Scoilnet Primary - PDST-Technology in Education

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Visit Scoilnet! (www.scoilnet.ie)
Scoilnet is the Department of Education and Science’s portal for
Irish education. Developed by the NCTE, it provides thousands
of resources in a digital database covering all subject areas
of the primary curriculum. All resources are reviewed and
categorised by a panel of teachers. Included are:
Lesson plans
Themepages
Crosswords
Quizzes
Worksheets
Games
Experiments
Multimedia
Scoilnet also has designated
sections for teachers, students,
parents and management
where curricular resources are
highlighted and articles, FAQs,
news, arguments and opinion
polls are featured.
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Find Resources!
The Resource Finder and the Search
function are Scoilnet’s key vehicles for
retrieving resources.
Start Clicking!
1. 10 Ways to use Scoilnet
www.scoilnet.ie/10_ways.shtm
2. Scoilnet’s Gaeilge
Learning Units
www.scoilnet.ie/Gaeilge_
Learning_Units.shtm
3. Recommended Books for
3rd & 4th Class
www.scoilnet.ie/3rd_4th_
class_reading.shtm
There are two Resource Finders at primary level, one
for teachers and one for students. Both select resources
from the database according to syllabus topics and
sub-topics and may be sorted by rank or most recently
added. Resources are reviewed by teachers teaching
the Irish curriculum and are presented with this in mind.
Reviews include learning outcomes, extension activities
and, where relevant, special needs notes.
4. Special Needs Factsheets
www.scoilnet.ie/Special_
Needs_Factsheets.shtm
The Search function is located on all pages within
the site. Enter a keyword and a list of weblinks,
images and articles will be retrieved. Scoilnet Search
gives access to the following sites/databases:
Imagebank - Approx. 3,000 images of Irish
places and spaces
European Learning Resource Exchange
(LRE) - 100,000+ resources from
educational databases across Europe
Encyclopaedia Britannica – Thousands
of articles, journals, multimedia clips, news
feeds, atlases and other learning materials.
ImageBank
(www.imagebank.ie)
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5. Irish Schools that Blog
www.scoilnet.ie/hp_
schoolsthatblog.shtm
Explore Our Sites!
I Am An Artist
(www.iamanartist.ie)
SciSpy
(www.scispy.ie)
Webwise
(www.webwise.ie)
Scoilnet has worked in
conjunction with the primary
professional development and
curriculum support services
to develop many of the above
sites.
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Explore Scoilnet!
Aside from a large database of resources Scoilnet has several
other engaging sections specifically created for primary teachers
and students. The most popular of these are as follows:
Primary Teachers Homepage (www.scoilnet.ie/TeachersFirstLevel.aspx)
This page provides curricular support to primary teachers and features the
Resource Finder, highlighted resources, news, Special Needs factsheets, research
and more.
Primary Students Homepage (www.scoilnet.ie/StudentsPrimary.aspx)
Designed for primary students this colourful page features jokes, brainbenders,
themepages, the student Resource Finder, the colouring corner and a point of
access to Storytime.
Storytime (www.scoilnet.ie/StudentsPrimary.aspx)
Storytime encourages students to publish their stories and focuses on
improving students' vocabulary, reading, writing and critical thinking skills. Each
week a top story is selected and published.
Themepages (www.scoilnet.ie/Primary_Themepages.shtm)
The themepages present a creative collection of cross curricular and seasonal
resources that highlight strands or strand units. Examples include Vikings,
Romans, Energy, Print, World War II, Electricity, Theatre, Reading and Shapes All
Around Us.
Interactives (www.scoilnet.ie/interactive.shtm)
Interactive timelines, images, maps, drag-and-drop and matching activities
for various areas of the curriculum are accessible. These feature video, audio,
images and text and are ideal for teacher presentations and revision aids.
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Online Encyclopaedias
Scoilnet now provides access (through the Schools
Broadband Network) to two of the most renowned
encyclopaedias and leaders in reference, education
and learning.
Get Updates... Update us!
New resources, articles,
comments and enquiries
are published daily on
Scoilnet:
Why not…
Sign up to our
newsletter
Get in touch via
“Contact Us”
Follow us on Twitter
Explore Our Services!
Scoilnet Webhosting/Blogging
(www.scoilnet.ie/webhosting_blogging.shtm)
The Scoilnet webhosting/blogging service allows
schools to easily develop a school website or
school blog and host it for free on the schools
broadband network.
Schools Directory
(www.scoilnet.ie/SchoolsOnline)
This provides a regularly updated database of
schools and school details in Ireland.
Give feedback via our
“comments” facility.
Check Out!
Our latest Star Site in
Schools Online.
My Favourite Sites where
each week we profile a
teacher’s top three sites.
Ed TV (http://www.scoilnet.ie/Ed_Tv.aspx)
Ed TV features weekly TV programmes with a
learning focus.
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