Ed Tech Crew 156 – The Irish Connection

Podcast number 156 – April 11th, 2011

[Running time: 1:22:31 mins, size:  56.8 MB]

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Interview with Fred Boss, Margaret Keane & James Corbett

Fred Boss

Websites: http://www.ncte.ie

Twitter: @fboss  &  #edchatie

Margaret Keane

Websites: http://missionv.ie/

Blog: http://missionv.ie/?page_id=12

Twitter: @MissionVHQ & @Giftedkidsie

James Corbett

Websites: http://missionv.ie

Twitter: @daynuv

Websites from our interview:

Education Centres

http://www.ncte.ie/educationcentres &

http://www.ncte.ie/ICTTraining/Courses/

ICT Coordinating teachers in Irish post primary schools

http://www.ncte.ie/e-links/

Schools in Ireland devleoping  their e-Learning plans

http://www.ncte.ie/elearningplan/

Another initiative is the 100MBs project, where 78 schools have been set up with 100MB access http://www.ncte.ie/NewsandEvents/Newsletter/title,14933,en.html

Getting our online summer course ready for Irish primary teachers – www.ncte.ie/onlinecourses

Gifted enrichment activities

http://www.giftedkids.ie/kids.html

Classroom 2.0 – http://www.classroom20.com

Learncentral.org - http://www.learncentral.org

Steve Hargadon blog – http://www.stevehargadon.com

Teach Net

http://www.teachnet.ie/SitePages/Home.aspx -

Webinars

http://www.giftedkids.ie/webinars.html.

NCTE Newsletter

http://www.ncte.ie/NewsandEvents/Newsletter/title,19056,en.html

Swapping bodies with Kinect hacks – great fun!  :-)

http://kinecthacks.net/body-swap/

Irish High Crosses:

http://highcrosses.org/

Monasterboice is the nearest High Cross to myself in Drogheda

http://www.androidtapp.com/alchemy/

Alchemy App for Android

Mining – shovel required:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLs7fR5ukIM

Irish traditional singer Christy Moore

Educate Together Schools:

http://www.educatetogether.ie/

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