Resources: Resources and Infrastructure

This Advice Sheet provides information on using a Digital Camera in educational settings. Available here.

This Advice Sheet provides information on the use of Digital Projectors in an educational setting.  A Digital Projector is normally used in conjunction with a laptop or desktop computer to project the information on a computer monitor onto a screen or a wall. Available here.

Advice on possible educational uses and purchasing considerations for Digital Video cameras. Available here.

This Advice Sheet provides information on the different categories of educational software with suggestions as to how teachers can make more informed decisions when selecting educational software in the future. Available here.

A Visual Arts initiative aimed at primary schools comprising 30 short TV programmes. Available here.

Some useful information on ICT Resources and Infrastructure can be accessed on the planning section fo the NCTE website. Available here.

This glossary of ICT terms is very useful because it links in the the NCCA ICT Framework which is a guide for teachers when implementing ICT into learning and teaching. Available here.

A template document in PDF format which may be useful in keeping your Software inventory up to date. Available here.

The NCTE website provides information on networking as the key element in schools which will facilitate broadband being distributed throughout the school. Available here.

This section of the NCTE website provides information on the roll-out of the Schools Broadband programme. Available here.

Software Central provides advice and support to teachers using educational software. Practising teachers evaluate software in a classroom context and these evaluations are published on Software Central. Available here.

This Advice Sheet looks at software licensing and the different types of software licence available. Available here.

Software Central offers some useful advice on steps to ensure licensing compliance. Available here.

Some interesting open source software and planning and development of multimedia projects. Available here.