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"On 02 December 2013, the Minister for Education and Skills announced a public consultation process on the use of technology in teaching and learning in primary and post primary schools [in Ireland].  It is envisaged that the outcomes of this process will help inform policy making in this area."

CENTRE FOR LEARNING & PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES

If you judge a blog by how many ideas you get, then this is worth looking at just for the home page

A collection of IWB tools that can be used in a while class setting.

Found courtesy of this post: http://www.teachnet.ie/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=c50fbd07-a570-48c1-9822-87e1a01e8fbd&ID=399&utm_source=dlvr%2Eit&utm_medium=tumblr&Web=bbae052b-f4d4-4f37-9245-9fe25e545873

I'm a big fan of Robert Armbrister's "Write About This" app, so I'm keen to check out his new "Tell About This" app. It certainly looks like a simple, interesting idea, a bit like Fotobabble.

A helpful list of digital skills students can develop using iPads, and the apps they can use to do so.

These could be very useful for schools setting out on the Google Apps path.

I've put together this bundle on bitly to gather some Scratch resources and links.

"The world's largest web development site." This is an excellent reference and tutorial site for anyone interested in learning more about web development. I'm making my way slowly but surely through the HTML tutorial at the moment. It's full of really easy to follow examples and "Try It Yourself" editors. I've had students ask me recently if i can teach them something more advanced than scratch. I might introduce them to this site and see if they can work through some of the early examples themselves.

Everything you need to know about how to digitally self publish

Free 11 page workbook gives you ideas for integrating podcasts into your classroom. http://t.co/UNtII3pj