There’s a lot going on in Ireland today – including a historic referendum. There’s also no shortage of excitement at the Excited Digital Learning Festival in Dublin Castle. Registration opens at 6 this evening, with keynotes and panel discussions beginning at 7, and there’s a day-long programme of events tomorrow. There’s a live stream available here. Watch […]
Ciaran Cannon TD is our guest on today’s podcast, Fine Gael TD and former Minister of State for Training and Skills, he is the founder of the EXCITED Digital Learning Festival which will run from May 21st to 23rd in Dublin Castle. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 27:11; 16MB; MP3. The […]
The BBC has announced a major project, developed in pioneering partnership with over 25 organisations, which aims to give a million “personal coding devices” free to every child in year 7 across the UK (corresponding to first year of secondary school in Ireland). Still in development, the device has been nicknamed the ‘Micro Bit’, though the name may […]
The global Hour of Code event, run by Code.org is scheduled to take place on December 8th. As a platinum supporter of the global initiative Microsoft is taking a leading role in Ireland to help drive awareness of the campaign and to create as many opportunities as possible for people – young and old – to get […]
