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Welcome to the first NCTE email newsletter of the school year.
Our newsletter aims to provide ICT news and information to Principals, ICT coordinating teachers, teachers and all those involved in education.
NCTE website
 The NCTE website has been revamped with a new look launched over the summer. Following extensive usability testing the main content on the site is now presented under areas of Training; Technology; Planning; Good Practice.
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NCTE: Continuing Professional Development
Whole School ICT Training
 The NCTE funds education centres to provide access to CPD opportunities which can be tailored to your schools’ staff needs and made available in your own school (minimum 10 teachers). This can consist of anything from a standard NCTE course to a less formal support group. Why not consider this and get your request in early?
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ICT & Maths – Part 2 (NCTE/Project Maths)
 A new course on using ICT to support the teaching of Maths at post primary level was recently released and will be widely available this autumn. It supports the teaching of the number, algebra and functions curriculum strands. Contact your local education centre for a course near you.
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NCTE: e-Links
 School has already begun and so has the activity in e-Links
, the community of practice for ICT Coordinating Teachers in post primary schools throughout the country. We have pulled together all of last year’s discussions into an easy-to-read document for all members and are putting together a podcast that will discuss issues familiar to many ICT Coordinating Teachers. If you know of an ICT Coordinating Teacher who is not yet a member of e-Links, why not pass this Newsletter on to them. They can register for e-Links using the form that’s available here.
NCTE: Scoilnet
Home Access to Encyclopaedia Britannica available for teachers
 If you are a teacher, remember you can log-in to access Encyclopaedia Britannica from locations outside of school (e.g., home).
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Scoilnet Accounts
 With a Scoilnet Account, teachers get access to a number of Scoilnet/NCTE services including Scoilnet Maps (post primary), online encyclopaedias and NCTE online training. Be sure to register today.
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Dates and Festivals for September
 These links are aimed at both primary and post-primary students. They may be of particular interest to the subjects of CSPE, Religion, History or Geography.
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Also remember to follow Scoilnet on Twitter!
NCTE: Technology
 NCTE promotes and supports the integration of a high quality ICT infrastructure into learning and teaching for schools. It provides relevant and up-to-date ICT advice and supports to schools on a range of technology-related areas. The NCTE also coordinates the Schools Broadband Programme, which provides broadband connectivity, content filtering, webhosting, and security services to all primary and post primary schools.
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NCTE: Good Practice
 On the redesigned website we have a separate section for video exemplars of good practice both at primary and post primary level. Be sure to have a look at these videos, as they provide great ideas and advice for integrating ICT into learning and teaching.
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NCTE: Planning
 How is your school getting on with its e-Learning Plan? The NCTE has some very useful resources to assist schools in developing their e-Learning Plan, including the NCTE’s e-Learning Handbook, the e-Learning Roadmap and a variety of case studies.
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NCTE: Webwise - Internet Safety
Webwise on Facebook
Keep up-to-date with the latest Internet Safety information and links with Webwise’s Facebook page.
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Be WEBWISE
 These four eSafety lessons and accompanying resources have been created for primary school pupils and their teachers. They are designed to be integrated into the Social, Personal and Health Education Programme.
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More from NCTE
Junior Spider Awards
 Details of the 2011 eircom Junior Spider Awards have been announced. This is the third year of the awards, which recognise and reward primary and post primary students for the pioneering and successful ways they use the internet in their daily lives. NCTE is a partner of the Awards.
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JMB/AMCSS Education Conference
 The NCTE is supporting this years JMB conference which takes place on Monday 19th of September 2011 in the Marino Education Centre. The theme of the conference is "ICT Possibilities for Schools: from education to administration". The conference will offer workshops on a wide range of technologies and applications relevant to your school.
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Scratch Courses for Teachers
 Courses in the use of Scratch, a visual programming language, are now open for booking. These courses are funded by the NCTE and are a joint collaboration between LERO, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, and CESI. The courses will be tutored mainly by teacher practitioners and are open to both primary and post-primary teachers.
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Other News
International News
 Find out about the upcoming Asia-Europe Conference, a survey of ICT in Europe’s schools, a “Back to School 2011” gift from Insafe, Web 2.0 in teaching - evaluation questionnaire and the eTwinning National Quality Label and an eTwinning workshop.
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Competition News
 Details of SmartClass, Medea Awards, Department of Justice and Equality Art Competition, Microsoft Imagine Cup, U4energy, Xperimania, European Day of Languages, F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, Juvenes Translatores translation contest, BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, Graduate.ie and Poetry Aloud.
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Useful Weblinks
 Information about Dublin City of Science 2012, an article on using ICT in MFL, the Google Shades Project, Coder Dojos for schools and the European Film Gateway.
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 The National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) is an Irish government agency established to provide advice, support and information on the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in education.
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