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EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL LINKS
Syetematic review for Desktop Projects, link obtained Sept. 2011
IT Sligo Library
Science at IT Sligo
Research & Education Foundation: Sligo General Hospital
www.nce-mstl.ie Science and Maths Resources
Courses available at IT Sligo
Academic Schools and Departments at IT Sligo
ESAT Young Scientist Exhibition; IT Sligo Stand; Jan. 2004 Includes information on Science courses available at the Institute
Research Office: Institute of Technology, Sligo
Postgraduate Research in the Departments of Environmental Science and Applied Science:
Postgraduate Research
Centre for Sustainability
Contact: Enda Gibney; Biosolids Research Programme Manager,
Business Innovation Centre,
Institute of Technology, Sligo.
Sligo.
Ireland.
Tel: +353 71 55243
Fax: +353 71 46802
Email: gibney.enda@itsligo.ie
www.itssu.com The Institute of Technology, Sligo Student Union Website
www.sligostudents.com Sligo Students; Resources andInformation
www.autonom.ie The Student Resource: with chance to "live rent free for a year"; gives students the opportunity to win one of 4 cheques for £ 3,000.
www.usi.ie Union of Students in Ireland.
www.esib.org/policies/policies.html ESIB - the National Unions of Students in Europe (umbrella
organisation of 50 national unions of students from 36 countries)
has recently passed "Statements on Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Students
on Education, and on Accessing Education as Disabled Students
Teachers' Union of Ireland
Irish Third Level Education search.msn.com
Irish Third Level Education www.niceone.com/irl/subtit/5/0/0/0/Education.htm
oxygen.ie interactive students at home!
National Biology Support Service Ireland
www.p-award.net The President's Award - Gaisce is the National Challenge Award from The President of Ireland to young people between fifteen and twenty five years of age.
www.primaryscience.ieDiscover Primary Science
www.ecsligo.ie Sligo Education Centre: Ionad Oideachais Shligigh: Director: Lorna Gault. Tel. 071 38700. Fax. 071 38767.
e-mail: info@ecs.itsligo.ie
Irish Learning Technology Association http://ilta.net/
khanacademy.org Resources in Maths, Chemistry and Biology
www.onlineschools.org/resources/lifesciences/
www.peakdirectory.com/cat/education.html
www.peakdirectory.com/cat/universities.html see especially reference to Maths
www.mathsweek.ie Maths Week Ireland: 9th to 16th October 2010
maths-comes-alive-at-it-sligo-during-maths-week-ireland-2010
optimumdirectory.com
Exploring the Field Fences of County Sligo
The Field Fences Project is a Schools Integration Project (SIP 061) which seeks to encourage an exploration of local heritage through the theme of field fences utilising information and communications technology (ICT).
Eight Primary schools and one Post-Primary school in County Sligo participated in the Project.
Beware! There is a warm West Wind blowing over some of those fences! Don't be caught draggon your feet when you climb over them!
www.sligofieldfences.com
map of sligo
Sligo tide tables
"From Skerrydoo to Carrickfadda".
A study of the Irish Coastline. A Schools Heritage and IT Project for County Sligo.www.sligoseashore.com.
The Sligo Education Centre in partnership with the Heritage Office, Sligo County Council ran this Heritage and IT schools project for County Sligo, seeking to build on the success of the Sligo Fieldfences Project.
During October 2001, twelve primary schools began exploring their own coastal heritage through utilising IT and heritage resources.
In building a programme of support for the schools involved, visits were arranged by a local heritage expert to each school involved in the project, during the period November 2001 to February 2002.
An important aspect of the lecture series was the opportunity to involve not only the teachers and senior classes in the school but also the parents and members of the local community.
In doing so, it was hoped to provide a real opportunity for community involvement in the schools project, while developing an outreach programme which seeks to increase awareness, understanding and appreciation of the local heritage resource.
