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Capturing A Commercial Career In Compact Disks

Each CD in the photo depicts a specific career and life stage after finishing postgraduate study in the UK and overcoming some obstacles to get my first graduate job (video). Collectively, the CDs show a long career in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) which gets overlooked with the more recent work in education and technology. Last month, a request by Joanna Norton at

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Query: School With Unilateral (One-Sided Hearing)

Queries about facilitating children with single-sided (unilateral) hearing in a mainstream classroom, were recently received by Sound Advice. All the children had hearing-devices; their parents and teachers just needed information and reassurance that their classroom strategies were relevant in each case. ASHA’s solid advice on addressing unilateral hearing at home and at school: Read: Will

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Touchscreen Tech Boosts Literacy In Deaf Children

Technology tools can be instrumental in teaching literacy skills to children with hearing issues and/or other learning needs, as this article shows. Touchscreen tech helps people with disabilities Some parents and educators are reserved about using iPads in early-years education. Moderation and context are advised in such settings but if an iPad device helps develop a

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iPhone FaceTime App Levels The Video-Chat Field

Initially the Apple iPhone, a relative newcomer to the Irish telecoms market, may seem to be just another gadget, but there’s a lot more to it. The iPhone 4 differs from its predecessors in being marketed for video calls, media consumption, web and e-mail access. Most relevantly, it supports the FaceTime application which none of

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edcoDigital Invites IDK To Submit Lesson Plans

Earlier this year, IDK was invited to submit lesson plans to edcoDigital, the online teachers’ resource devised by The Educational Company of Ireland. IDK’s lesson plans for primary and post-primary level are now available via the edcoDigital resource website, which is designed for teachers to deliver easy-to-use digital content from the Irish curriculum, within the

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Sound Advice’s E-Learning Posts For Digital Schools Week

For Digital Schools Week, Sound Advice is collating its favourite digital and e-learning pieces into one post. Education practices are rapidly transforming with digital tools, as Silicon Republic reports in its web-feature, and teachers need to use professional development opportunities to upskill for the digital age. Early Language Learning Deaf children don’t automatically hear words

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Web Systems Inspire Deaf Kids To Learn To Dance

Late in 2009, South Africa’s “Got Talent” show announced its winner, a deaf hip-hop dancer named Darren Rajibal. The 19 year-old had danced for just four years when during a power cut he decided to entertain family and friends by dancing. Many of his moves were learned from internet videos. After the show, the lead

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