DERI Outreach is helping Galway city and county primary schools set up their very own easy-to-use websites.
The type of website used (‘weblog’) allows teachers and their pupils to directly and regularly update the online information in text, pictorial or audio format.
The days of expensive website with outdated information can now be a thing of the past
Follow the lead of schools such as Letterfrack National School, Scoil San Phrionsias (Galway city), St. Oliver Plunkett’s Primary School (Athenry) and St. Patrick’s Primary School (Galway city).
DERI has provided a series of very popular Children’s Internet Awareness Courses aimed at introducing pupils and teachers to the educational benefits of the world wide web. Beneficiaries have inlcuded Briar Hill National School (Galway City), Scoil Chiarain Naofa (Doorus), Educate Together(Newcastle) and Scoil Bailemanach (Craughwell).
Schools involved in DERI’s post primary programme include St. Joseph’s College (‘BISH’), Galway Community College, Presentation College Galway city, Mercy College, Galway city
As part of its Jubilee celebratory activities, Scoil Bhríde (Shantalla), in association with DERI and the NUI Galway ‘Access’ programme, is digitising and placing on the World Wide Web a selection of photographs detailing the life of the school since its establishment in 1955.
Check out www.flickr.com/photos/scoilbhride/
Interested in producing a similar ‘online’ facility for your school?
Contact DERI Outreach, NUI Galway, brendan.smith@deri.org; 087-2935106.
-The ‘Birds of Our Locality’ 2005 Galway school programme, organised by the Galway County Council and the Galway Education Centre, is being supported by DERI through the provision of interactive project websites in each of the 15 participatory schools.
Extra!! – Know Any Good World War Two Stories?
In association with Galway County Council, DERI are developing a web-based archive of interesting local events and experiences related to World War Two using podcasting (online audio/video) technology and the support of schools,
If you know any individuals that could tell a good story related ot this period, please contact us.
-Scoil Iognáid
The history of human communications from the invention of writing in Mesopotamia 5,500 years ago through to the modern era of the Internet
Educate Together, Galway city
An interesting film told from a children’s perspective on the international research work and personnel of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway.
St. Patrick’s Primary School, Galway city
This documentary won the prestigious Irish Digital Media Primary School Award 2005 for their documentary. (Expertise provided by DERI & the Galway Science & Technology Board’s Fionn’s project)