The Irish School Internet Awards

Since 1996 the eircom Golden Spider Awards have honoured Irish individuals and organisations for their outstanding achievements online and celebrated the successes of the Irish internet and digital media.

The eircom Junior Spider Awards were established in 2009 as a parallel programme for students at primary and post primary school level. The idea was originated by Business & Finance, working closely with main sponsors eircom.

 
Padraig Corkery, eircom, Carol McAllister, C2K, David Curtin, IEDR, Paul Phelan, Intel and Anne White, NCTE with students Nathaniel, Clonkeen College and Anna, The Harold meet a mexican red knee tarantula

The aim of these awards is to:

• acknowledge the innovation amongst web creators in schools.
• provide an exciting programme that will encourage teachers/students to further develop their technology skills in web design.
• encourage the use of the internet to teach subjects on our curriculum.
• act as a catalyst for those students who wish to pursue a career in this sector by providing access to influential business executives.

NCTE is a partner of the Awards.

Categories include: Best School Blog, Best Web Design and the Grand Prix – sponsored by NCTE. The Grand Prix winner is the overall winner in any age group, taken from the category winners.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Friday 17th December.

The closing date for entries is Friday 5th November 2010.

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eircom Junior Spiders 2010 School Poster (click to download - PDF)