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Digital Strategy for Schools

PDST Technology in Education provides advice and resources to assist schools in effectively embedding digital technologies into teaching and learning.

On 13 April, 2022, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD, announced the publication of the Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 and the payment of €50 million in grant funding for digital technology infrastructure to all recognised primary and post-primary schools.

The new Digital Strategy builds on the achievements and ambition of the previous strategy and aims to further support the school system to ensure that all learners have the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills they need to successfully navigate an ever evolving digital world.

The strategy has been developed following an extensive consultation process.

Link to Digital Strategy PDF: https://assets.gov.ie/221285/6fc98405-d345-41a3-a770-c97e1a4479d3.pdf

Digital Learning Planning Website (www.dlplanning.ie)

The Digital Learning Planning website helps schools to plan for school improvement in digital learning. It provides an interactive version of the Digital Learning Framework, mapping standards and statements of effective practice to video exemplars.

It aims to provide clarity for school leaders and education providers in how to create a shared vision for how technology can best meet the needs of all learners.
Access DLPlanning.ie
School-based Planning Support

Schools may also apply for a school support visit from a PDST Digital Technologies Advisor to aid them in their planning for digital technologies. This is available for primary and post-primary schools and aims to give hands-on support to schools to develop a digital learning plan and provide CPD where appropriate.

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PDST Technology in Education provides advice and resources to assist schools in effectively embedding digital technologies into teaching and learning. On 13 April, 2022, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD, announced the publication of the Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 and the payment of €50 million in grant funding for digital technology infrastructure to all recognised primary and post-primary schools.

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videos of ideas and good practice linked to the DLF

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Primary - Teaching & Learning : DLPlanning.ie

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Pupils use digital technologies in highly effective ways to develop their knowledge, skills and understanding in accordance with the content objectives, learning outcomes, skills and concepts of the Primary School Curriculum.

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Vocaroo instruction video

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Fís video Stop Motion Animation

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6th class pupils from Cregmore NS have been successful in the FÍS film competition. With support from their teacher Stephanie Herwood they have created Stop Motion animations with a cross curricular theme. Each project incorporates a wide variety of tasks including researching, storyboarding, scripting, set designing and producing. Students engage in groupwork with the emphasis on self and peer assessment.

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World Book Project on Ancient Rome

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In this video, 5th class teacher, Róisín Lineen, from St Patrick's National School, shows how she uses World Book Online for a project on Ancient Rome. Using the differentiated levels of content (Kids and Students levels) the children use World Book's Timeline, Webquests and Compare Countries functions to create their project. The children demonstrate independent research skills while availing of tools including the inbuilt dictionary and the citation feature. World Book Online is available to all schools in the Republic of Ireland via www.scoilnet.ie.

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Symbaloo

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Educreations is a community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. Our software turns any iPad or web browser into a recordable, interactive whiteboard, making it easy for teachers and experts to create engaging video lessons and share them on the web.

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digital storytelling

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Senior Infant teacher Áine McGinn, Lucan Community NS, demonstrates how she uses tablets with her class. In this video the pupils have learned about the structure of a story in circle time and must now use the Toontastic App to create their own story. They are engaged in sequencing, creativity and problem-solving. Áine recommends having clear expectations and guidelines for pupils when using ICT. She also suggests using a staged approach when introducing ICT to your classroom.

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Our mission is to help you to see the maths that you use in your everyday life by opening your Maths Eyes. Unlock Your Maths Eyes.

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This video is about Safer Internet Day 2019. It shows a broad range of activities that schools and youth organisations completed around the country.

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This is "Socrative Tutorial for teachers" by on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Art lesson using google for clay 1st class st marys

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Using Online Tools and ePortfolios for Visual Arts

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Teresa Kilbane, 1st class teacher in St Mary's Parish Primary School, outlines how she uses Google Classroom for Visual Arts. She and her pupils create a digital rubric that is followed by pupils creating in Art. In this way the pupils are focused on the artistic process rather than the finished product. The completed rubric, as well as photos of the artwork, is saved to each pupil's Google Drive to form an ePortfolio; to be viewed by pupils and their parents. Pupils work in pairs to enable peer assessment. Using ICT in this way has enabled Teresa to become a more reflective teacher; emphasizing the learning objectives in her lessons.

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Cormac Cahill of Carrigaline Educate Together National School uses a green screen to extend learning in his classroom. In this video pupils find themselves walking through a famous artwork. They combine looking and responding in Art with descriptive writing in English to create a narrated video. This helps the pupils to delve deeper into the piece of Art, while supporting the use of descriptive language.

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Intro to Google Drawings in the Classroom

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Creating infographics with Google Drawings (Ditch That Textbook)

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How to make a website with the New Google Sites

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Talk to me

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Talk To Me (part 2), MIT App Inventor Tutorial #2

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Talk To Me (part 1), MIT App Inventor Tutorial #1

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Implementing DLP through SSE

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Circular from Dept on Grants for ICT

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Information Video for the Digital Learning Framework.

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Making an improvement plan step 5

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Putting the Digital Learning Plan into Action: St Mary’s Convent NS

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In this clip, the staff of St Mary’s Convent NS talk about the actions they took to implement their digital learning plan.