Symposium on the Development of Digital Content for the Irish Language

Siompoisiam ar Fhorbairt agus Pleanail Chion Digiteach Gaeilge

LEARNING AND TEACHING SCOTLAND

Richard PietrasikExecutive Director

The Context

The aim - for our schools, teachers, and pupils to be using ICT as a integral part

of a quality teaching and learning process.

Priorities

• Infrastructure

• Content

• Practice

Infrastructure

• Connection to the grid

• School’s Local Area Network

• Desktop/Classroom technology

• Management and support

• Security

Content

• Identification of relevant, quality content• Development of content - Software, Online• Teaching community’s ownership of this content • An understanding of the possibilities

Practice• Development of the basic technical skills for all involved

in education

• Integral natural confident ‘day to day’ use of these powerful resources.

• Administrative use of technology

• Encouragement of On-line Communities

Technologies, technologies• Digital Video• Voice Recognition• Digicams• Videoconferencing• Games Machines• WAP Phones• Digital TV• ……...

English

learning through technology

Software

Let’s Go - Modules 8-10 - Isle of Man

Electronic Scots Dictionary

Online Learning

Gaelic resource Websitehttp://db.svtc.org.uk/grdb/grdmain.htm

http://versailles.pioneer.scet.com/

Pioneer - Functions• Login - Closed environment• Course notes, resources, links• Notepad• Email • Forums/Debates - synchronous and asynchronous• Calendar• Help

“The impact of the development of ICT on Education will be more profound than that of the invention of the Printing Press.”

Tim Brighouse, Chief Education Officer - Birmingham