In this regard Bill Crowe participated in the lecture programme giving a talk and slide show to St. John's National School, Ballisodare, Co. Sligo, and to all the teachers involved in the project at The Sligo Education Centre.
This project "From Skerrydoo to Carrickfadda" won first prise in the European eLearning Awards 2003, out of a total entry of 600 projects.
The projects involved more than 300 pupils from 12 Primary Schools in County Sligo.
The Schools involved were Cliffoney, Ballyweelin, Rathcormac, St. Edward's St. Brendan's, Strand hill, Ballisodare, Ballinlig, Kilrusheighter, Highpark, Rathlee and Enniscrone.
www.into.ie Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO):
Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003 Sponsored by The Heritage Council and Administered by the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) : Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003; : Introductory information; The Directory of Specialists; information on extra new Pilot Series.
Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003 The Heritage Council and Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) : Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003; sample Booking Form for Schools (copied); for real official booking form look in the Directory of Specialists, or find one in the INTO web site
one of the Heritage Specialists listed in the Directory: Marine Biologist: Dr. Bill Crowe: Pen Picture, small (small writing, suitable for printing on one page): Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003: The Heritage Council and Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) : Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003; sample Booking Form for Schools (copied); for real official booking form look in the Directory of or find one in the INTO web site
Heritage Specialist: Marine Biologist: Dr. Bill Crowe: Pen Picture, large (large writing): Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003: The Heritage Council and Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) : Heritage in Schools Scheme 2003.
CV of Dr. Bill Crowe
Possible Dates Bill Crowe can visit schools to give Marine slide shows, demonstrate sampling gear, show specimens of Deep Sea Fish and give guided seashore field trips.(Tuesdays and Fridays all day; only Monday mornings until June, on shore when tides are right, or slide show only, is a possibility for a half day visit for schools within 10 miles of Sligo town; full day possible on Monday from June)
For each Month in 2003, on Momday (Mon) Tuesday (Tue) and Friday (Fri) suitable Times of Low spring tides (T), and lowest water depths in metres above chart datum for the Sligo area (L) are given below (lowest values are best) . For a complete day trip the seashore walk will take place at the time of the lowest tide and the talk and slide show will either be before or after this depending on the time of the lowest tide.
March 2003: Fri 21, T 1.45pm, 0.17m, St. Patrick's N.S. all day.
April 2003: Tue 1, T 12.40pm, L 0.49m; Fri 4, T 2.12pm, L 0.57m; Easter weeks not available; Mon 28, T 11.09am, L 0.88m; Tue 29, T 11.41am, L 0.75m.
May 2003: Fri 2, not available; Mon 12, T 9.48am, L 0.92; Tue 13, T 10.33am, L 0.65m, Carra N.S. Ballina Co. Mayo; Fri 16, T 12.30pm, L 0.24m, Killian N.s. Inver, Co.Donegal; Tue 27, T 10.31, L 1.07m; Fri 30, T 12.11pm, L 0.87m. Rathcormac N.S. (Colmcille Naofa, Rathcormack, Sligo)
June 2003: Mon 16, T 1.44pm, L 0.66m, available all day; Tue 17, T 2.32pm, L 0.82; Mon 30, T 12.59pm, L 0.98m.
July 2003: Tue 1, T1.34pm, L 0.95m; Mon 14, T 12.49pm, L 0.68m; Tue 15, T 1.33pm, L 0.68m.
There are work-sheets available (top copies, unbound) for photocopying, for schools that have gone on Seashore Field Trips with Bill Crowe (or are about to go).
One set (19 Pages) to inform the Teacher; and another (also of 19 Pages, for older children) with gaps to fill in, questions to answer and some spaces for drawings.
All, or some, of these may be placed on the web (here) at some future date, when time permits the scanning procedure to be undertaken; if it is felt space is available.
