for teachers to use.
read more...Quick Resource: Livebinders
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Dec 2011
Livebinders are getting more and more popular. Digital Schools have highlighed them in earlier articles. See here...
In this Quick Resource we have now begun to highligh good livebinders which may be of benifit to teachers who are integrating ICT in the classroom. We have identified livebinders which focus on Literacy and Numeracy.
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