by admin | Jan 7, 2017 | Technology
I must admit that I wasn’t aware until recently that there existed a notion called the “Digital Age of Consent”. Apparently the European Union will in 2018 enact legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to determine the age at...
by admin | Jan 3, 2017 | Technology
The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, has announced a new grant for the purchase of ICT infrastructure. Today’s announcement of a €30m investment is the first part of the implementation of the government’s €210m Digital Strategy for Schools...
by admin | Dec 28, 2016 | Teaching News
After the unexpected success of the Hallowe’en Twitter Project (#SamhainArScoil), where so many schools Tweeted about what they were doing in their classrooms on the theme of Hallowe’en, we decided to follow this up with a Christmas-themed Twitter Project:...
by admin | Dec 20, 2016 | Apps, Technology
Twitter purchased the live video streaming app Periscope for a sizeable sum in early 2015, before it had even been officially launched. Periscope, another social media application, allows users to tell their news via live streaming of video. In the past week, Twitter...
by admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Apps, Technology
Adobe Spark is a free web and iOS mobile app for the creation of images, animated videos and web pages. With little skill involved, the app allows the user to create professional-looking content that can be shared online or through social networks. The app is template...