Schools in the North West Region that have received talks and slideshows, and/or gone on Seashore Field Trips with Bill Crowe (or are about to go)
St. Patrick's National School, Ballyweelin , Ballinfull, Co. Sligo. Tel. 071 63548.E-mail: padraignaofa.ias@eircom.net
Principal: Joe Leonard.
St. Brendans National School, Cartron Point, Sligo.Tel. 071 45449
Contact teachers: Dierdre Moylan and Maria Hurley
St. John's National School, Ballisodare, Co. Sligo
Killian School, Inver, Co. Donegal. Tel. 073 36322. E-mail: killiansch.ias@eircom.net
Principal: Vincent O'Donnell.Second teacher: Charlette Campbell-Doherty. Other contact person Margaret Meahan
Web:http://homepage.eircom.net/~killianschool
Carra National School, Bonniconlon, Ballina, Co. Mayo.Tel. 096 45405.
Principal:Noel Loftus. Secretary: Patricia O'Mahony
Rathcormac N.S. (Colmcille Naofa) , Rathcormack, Sligo.Principal: Michael Mc Tighe; Deputy Head: Margaret Prior.
Schools that have received talks and slideshows, and/or gone on Seashore Field Trips in 2004 with Bill Crowe (or are about to go)
Friday 19 th March: St Peter's National School, Drmiskin, Dundalk. Co. Louth
Contact Teacher: Maureen Lambe. School Tel. 042 9372906
Friday 7 th May: Rathcormac N.S. (Colmcille Naofa) , Rathcormack, Sligo.Principal: Michael Mc Tighe; Deputy Head: Margaret Prior.
Photographs of Trip
Monday 10 th May: St Patrick's National School, Vevay Road, Bray. Co. Wicklow
Contact Teacher: Peg Laverty. School Tel. 01 2860504
Photographs of Trip
Monday 17 th May: Sliabh 'a mhadra National School, Ballyduff, Tralee. Co. Kerry
Contact Teacher: Norma O'Carroll. School Tel. 066 7131742
Photographs of Trip
Schools that have received talks and slideshows, and/or gone on Seashore Field Trips in 2005 with Bill Crowe (or are about to go)
Monday 25 th April: Rathcormac N.S. (Colmcille Naofa) , Rathcormack, Sligo. Class2. (29 children) Teacher: Mary Power. Principal: Michael Mc Tighe; Deputy Head: Margaret Prior.
Photographs of Trip
Friday 6 th May: Shessiaghoneil N.S. , Ballybofey, County Donegal. Tel. 074 91 32396. Class 1 & 2.(28 to 30 children) Teacher: . Principal: ; Organiser: Bernadet Sansom .
Photographs of Trip
Monday 9 th May: Scoil Choluim, Ballyheerin, Fanad, County Donegal.(Mulroy Bay region) Tel. 074 91 59526. Class 2 to 6 (12 children; from 8 to 12 years old) Teacher: Brighidin Hawke. Principal: .
Photographs of Trip
Tuesday 7th June: Welchtown N.S., Ballybofey, County Donegal. Tel. 074 91 31855. (children; Junior Infants from 5 to 8 years old) Teacher: Anne Tompson . Principal: Jily Paton; Organiser: Bernadet Sansom .
Photographs of Trip
Monday 20 th June: Teevog N.S., Ballybofey, County Donegal. Tel. 074 91 33303. (24 children; from 5 to 8 years old) Teacher: Gwendolin Fury . Principal: Susan Doherty; Organiser: Bernadet Sansom .
Photographs of Trip
Tuesday 21 st June: St John's N.S., Temple Street, Sligo. Tel. 071 91 62537. (30 children in 5th Class) Teacher: Mr. Mitchel . Principal: Mr. Brendan Mulhern. Trip Cancelled.
Dates chosen in 2006 by schools already and other Possible Dates Bill Crowe can visit schools to give Marine slide shows, demonstrate sampling gear, show specimens of Deep Sea Fish and give guided seashore field trips.
