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Technology Round 7

Fáilte Fáilte Fáilte Fáilte

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9.15 – 9.30 Introduction & Update(Pat Lynch)

9.30 – 10.45 Core: - Quality Management & Reliability(Elizabeth Davis)

10.45- 11.00 Tea/Coffee

11.00 – 13.00 Project: - Sample content ‘Student Design Folder’

(Elizabeth Davis)

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 16.00 Core & Option: - Information & Communication Tech.

(Pat Lynch)

Structure for today

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Changes in T4 Support Service

Martin Cassidy - new ANC (Acting) for Technology

Hugh McLean - new RDO (Acting) for Technology

Liam Murphy appointed E.A.M. within the S.E.C.

Tom Rowan - new ANC for DCG

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T4 support Service - (New Structures)

Regional Organiser: Organises the sessions in their assigned Education Centres, creates the invitations & record attendances. Schools fax back confirmation of attendance to Regional Organiser

Subject Support Person:Offers advice in relation to the particular subject matter, resources, assessment requirements etc.

Regional

Organiser

Subject Support

D.C.G.

Subject Support

Technology

Elizabeth Davis Barney Beasley Elizabeth Davis

Limerick Education Centre:

See t4 web site www.t4.ie for contact details

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Leaving Certificate Technology

• Phase one Sept. 2007 Leaving Certificate Technology- 44 schools

• Phase two Sept. 2008 – 14 schools

Curriculum funding:

All phase two schools must confirm in writing they are offering

Lev. Cert. Technology Sept. 2008 to :

Michelle Kavanagh,

Moderinisation & Policy School Building Unit,

Department Of Education & Science,

Tullamore email:Michelle_Kavanagh@education.gov.ie

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Technology Sample Paper - SEC

The State Exams Commission will issue Sample papers

for the Leaving Certificate Technology terminal exam to schools

by the end of September 2008.

T4 hope to provide resource material to teachers and students

on the underlying principles contained in the questions on the

sample paper.

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Renewal notices issued at the end of May 2008

Letter from T4 issued on 16th June

Updated letter from Dell – September 08

New deadline is 30th September

Options:

• Purchase annual/perpetual license for MS Learning Suite• Look at existing licensing arrangement for MS products – DEIS, VEC agreement, other• Purchase MS Office & Publisher• Word processing freeware

MS Learning Suite - License

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Content for rounds 7, 8 & 9

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3

Round 717 Sept. to14th Oct.

Core: -

Quality Control & Reliability

Project: -

Sample content ‘Student Design Folder’

Core & Option: -

Information and Communication

Technology

Round 811th Nov. to10th Dec.

Option: -

Manufacturing Systems (1)

Core: -

Structures & MechanismsTechnology & Society

Option: -

Applied Control SystemsRobotics

Round 93rd Feb. to10th March

Option: -

Manufacturing Systems (2)

Option: -

Material Technology

Option: -

Applied Control SystemsPneumatics