“You can teach a student a lesson for a
day; but if you can teach him to learn by
creating curiosity, he will continue the
learning process as long as he lives.”
- Clay P. Bedford




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If we teach today
as we taught
yesterday, we rob our
children of tomorrow.
- John Dewey
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“Do  not
confine your
children to
your own
learning, for
they were
born in
another time.”
- Chinese
Proverb
Postgraduate
Qualification
Qualification such as
ECDL
No qualification
“Any teacher that can
 be replaced by a
 computer
deserves to be”
– David Thornburg

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Online risks can be
broken into content risks
contact risks, and
commercial risks.
As children are most impressionable
while in their late childhood/early
teenage years, the content they access
online can greatly affect their health
and life with many children suffering with
eating disorders from an early age.
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Active Mediation   Restricted Mediation
More
                            emphasis on
                            ICT during
                            teacher
                            training

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Teacher
training days
to stay up to
date

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Teachers well trained in ICT




Teaching children to safely use internet



Encouraging children to talk to
parents/teachers if they are
worried about how they are
being treated online
“Any growth requires a temporary loss of
  security” – Madeline Hunter




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                   Tara Reilly
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The introduction of ICT to schools

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Students who would otherwise be uninterested
  • #5 More willing to engage in workLikely to continue work outside school hoursEasier to make lesson plansInteraction with other teachers aorund the worldWider range of information accessible around the world
  • #11 A recent survey carried out for Safer Internet Day discovered that Ireland has the highest rates of cyber bullying in Europe, with 25% of children aged 9-16 reportingbeing bullied both online and offline. Irish teenagers also recorded four times the level of lasting damage from bullying than the European average, with 8 per cent reporting lasting trauma. The European average is 2 per cent.
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