Dunmore
SIP
Newsletter.

Welcome to the first and only edition of the Dunmore SIP Newsletter. This newsletter has been a result of the SIP Night course on the use of MS Publisher. Every School involved with SIP 079 has got a scanner and MS Publisher. Teachers have been attending night courses on the use of MS Publisher and have now learnt how to create Calendars, Posters, Reports, Labels, Cards and finally newsletters like this one.
This course on MS Publisher was 4 hours long, and is to be followed by a 3 hour course on ‘Scanning and Digital Cameras’. This course on scanning and digital cameras is on the 14th of March for Primary School Teachers and the 21st of March for Secondary School Teachers. If you are not able to attend on the night assigned to you, just let me know as you can attend on the other night.
This years Night Course will conclude with a 4 hour course on Web Design, and it is hoped to get a teacher from each School to do this, and then to set up a website in each school.

SIP Newsletter Issue 1. March 2002

Phone 086 33*****

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SIP Newsletter Issue 1. March 2002

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SIP Newsletter Issue 1. March 2002

SIP Newsletter Issue 1. March 2002

Phone: 086 33*****
Fax: 093 38779
Email: dunmorecap@eircom.net
Web: http://www.sip.ie/sip079

Declan Quinn,
Dunmore CS,
Dunmore,
Co. Galway.

SIP Newsletter Issue 1. March 2002

SIP Project 079.
Project SIP 079 is a result of the NCTE realising that, despite devoting a huge amount of time and resources in the promotion of the use of ICT in schools, technical problems were inhibiting the use of ICT in these schools. These problems, often minor, are a huge factor in the prevention of the use of ICT in Irish schools.
At the outset, my role was to provide ongoing technical support to the schools, which would then allow the schools to concentrate on the use of ICT in their classes. In addition, by the end of the project there would be one staff member in each school competent in basic IT Troubleshooting. However, it became apparent from early on that technical problems were not the only problem schools had. Lack of IT knowledge is also a huge barrier. Therefore, I felt this should also become one of the aims of this project. A working computer was of no use if the staff/students lacked the sufficient knowledge to use it well.
The schools involved with this project were chosen due to their proximity to the lead school, Dunmore Community School. Eleven primary schools in the Dunmore catchment area were selected and agreed to participate in the project. These schools are all within 12 miles of Dunmore, most being small rural schools, with only two teachers and one computer in a classroom.
This year, due to mileage/funding the SIP is operating on a call out basic only. Contact me by mobile or email if you have any technical troubles and I will try to visit you the following day. D. Quinn.

School Details:
The following list is a list of the schools involved with the Dunmore SIP project 079, I have also included their e-mail addresses: -
Name: E-mail Address:
Dunmore Community School. - dunmorecs@eircom.net
Ballinlass National School. - ballinlassns@eircom.net
Belmont National School. - belmontns@eircom.net
Brownsgrove National School. - brownsgrovens@eircom.net
Cloonfad National School. - cloonfadns@eircom.net
Clonberne National School. - clonbernens@eircom.net
Dunmore National School. - dunmorens@eircom.net
Garrafrauns National School. - garrafraunsns@eircom.net
Gortaleam National School. - gortaleamns@eircom.net
Irishtown National School. - irishtownns@eircom.net
Milltown National School. - milltownns@eircom.net
Williamstown National School. - williamstownns@eircom.net

Our Website:
Our website has useful information for the schools involved with the project. It also has all the Worksheets for MS Publisher, so you can download them and print them off.
Our Netdays Projects from 2000 are also on the website, and also this years Netdays project of a 5 day Webquest.
The website address is :-
http://homepage.eircom.net/~dunmorecap
or
http://www.sip.ie/sip079

MS Publisher. Dunmore SIP 2002. D.Quinn ã2002.

MS Publisher. Dunmore SIP 2002. D.Quinn ã2002.