Touchscreen test for Junior Cert English students. Katherine Donnelly Education Editor – Published 31 October 2013 01:55 AM Changes will see English being assessed in three different ways, starting at the end of second year, according to proposals from government education advisers. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) said that for the first exam, students will deliver a multi-media presentation they have prepared themselves. They will be expected to address classmates and their teacher on a topic they have selected and researched. It will be worth 15pc of the overall grade, with marks awarded for oral presentation skills, their research and how well they developed their idea. Students will be free to use a variety of props in their presentation such as iPads and other multi-media devices, and may also issue handouts. Another 25pc of marks will be available for a collection of creative writing texts that must be compiled by the students by Christmas of the third year.
Irish Independent. La sortie de l'iPad d'Apple repoussée à début avril, actualité Economie. It's the classroom of the future at the Pres. Maria Pepper – Updated 05 September 2013 03:58 PM The teenagers, all 144 of them, are the first of their generation in the town not to have to buy traditional text books. Instead, they will use iPads to download their entire Junior Cert book list.
Not for them the daily challenge of hauling schoolbags heavier than their own body weight. The lightweight high-tech initiative was introduced in the Presentation in consultation with delighted parents who voted overwhelmingly in favour of computerised schoolbooks. School principal Breda Cogley said she had been researching the idea for a few years. She kept a close eye on other schools where it was working well. 'It's only now I felt that the book companies were ready and fully on board,' she said. 'A lot of parents had been asking about it out of concern about overweight schoolbags but they also felt it was the way forward.' The iPad switch was well-received at an information meeting for first year parents held prior to the taking of a formal vote.
To Be Honest: Don’t force our children to use iPads - Education News | Primary, Secondary & Third Level | The Irish Time - Tue, May 21. Here's What A Constantly Plugged-In Life Is Doing To Kids' Bodies. Infographic by Alissa Scheller for The Huffington Post. If it seems like your kids are constantly plugged in, tapping away on their iPhones, obsessively gaming and SnapChatting way more than they're actually ... chat-chatting -- well, that's because they are.
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