(Tuesdays and Wednesdays all day; on shore when tides are right (i.e. low spring tides); or slide show only, is a possibility for a half day visit for schools within 10 miles of Sligo town;
For each Month in 2006, Tuesday (Tue) and Wednesday (Wed) suitable Times of Low spring tides (T), and highest water depths in metres above chart datum for the equivlent high tide, six hours earlier, as an indication of magnitude of spring or neap tides occurring at the time in the Sligo area (H) are given below (Highest values are best because they indicate the greatest extent of Spring tides: During Spring tides the tide comes in and goes out a large amount; on Neap tides it comes in and goes out a small amount).
For a complete day trip the seashore walk will take place at the time of the lowest tide and the talk and slide show will either be before or after this depending on the time of the lowest tide.
February 2006: Tue 28, T 11.50am, H 5.9m, St. Patrick's National School (Padraig Naofa), Ballyweelin , Ballinfull, Co. Sligo. all day.
March 2006: Wed. 1, T 12.30pm, H 6.0m Killian School, Inver, Co. Donegal. All day. Canceled due to extreem weather conditions (snow and ice on the roads).
Tue 14, T 11.46am, H 5.2m available.
Wed 15, T 12.16pm, H 5.3m, Rathcormac N.S. (Colmcille Naofa) , Rathcormack, Sligo. All day.
Tue 28, T 11.48am, H 5.6m, possibly available (to be confirmed).
April 2006: not available at the moment due to possible other commitments.
May 2006: Tue 9, T 10.29am, H 4.6m, available
Wed 10, T 11.05am, H 4.8m, Rathlee National School Easkey. County Sligo. All day.
Tue 16, T 1.51pm, H 5.2, Killian School, Inver, Co. Donegal. All day.
Wed 17, T 2.33pm, H 5.1, St John's N.S., Temple Street, Sligo. All day.
Schools that have received talks and slideshows, and/or gone on Seashore Field Trips in 2006 with Bill Crowe (or are about to go)
Tuesday 28 th February 2006: St. Patrick's National School (Padraig Naofa), Ballyweelin , Ballinfull, Co. Sligo. Tel. 071 63548.E-mail: padraignaofa.ias@eircom.net
Principal: Joe Leonard.
Photographs of Trip
Wednesday 15 th March 2006: Rathcormac N.S. (Colmcille Naofa) , Rathcormack, Sligo. Principal: ; Deputy Head: Margaret Prior.
Photographs of Trip
Tuesday 28 th March: Possible date
Wednesday 10 th May 2006:Rathlee National School Easkey.Principal:Monica Hughes. Tel. 096 49243.
Tuesday 16 th May 2006: Killian School, Inver, Co. Donegal. Tel. 073 36322. E-mail: killiansch.ias@eircom.net
Principal: Vincent O'Donnell. teachers: Charlette Campbell-Doherty, John Gelespie. Other contact person Margaret Meahan
Web:http://homepage.eircom.net/~killianschool
Wednesday 17 th May 2006: St John's N.S., Temple Street, Sligo. Tel. 071 91 62537. (30 children in 5th Class). Principal: Bernard Mulhern. Teacher: Ger Hartnet.
Photographs of Trip
Explanation of tides
physical geography: Explanation of tides
Heritage Council (Ireland)
The Heritage Council invites submissions on:
A review of the Heritage in Schools Scheme, a partnership project run with the INTO. Brief December 2002
The Heritage Council invites submissions on:
Linkages between Heritage Council and the Secondary School Curriculum Curriculum Links Project Brief December 2002
www.sligococo.ie Sligo County Council: County Sligo Heritage Office
www.transitionyear.ie
Sherkin Island Marine Station current site; with seashore, marine, and other wild life and natural history resources.
www.marlin.ac.uk
National Aquarium Galway. See species section
National Aquarium Galway
www.bbc.co.uk/asguru BBC television AS Level ('A Level') education: English, General studies, Maths, Biology, Study skills. 'A Level' School Biology: Cell Biology (structure, function and methods of study), tissues, organs and genetics of the cell.
