Training
Teachers – NCTE provides courses and other continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities to support the integration of ICT in the curriculum and help you to develop e-learning in your school. There are no course fees.
See details in the following sections:
• Courses: detailed course descriptions
• Course schedule: what’s on and where
• e-Links: for post primary ICT coordinating teachers.
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Summer Courses 2012
The following summer courses will be available through the education centre network for primary teachers:
- NCTE: Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy
- NCTE: Using the Interactive Whiteboards to support Literacy (Whole School Training only)
Further information about all NCTE summer courses can be found by clicking the orange title above.
NCTE course: Web 2.0 for Learning (Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis)
This course consists of three modules suitable for both primary and post primary teachers who wish to extend their capacity to use a range of Web 2.0 tools in support of learning and teaching in the classroom environment.
NCTE Creating ICT Resources
This new ICT course aims to develop the basic ICT skills many teachers already have and enable them to apply these skills in creating ICT resources for teaching and learning.
The course focuses on literacy, numeracy and special educational needs. The skills learnt and content covered are also applicable to interactive whiteboards.
Course: Getting Started with your Laptop and Digital Projector
This course focuses on the development of basic ICT skills for those with little or no experience of ICT, with the aim of enabling teachers to begin to use ICT in their classrooms independently and pursue other NCTE courses at the Basic level with confidence. The skills learnt and content covered in this course are also applicable to interactive whiteboards. More...
Post Primary Maths Teachers
Are you attending Project Maths CPD? Don’t forget that the NCTE is running complementary courses on ICT and Maths. These are available through your local education centre. See the course schedule for details or contact your local education centre.
Whole School Training
The NCTE funds education centres to provide access to CPD opportunities which can be tailored to your schools’ staff needs and made available in your own school (minimum 10 teachers). This can consist of anything from a standard NCTE course to a less formal support group. Find out more>
Course Evaluation
All course participants must complete an NCTE online evaluation. The feedback from this evaluation helps us monitor and improve our courses, as well as to plan future CPD.
Link to the participant evaluation
