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Back to School with Swine Flu

podmaster — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:16:05 +0000

Last night’s discussion was alarming to say the least. I am unaware of any national proactive “back to school” contingency plan for Irish primary schools. I think it has been left up the local school board who react in conformity with published guidelines in the event of an outbreak in the school.

Teachers must rank high in the vulnerability stakes. Coughing, sneezing and reciting aloud all help to accelerate the spread of the virus in a confined space. Children by their very nature love to play and run around. The resultant variations in temperature may also leave a child vulnerable to infection. Hopefully the powers that be know what they are doing.

The above video from Fox Ten News popped up when I googled “Back to School with Swine Flu”. I hope the campaign has more success than the voluntary handwashing in hospitals – the visiting public just ignores the dispensers for the most part.

The Computer Clubhouse Showcase

podmaster — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:22:28 +0000

The Computer Clubhouse provides a creative and safe after-school learning environment for young people from the under-served communities of the south west inner city area of Dublin. The young members work with adult mentors to explore their own ideas, develop skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology. The model of learning was developed by Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Boston Museum of Science.

The Computer Clubhouse is a non-profit organization run by the South West Inner City Network (SWICN) and is part of the INTEL Computer Clubhouse Network .

Here is thumbnail pictorial taste of today’s successful Showcase

Full size images are available to Computer Clubhouse members upon request.

A very confident and tech savvy Emer from Warrenmount Presentation Primary School, in Dublin’s Liberties fired a series of off-the-cuff, common sense questions at two unsuspecting gentlemen (Keith Kennedy and James Corbett of Daynuv) displaying “Virtual Europe”, an OpenSim creation, at today’s inaugural Annual Showcase of the Computer Clubhouse held in the club’s premises in the Digital Hub. Emer was so fast in her quickfire delivery that it was necessary to slow down proceedings with a suitable piece of background music from the podSafe Music Network entitled “The Specialist.”

Emer\’s Quickfire Interview

Congratulations to everyone involved!

Earthcast Live

podmaster — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:01:33 +0000

This post is scheduled to go live at a minute past midnight GMT on April 22nd, 2009.

Happy Earth Day Everyone.

Log on and tune into Earthcast live at http://earthbridges.net/
It is a webcasting/podcasting marathon running all day.

Further listings are available on http://earthbridges.net/event

imbee

oide — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:23:10 +0000

Another Tipp Tech Tip came from the “Web 2.0 a practical guide for teachers” handout.

It is a social network for children www.imbee.com.

It claims to be “the first social network for young people”.

WildVoice revisited

oide — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:02:29 +0000

John Hurley and Clifford Brown hosted a workshop entitled “Web 2.0.

A Practical guide for teachers” at the “Internet Experience in Education Conference 2008″ in the Tipperary Institute today.

The star of the show was the stand alone release of WildVoice.

This is a FREE downloadable version.

Registered users can download WildVoice Studio to their PCs, record various items at different times and save and reload the projects similar to other applications.

Very popular sound effects include a toilet flushing and various body noises.

Podcasts can be uploaded to the WildVoice site or inserted into the school website.

This is a far cry from the early days of the online version.

http://dublincesi.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/wildvoice/