Digital Learning Clusters
School Excellence Fund - Digital: (Digital Learning Clusters) - Overview
The purpose of the project is to demonstrate the innovative use of digital technologies in teaching, learning and assessment, through clusters of schools collaborating on specific projects.
Embed Digital Technologies in Teaching, Learning and Assessment for the Community of Practice of Music teachers “Pobal Ceoil” of Waterford and Wexford ETB.
Lead School
Bunclody Vocational College (71620H)
Participating Schools
Bridgetown College (71610E), Creagh College 76127D, Colaiste Abbain 71600B, Colaiste an Atha 71650Q, Selskar College 71680C, St Paul's Community College
72241E, Enniscorthy Vocational College 71630K, Meanscoil San Nioclas 76066J, St. Declan's Community College 72230W.
Project Title
Embed Digital Technologies in Teaching, Learning and Assessment for the Community of Practice of Music teachers “Pobal Ceoil” of Waterford and Wexford ETB.
Brief Summary of Project
This project aims to o provide infrastructure and a targeted training program for teachers who are members of “Pobal Ceoil”. This will include training in the use of additional music software, video conferencing for student and teacher collaboration and creation of Class Notebooks as Digital Portfolios as part of assessment. Project participants will also identify further potential areas for integration and collaboration in both teaching, learning and performance.
Demonstrating Excellence in the use of digital technologies in the creation, presentation, assessment and storage of CBAs across different curricular areas within the new Junior Cycle.
Lead school
Ardscoil Na Mara Secondary School, Tramore, Co Waterford, Sancta Maria College, Louisburgh, Co Mayo, St. Mary’s Secondary School, Glasnevin Dublin 11,
Presentation College, Carlow, Loreto Secondary School, Bray,Co Wicklow.
Project title
Demonstrating Excellence in the use of digital technologies in the creation, presentation, assessment and storage of CBAs across different curricular areas within the new Junior Cycle.
Brief outline of the project
The use of digital technologies, including ePortfolios, for recording, storing, presenting and assessing the new Junior Cycle specifications is an evolving area of enormous potential benefit to learners and educators.
This project aims to demonstrate excellence in the use of these technologies across different curricular areas using a variety of platforms.
Digital technology can greatly enhance both formative and summative Assessment within the Classroom Based Assessments in the New Junior Cycle. We aim to use digital technology to Record, Store, Present and Assess our students. Our proposed approach will include the following benefits:
Our cluster schools aim to use different platforms across different subject areas to meet the assessment specifications, in particular, the CBAs, for the new Junior Cycle.
The strength in this project is the diversity of technologies used to solve common goals; information and expertise arising from the use of these technologies will then inform other schools in their application of technology.
