School ICT Culture

Vision

A school can demonstrate:
An awareness that ICT has an impact on the quality of learning and teaching, pupils' attitudes and behaviour and the wider school community.

Key Indicators

• There is evidence of a strong ICT presence in the school
  • Pupils can be observed using ICT
  • Work produced through ICT is in evidence around the school
  • If a computer room is available, it is used regularly by pupils and teachers
• The school has experience of the motivational capacity of ICT to improve pupils' level of achievement
• The school recognises the potential of using ICT as a means of communication between pupils, parents and staff
  • ICT has been used to prepare newsletters, notes or other material for communication between parents, pupils and staff
  • The school website or e-mail has been used as a means of communication between pupils, parents and staff
  • The school has participated in the Wired for Learning project or other similar projects
• Teachers use ICT in their own classroom planning and administration
• The school recognises that ICT can extend pupils' learning beyond the classroom
  • ICT is used in a homework club/after school club
  • Pupils are encouraged to relate the use of ICT at school (such as the digital camera) to ICT use at home
  • The school has prepared digital resources such as CD-ROMs for use after school by pupils and parents
• The school has been involved in ICT projects, either national or international or has used ICT in curricular project work (Click the title to visit the relevant project's website).
  • Asia-Europe Classroom
  • Digital Community Project
  • DISC - Dublin Inner City Schools Computerisation project
  • DLLI - Diageo Liberties Learning Initiative
  • DLN - Dundalk Learning Network
  • Dublin Docklands
  • Empowering Minds
  • ESchola
  • E-twinning project
  • EU Presidency (Days of Welcome)
  • Hermes
  • Léargas ICT projects
  • Literacy and ICT projects
  • Patrick Kavanagh project
  • KidSmart Early Learning Programme
  • Shannon - River of dreams project
  • Sligo Seashores project
  • Soundbeam Project
  • Spring-day project
  • The FIS project
  • The ONCE project (Internet Safety projects)
  • The Schools Integration project (SIP)
  • The Wired for Learning project
• The school has published a school website that is up-to-date and current, and features pupils' work.