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Autumn ICT courses 2008
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full details available in mid september 2008
| Fee: €0.00 | Location: Kilkenny Education Centre |
| Date: october/nov | Time: 7.00 to 9.30pm |
An Scrúdú Le hAghaidh Cáilíochta Sa Ghaeilge (S.C.G.)
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The S.C.G. provides an opportunity for Primary Teachers who trained outside of the State to acquire the required DES qualification in Irish. This qualification is necessary to gain recognition as a primary teacher within the state from the Department of Education and Science.Micheál O Mairtin
| Fee: €0.00 | Location: Kilkenny Education Centre |
| Date: Every Tuesday | Time: 6.00-8.00 pm |
Kilkenny 800: Resource Pack. Using the Local City Environment, Documents and Photographs Information Night
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Do you need help with the local history section of your school plan for history? Kilkenny Education Centre has developed a range of resources that can be used in the classroom from First to Sixth Class. The Resource Pack is useful for teachers as we begin the celebrations of Kilkenny 800 anniversary in 2009.
This programme is suitable for primary teachers.
Tony Patterson,Ann Murtagh, M.A. in Local History
| Fee: €0.00 | Location: Kilkenny Education Centre |
| Date: Tuesday 2nd December 2008 | Time: 7.00-9.00pm |
ICT & Maths (Project Maths)
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The Project Maths Development Team, in conjunction with the NCTE is running a series of workshops to promote the use of GeoGebra and Excel in the mathematics classroom. GeoGebra is a free dynamic mathematics software package for teaching and learning.
This course consists of 5 modules. Each module has been designed to be of 2.5 hours in duration.
Target Audience:
These modules are aimed at Post Primary teachers of Mathematics who are interested in integrating ICT within their classroom.
Workshop 1: GeoGebra for Synthetic Geometry: This covers the use of GeoGebra in the teaching of theorems, constructions and transformation geometry for both Junior Cert. and Leaving Cert. from Strand 2.
Workshop 2: GeoGebra for Co-ordinate Geometry: This covers the use of GeoGebra in the teaching of co-ordinate geometry for both Junior Cert. and Leaving Cert. from Strand 2.
Workshop 3: GeoGebra for Trigonometry plus participants sharing their resources:
This covers the use of GeoGebra in the teaching of trigonometry for both Junior Cert. and Leaving Cert. from Strand 2.
Workshops 4 & 5: Excel for teaching Statistics: This covers the use of Excel in the teaching of statistics. It will deal with the production of relevant graphs and formulae for both Junior Cert. and Leaving Cert. from Strand 1.
Pre-requisites: This is not a beginner's course. Participants should be comfortable with basic ICT tasks such as opening, editing, saving, closing files, etc... They should also have some experience of browsing the Internet and be familiar with downloading files.
This course is suitable for Post Primary School Teachers
Ref: SC025
To be confirmed
| Fee: €0.00 | Location: Kilkenny Education Centre |
| Date: Monday 12th, 19th, 26th April, 10th and 17th May | Time: 7.00-9.30pm |
Let’s Start a Debate: How to Engage Digital Natives in a Learning Environment
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For Principals & School Leaders
Focus of Debate: How students learn in a digital world outside of the school gates: use of mobile phone, handheld devices, laptops, TV etc.
This workshop will look at how schools can harvest the interest demonstrated by students in learning through a digital medium. Some key questions include:
-How can our school tap into the digital interest of students?
-What is the best thing for our school to do in order to be more modern in its approach to student learning through digital media?
- How can the teacher in our school nurture the interest shown by our students in a digital world?
The session will look at the following:
- Literacy
- Online book club
- Integrated learning / learning online
- Digital Cre8tor (the ‘new’ ECDL)
This is one debate you want to be included in. It will look at what we are doing in schools re digital learning and how we could do things differently, smarter and more effectively
Ref: SC033
To Be Confirmed
| Fee: €0.00 | Location: Kilkenny Education Centre |
| Date: March 2010 (specific date to be announced) | Time: 3.30-5.30pm |
Let’s Start a Debate: How to Engage Digital Natives in a Learning Environment
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For Principals & School Leaders
Focus of Debate: How students learn in a digital world outside of the school gates: use of mobile phone, handheld devices, laptops, TV etc.
This workshop will look at how schools can harvest the interest demonstrated by students in learning through a digital medium. Some key questions include:
-How can our school tap into the digital interest of students?
-What is the best thing for our school to do in order to be more modern in its approach to student learning through digital media?
-How can the teacher in our school nurture the interest shown by our students in a digital world?
The session will look at the following:
-Literacy
-Online book club
-Integrated learning / learning online
-Digital Cre8tor (the ‘new’ ECDL)
This is one debate you want to be included in. It will look at what we are doing in schools re digital learning and how we could do things differently, smarter and more effectively
Ref: SC033
To Be Confirmed
| Fee: €0.00 | Location: Kilkenny Education Centre |
| Date: March 2010 (specific date to be announced) | Time: 3.30-5.30pm |