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www.leargas.ie/education The Education Service at Leargas: opening doors to European Education
study-books.com log on to study-books.com with the chance to win a VW BEETLE !
amazon.com Books
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Business Innovation Centre (BIC), IT Sligo
Administration at IT Sligo
Institute of Technology, Sligo: (IT Sligo) Home Page (with international educational partners).
Science Educational Institutions (includes Universities and Independant ones, but does not include Institutes of Technology)
Wild Ireland: Wild Schools
Museums Around the World: Ireland
National Museum of Ireland
Computer Access
Celtic Net
EdNet Ireland; Irish Schools on the Net
Scoilnet
European Studies
Spice Islands
National Centre for Technology in Education, Dublin City University, Dublin 9
Tel: + 353-(0)1-7048200. Fax: + 353-(0)1-7048210. Email: info@ncte.ie NCTE Schools Helpline 18 50 70 40 40
Education Web; UK
Environmental Education
Trailblazer Magazine
The new book ‘Prometheus’s Fire: A History of
Technological Education in Ireland from the Earliest Times until 1999’
This 600-page book provides a history of nearly every discipline taught
in modern colleges and also the backgrounds to the universities and
institutions in Ireland. You can see abstracts of all the chapters and one
full sample chapter on the Website.
www.highereducationireland.com a new site dedicated to reflecting the news and
views from Ireland's university and research communities.
TopClass
onlinelearning.net
netg.com
lotus.com
click2learn.com
hungryminds.com
education-world.com
Learning Objects
MERLOT
Links to Education Websites: provided by University of Limerick
IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee
aln.org
umic.edu/virtualteaching
www.science.ie
www.scienceunleashed.ie RTE
explorescience.com
bbc.co.uk/sia Science in Action
channel4.co.uk/science Science: on channel 4
www.sciencenet.org.uk
www.labinalorry.org.uk
Chemistry Teaching Resources
Science direct:
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access to FULL TEXT of more than 2 million scientific journal articles
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The European Science Foundation
The European Science Foundation: Index: www.esf.org/esf_scientific_home.php
The European Science Foundation: Programmes:
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LRSNet An Irish Information Network:
LRSNet brings together the best national and international reference information in distinct subject areas. Each service contains a mix of bibliographic and full text information sources.
Typically, a bibliographic product provides an index plus an abstract or summary of primary and secondary sources such as books, journals, newspapers, reports etc. A full text product will
contain all the features of a bibliographic product, but will also contain the actual journal article, or newspaper article in its original format.
www.open2.net/finalfrontier
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www.space.com
www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
www.nasa.gov/externalflash/m2k4/index1.html
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/students.html
marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/funzone_flash.html
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/
edspace.nasa.gov/index.html
streamscapes.org
Learning Technology Links Resources: Internet Supported Distance Learning of Brian Mullugan, Institute of Technology, Sligo
Virtual Graduation
Abacus
KMI
Standards for Learning Technology JTC1 (Joint Technical Committee 1) of ISO (International Organisation for Standardization) has recently established a sub-committee (SC36) to work in the area of standards for Learning Technology. The Stated Scope of the sub-committee is:
Standardization in the field of information technologies for learning, education, and training to support individuals, groups, or organisations, and to enable interoperability and reusability of resources and tools . Full background information can be found at the website.
the online Journal, TechKnowLogia, has
devoted its July/August 2000 Issue to the theme: TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL
& TECHNICAL TRAINING.It is now posted on the web and acess is free.
EdTech 2000
Impediments to Web-Based Course Delivery: David Passmore, James Wall
Multimedia Pennsylvania MetalWorks Web Site: David Passmore, James Wall
Employment forcasting for precision metalworkers and on the community costs of technical skills deficits. David Passmore, James Wall