Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion

1:00 pm

Mr. Peter Mullan:

To go back to where we started, the point we all made was about the power of ICT to transform what happens in the classroom, and it needs investment. However, we should not lose sight of what is good in Irish education, for example, the willingness of the teachers to upskill. INTO learning is one of the biggest providers of teacher continuing professional development, CPD. Scoilnet is a huge resource that is valued by teachers and, as Deputy Cannon mentioned, the Computer Society of Ireland, CSI, is a hugely valuable resource that we should mine and use so that we can get the best out of whatever investment we make.

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