A number of schools in the North West have hosted by a cross-border visit by principals and ICT co-ordinators from Donegal.
Principals and key staff from St Cecilia’s College, St Columb’s College and St Mary’s College in Derry, as well as Holy Cross College in Strabane provided an overview of their schools and curriculum context.
The aim of the visit, organised by the Western Education and Library Board’s (WELB) Curriculum Advisory and Support Service (CASS) in partnership with Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB), was to assess how schools in the WELB are using ICT to support teaching and learning and how teachers integrate ICT into their own teaching practice.
The trip was coordinated by Anne-Marie Poynor WELB CASS officer who highlighted the positives of sharing good practice.
She said: “There is great potential in strengthening these links with our cross border colleagues to advance all areas in the curriculum. We look forward to exploring new avenues with our counterparts in Donegal.”
The visit, advised Donegal ETB’s Chief Executive Officer Shaun Purcell, “was an opportunity to see, at first-hand, the practicalities of incorporating ICT into learning and teaching, how these techniques can further enhance education in the classroom and how the education experience can be extended to the home.”
