Ciara Stack

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April 27, 2017

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor Launches National Digital Skills & Jobs Coalition

Ciara Stack Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, European e-Competence Framework, ICT Professionalism, News, STEM, Tech Week

Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor, T.D., today officially launched Ireland’s National Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition. The initiative forms part of the Skills Agenda for Europe which is being promoted across all EU Member States by the European Commission. It will be co-ordinated in Ireland by the Irish Computer Society Foundation, working with the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS). Read more

April 25, 2017

Tech Week 2017 survey shows that majority of Irish adults now believe an education in STEM can lead to better career opportunities

Ciara Stack CPD (Continuous Professional Development), Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, European e-Competence Framework, ICT Professionalism, IT Professionals Day, News, STEM, Tech Week

Research carried out for Tech Week 2017 shows that the vast majority of Irish adults (89%) now believe that getting an education in STEM related subjects is important and can lead to better career opportunities in the future. Read more

April 11, 2017

Get involved in Tech Week 2017!

Ciara Stack Bebras, Cliste, Computing Curriculum, Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, Health Technology, IT Professionals Day, News, Scratch, STEM, Tech Week

Tech Week is Ireland’s nationwide festival of technology aimed at students, parents and the public. Tech Week is made up of a range of classroom and community activities taking place across Ireland – in libraries, schools, community centres, and many other locations. These activities give students a chance to develop their interest in technology subjects, examine potential career prospects, learn new skills, be creative and, most importantly, have a lot of fun. Read more

April 7, 2017

Listen back to Mary Cleary’s Tech Week Interview with West Limerick 102FM

Ciara Stack Cliste, Computing Curriculum, Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, IT Professionals Day, News, Scratch, STEM, Tech Week

You can now listen back to ICS Foundation Deputy CEO Mary Cleary’s Tech Week interview with West Limerick 102FM’s Monica Sheehy. Read more

April 6, 2017

CPD in Universal Design

Ciara Stack CPD (Continuous Professional Development), ICS Foundation, ICT Professionalism, IT Professionals Day, News

The National Disability Authority has issued a request for tender for research to inform the development and delivery of Continuous Professional Development in Universal Design for IT Professionals, suitable for accreditation and promotion by the Irish Computer Society.

The National Disability Authority is the independent state body providing expert advice on disability policy and practice to the Minister of Justice and Equality and promoting Universal Design in Ireland. Read more

March 30, 2017

Minister Halligan Launches Tech Week 2017!

Ciara Stack Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, News, Scratch, STEM, Tech Week, Technology

This year’s Tech Week is happening on 22nd -28th April 2017 with a variety of nationwide events!

The Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation, John Halligan TD, today launched Tech Week 2017, Ireland’s national festival of technology aimed at students, parents and the public, which takes place all over Ireland this year from 22-28 April.

Organised by the ICS Foundation, the social enterprise arm of the Irish Computer Society, and sponsored by Science Foundation Ireland, this exciting week of events will see more than 100,000 students take part in a range of fun activities, including the finals of several Tech Week events. Read more

February 6, 2017

Report: Support Mechanisms for Evidence-based Policy-Making in Education

Ciara Stack Computing Curriculum, Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, European e-Competence Framework, Graduate Development Programme, ICT Professionalism, News, Online Learning, STEM

Via ec.europa.eu

Having a solid evidence base is essential for effective policy-making in the education sector. In practice the mechanisms used to support evidence-based policy-making differ significantly between countries.

This report describes the mechanisms and practices that support evidence-based policy-making in the education sector in Europe. It provides an initial mapping of a complex area. It compares institutions and practices in evidence-based policy-making, as well as the accessibility, and mediation, of evidence. The report also presents more detailed information, with specific examples of the use of evidence in policy formulation for each individual country. Read more

January 9, 2017

ICS Foundation Awarded Funding Under ‘Digital Skills for Citizens’ Grant Scheme

Ciara Stack Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, Get Ireland Online (Benefit 4), News

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten, T.D., has awarded €2.2m to 15 community and not-for-profit organisations to provide basic digital skills training to people under his Department’s new Digital Skills for Citizens Grant Scheme.

Minister Naughten said: “For those already online, the benefits of the internet are clear. A few simple steps and a digital world opens before you – one where old friends can catch up, businesses and customers can find each other and access to information is easy. Read more

December 2, 2016

EU Commission launches Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition to help Europeans in their career and daily life

Ciara Stack CPD (Continuous Professional Development), Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, European e-Competence Framework, Graduate Development Programme, ICT Professionalism, News, STEM

The European Commission has launched the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition, together with Member States, companies, social partners, NGOs and education providers, to help meet the high demand for digital skills in Europe which are essential in today’s job market and society.

December 2, 2016

Tackling shortage of digital skills is “emergency number one” for the European Union

Ciara Stack CPD (Continuous Professional Development), Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, European e-Competence Framework, Graduate Development Programme, ICT Professionalism, News, STEM, Tech Week

Via IrishTimes.com

According to a European Commission Senior Official, tackling the shortage of digital skills and increasing the numbers of graduates in science and technology subjects is “emergency number one” for the European Union and other developed countries. Read more

November 30, 2016

Over 1,300 Students Take Part in The Bebras Computing Challenge!

Ciara Stack Bebras, Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, News, Online Learning, Scratch, STEM, Tech Week, Technology

Well done to the 1,300 students from 50 schools across Ireland who took part in the Bebras Computing Challenge, which took place from 7th to 25th November.

This is the first year that Bebras has been run by the ICS Foundation in Ireland. The Bebras Community is an association of organizations which are involved with informatics and educational activities aiming to promote computational thinking among teachers and pupils of all ages. In 2015 over 1,300,000 students from 35 countries took part. Read more

November 29, 2016

Longford student earns Excellence in STEM award for Farm Project

Ciara Stack Digital Literacy, Education, News, Scratch, STEM, Tech Week, Technology

A fifth year student from Lanesboro Community College has been awarded an Excellence in STEM award, for his project ‘The Digitalisation of Farming’.

Will Dennigan was one of 58 students involved in the exhibiting of 31 STEM projects at the national final held in the Marino Conference Centre in Dublin recently. Read more

November 24, 2016

Education Minister announces Computer Science will be Leaving Cert subject by 2019

Ciara Stack Digital Inclusion, Digital Literacy, Education, News, STEM

Via RTE.ie

Minister for Education Richard Bruton has announced that second-level students will be able to study computer science, including coding, as a Leaving Certificate subject in three years’ time.

It is one of a number of recommendations made in a new report aimed at improving the teaching of STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths in primary and second-level schools. Minister Bruton stated that he had set 2019 as a target for the introduction of the new subject in schools. Read more

November 11, 2016

European Robotics Week taking place 18th – 27th November

Ciara Stack Health Technology, Mobile, News, STEM, Technology

European Robotics Week (ERW) offers one week of various robotics related activities across Europe for the general public. Through the organisation of over 700 events, Europeans get the opportunity to have their questions about how robots will impact the way we work, live, and learn, addressed. Every year the ERW changes the central event and hosts an eco-system of various engaging activities in the chosen location. The official opening for this year is located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Read more

November 4, 2016

Expert says “Medicine will advance more in the next 10 years than it did in the past century”

Ciara Stack Health ICT, Health IT, Health Technology, HISI, News, Technology

Via Vivak Wadhwa

Now is an excellent time for medicine and health technology advances, with billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg, Sean Parker and huge companies like Google funding projects and research. Read more

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