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John Heffernan has extensive experience in education in Ireland. He has a BA in History and Politics from UCD and a MSc in Computer Science from TCD. He has worked as a lecturer in ICT in education at St. Angela's College and as an assistant lecturer in digital learning at St. Patrick's College. Currently, he works as a secondary school teacher teaching subjects such as ICT, history, and CSPE. He has also worked for the National Centre for Technology in Education and as a course manager for the Graduate Diploma in Primary Education at Hibernia College.
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- 1. Visual CV ofJohn Heffernan
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- 3. Went to UCD BA(Hons.) History & Politics H Dip. Education (Hons) http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlespace/869121693/
- 4. Went to TCD MSc.(Computer Science). IT in Education Thesis: Using simulations to develop empathy and critical thinking skills in history. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bods/4159768289/sizes/l/
- 5. Lecturer ICT inEducation St. Angela’s College (Home Econ Teacher Training College) Lough Gill, Sligo
- 6. Ass. Lecturer DigitalLearning St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra
- 7. Project Officer National Centre for Technology in Education
- 8. My duties andactivities within NCTE
- 9. St. Peter’s College,Dunboyne, Co. Meath Secondary School Teacher ICT, PLC, some Learning Support & ICT project implementation
- 10. St. Tiernan’s CommunitySchool, Parkvale, Balally, Dublin 16 PLC Teacher -Tourism, Information & Administration, Reception, Databases & Communication
- 11. Hibernia College Course Manager Graduate Diploma in Primary Education
- 12. Our Lady’s GroveSecondary School, Goatstown Road, Dublin 14 Secondary School Teacher History, ICT & CSPE
- 13. Propylon Test Lead/Project Manager Pervasive computing for mobile devices
- 14. Lionbridge Test Team Lead Software localisation company Worked on AOL, Microsoft, HP and Palm Projects http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoemack/1513832329 /
- 15. Other relevant teachingexperience Education Dept. UCD, Belfield D.4 ICT Tutor and workshop leader (part time) NCTE/ HIST History & ICT Tutor
- 16. Substitution cover invarious schools Various subjects and levels at second level with some primary school cover http://www.flickr.com/photos/kainkalju/3800819258/
- 17. Google Teachers Academy London 2010 Sole Google Certified Teacher in Republic of Ireland
- 18. Gold, Silver &Bronze Award holder Currently reactivating PAL status Involved with Tar Eis Oir
- 19. Scouting Ireland Numerous expeditionsto Europe & US http://short.ie/ihbqdk Explorer Belt Leaders Challenge
- 20. Scouting Ireland Expedition Leader Italy 2001 Leaders Challenge Expedition Leader 2006 Connaught Venturer Challenge Ass. Expedition Leader: USA 05, Poland 03, Slovenia 97 Explorer Belt
- 21. Scouting Ireland Cub, Scoutand Venturer Leader 13th Mayo, 1st Mayo 109th Dublin
- 22. Crossmolina AFC Founding Secretary Underage Manager Coaching Level 1 cert/ Referee Grade 4 Occasional goalkeeper Mayo Football League Secretary of the Year 1994
- 23. Mayo Women’s FootballLeague Chairperson 2001, Committee 1996-04 WFAI Senior Cup winners 2006 UEFA Women’s Cup Qualifying Group 2007 Austria
- 24. Involved in numerouseducation related activities CESIMEETs, #edchatie, Film in Schools
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- 26. Membership & attendanceof HTAI annual conference School History Project, Leeds UK CESI conferences Tipp Inst ICT in Ed. conferences has kept me informed in my subjects...
- 27. ..as well asother media such as periodicals, podcasts blogs and twitter
- 28. Thanks for taking the time to view my Visual CV. My normal CV can be downloaded from Link Email: johnheffernan@campus.ie Twitter:@johnmayo LinkedIn http://short.ie/johnheffernanlinkedin
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- #10 St. Peter’s College, Dunboyne, Co. Meath Secondary School Teacher- ICT, PLC, some Learning Support & ICT project implementation - Member of implementation team of E-portal student registration project - Taught ECDL and Word processing modules to First Year, Second Year, TY and PLC groups. - Taught some European Studies to PLC group & Learning support to Third & Fifth Year students September 2004 – June 2005
- #11 St. Tiernan’s Community School, Parkvale, Balally, Dublin 16 PLC Teacher -Tourism, Information & Administration, Reception, Databases & Communication - Taught multiple subject classes to the PLC group including some students with special needs - Assisted with extra curricular activities (Talent Show, PLC Prize giving, First Year Girls Soccer) October 2003 – February 2004
- #12 Hibernia College, 18 Fitzwilliam Sq, Dublin 2 Course Administrator Graduate Diploma in Primary Education - Responsible for the implementation, development and administration of this new online course. - Responsible for resolving student academic, teaching placement & VLE access issues and liaising with Faculty Staff and subject tutors. September 2001 – June 2003
- #13 Our Lady’s Grove Secondary School, Goatstown Road, Dublin 14 Secondary School Teacher- History, ICT & CSPE - First Year and Second Year History Classes, Transition Year History Module and some CSPE - Active and innovative use of ICT in the teaching of history - Assisted with extra curricular activities (School Musical, Leaving Cert. Mass, First Year Soccer) February 1998 – August 2001
- #16 Relevant Part Time Experience Nov 2005 – Present NCTE/History In-Service Team (HIST) History & ICT Tutor (part time) - Blackrock Education Centre - ICT Tutor to History teachers in using PowerPoint & Word, PDFs and Internet searching. - Demonstrate process of evaluating websites & online material for new LC History syllabus. 2004 – 2005 Substitution cover in various schools (Ranging from single day to single month) Various subjects and levels at second level with some primary school cover Oct 2001 – Present Education Dept. University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4 ICT Tutor and workshop leader (part time) - Demonstrator to H. Dip Education classes in PowerPoint, Word, Excel and basic FrontPage. -Taught ICT methods class and corrected H. Diploma in Education ICT exam scripts. - Demonstrated good educational and pedagogical use of Internet in the classroom - Demonstrated suitable websites and online material to History/ English/Geography methods classes.