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Love all the new tools and apps as we are going to be purchasing tablets for use in classrooms and I look forward to trying out lots of new apps.

I have already used and enjoyed Kahoot, Powtoon, Padlet, Mentimeter, Googleforms.

I must try:
Google Keep, Sketchup

I recommend: (Primary School)
Rory's Story cubes
ReadingEggs
King of Maths
Telestory
Toontastic

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It is both exciting and overwhelming how quickly things are changing in relation to technology in education.

things I look forward to exploring further:

New chromebooks

https://blog.google/topics/education/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-millions-students-and-educators/

Robotics

Coding

Flipped classrooms

Google classroom

Cloud computing

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Teachers reluctant to move to the cloud (gsuite) so I organised practical presentation workshop for staff

Lack of equipment for junior end of school - I researched best options for spending ICT grant to change this situation. I also plan to put in place a kind of curriculum for ICT to help teachers think of ideas for how best to use equipment and software available.

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I have good practical skills but need to improve my technical skills
I have no official training as ICT administrator but constantly look for course that will help me upskill in this area
I have learned a lot from this course, thanks to all who have contributed
I enjoy sharing my knowledge with the teachers in my school
I recommend PDST courses for Irish teachers.

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tips:

margins/ fonts for photocopying

gsuite

chromebooks- little maintenance

digital leaders?

BYOD?

Invest in staff training

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Advice for schools with limited resources

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Well done to all those who work with limited resources, keep up the good work.

Advice:

Look for investment/sponsorship from local businesses?

Avail of free cloud based services such as G-Suite.

Invest in teacher training to make best use of what's available

learn from each other

BYOD as option could help with tight budgets

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I enjoyed both videos and would certainly envy Iceland's situation whereby ICT administrator can focus on ICT issues full time.

Tips:

Gmail account for every student

Encourage increased use of GoogleClassroom

Continue to encourage teachers to move away from the network and into the cloud

move away from licences

Check network switches

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I have taken on the role of ICT administrator in the last year so I feel I have a lot to learn. I voluntarily do as many courses as I can to upskill. I also have a full teaching timetable which I find very difficult to manage as the ICT role is getting busier all the time. I am hoping for a free period or two in my timetable for next year to address this. We do pay someone to come and fix the very technical issues which is a great support.

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Cloud computing is fantastic. I love that I can access documents from anywhere. Collaboration with others on the same document is also very useful in schools.
In our school teachers are still familiarising themselves with google apps for education and need more support/CPD in this.
Google also works for us because it is free and has unlimited space.

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Our current setup and how to improve it?

Good broadband but we need to invest in more laptops and tablets to increase student use of technology

Do you have WIFI?

Yes but we need to invest in more routers or a better wifi system as currently not all areas of school enjoy wifi access

Do you support BYOD?

I do not think this would be possible in a primary setting

Do you consider them as opportunities or threats?

Yes BYOD poses a threat but if managed properly this threat can be mitigated or managed with older children

What technical adaptations would be required, if any?
New policies on use of devices, training of staff in classroom management and handling issues of misuse, privacy and policy. we also have to upgrade the WIFI Access Points

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This would not be possible in our school as it is a primary school. We are looking to invest in tablets to give children more access to technology.

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We have a similar system but our school is very big and we need to invest in better wifi.

This was recommended to me on another course:
Ubiquiti Networks UAP-LR-3 - UniFi AP Long Range 3-Pack

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Networking-Devices/Ubiquiti-Networks-UAP-LR-3-UniFi-Long-Range-3-Pack/B00I4QI23E/ref=pd_bxgy_147_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S96N8F4N3VEV0TCS06NA

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How you could expand the school network?

In the last few years we have seen an increase in the number of teachers who are utilising wifi. We have an ad hoc solution in place but it may be necessary to explore a more formal solution

Ways to make it more secure?

Greater password management will be required.

New types of devices or services you could put in place?

We are exploring the addition of more tablet devices.

How to provide technical support and ensure the network performs reliably?

As the demands on the network increase we will need to put a more dedicated support structure in place to ensure that any issues are quickly resolved.

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Good webinar but a lot of this section was too technical for me.

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Panagiota highlights important questions regarding embedding ICT in the curriculum. This is very much relevant to my role as ICT Coordinator in my school. We are currently working on our elearning plan and we are trying to address this very issue.

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School case study 3: An elaborate set up 

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School case study 3: An elaborate set up 

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We have an outside expert who comes in to help with problems that we cannot solve ourselves such as broken laptops, problems with IWBs and network infrastructure.

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The Schools Broadband Programme provides an integrated set of services to schools which includes broadband connectivity, and hosted services including content filtering, webhosting-blogging and security services including anti-virus control and a centralised firewall.
We also invested in some wifi routers which we use for laptop trolley and tablets.

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Hi I am a Learning Support teacher and an ICT co-ordinator. I work in a large primary school with over 1000 pupils. All classrooms have an interactive whiteboard and a student laptop (senior classes). We also operate a laptop trolley for use in classrooms. I have a very busy dual role which I enjoy but I am looking forward to improving my skills through this course. Our vice-principal is very good with IT and I learn a lot from him also.

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St Marys Parish Primary School (SMPPS) opened in September 2012. During the 2015/2016 school year, provision was made for the appointment of an ICT Co-ordinator (before that most work on ICT was carried out by the vice principal). The main emphasis since the appointment of the ICT Coordinator has been on establishing and maintaining the hardware in the school (school network, computers, server, etc.) and setting up an ICT Committee. Work has also been done on promoting the use of software in the classrooms, professional development for staff and promotion of the website and  school blogs.

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Hi my name is Maggie and I am a teacher in a primary school in Drogheda, Ireland. I am also the ICT Coordinator in my school, this is a new role for me and I am looking forward to improving my knowledge and skills through this course.