Using DV to create Online Digital Book Reviews

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2782–2789

This paper outlines and describes the results of a pilot study, which was conducted to explore the effectiveness of an online book review project. It focused on the production of book reviews by primary school children in the form of digital video....

Sharing Classroom Practices: A Scalable, Sustainable Model of Teacher Professional Development for Learning in the 21st Century

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1788–1794

Building on the success at Dunshaughlin Community College, a scalable and sustainable model of professional development for teachers was developed at the district level. The model was rooted in a Peer Coaching programme developed by the authors,...

Key Elements of a Sustainable Framework for Teacher Professional Learning

Margaret Leahy; Deirdre Butler

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1355–1360

This paper provides an overview of the key elements of a job-embedded sustainable framework for teacher professional learning in Ireland that supports teachers as they move from a very traditional instructional environment to one that begins to...

Topics: Workforce Education, Technology Leadership

The TeachNet Ireland Project as a Model of Professional Development for Teachers

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2377–2383

This paper reports on a pilot study of the Teachnet Ireland Project as a model of professional development for teachers. As such it seeks to describe and explain how teachers interpretations and constructions of digital teaching and learning...

Topics: Professional Development, Teachers

Moving Towards Innovation: The development of a sustainable framework for teacher professional development

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3985–3992

The Worldwide Innovative Schools Program (ISP) is a Microsoft Partners in Learning initiative that seeks to support teachers around the world as they transform traditional schools into providers of innovative learning experiences that prepare...

21st Century Learning Rubrics: A Catalyst Towards School-Level Innovation

Margaret Leahy; Deirdre Butler

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2566–2571

This paper outlines how within the constraints of an exam-based system, the development of a sustainable framework for teacher professional development enabled teachers at Dunshaughlin Community College to build a collective focus on a more...

Examining the Artifacts of Classroom Practice: 21st Century Learning Rubrics for Teacher Professional Development

Linda Shear; Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1957–1958

Although stated goals for 21st century teaching and learning have become commonplace around the world, teachers rarely have access to specific guidance on what exactly this means and how to do it in their classrooms. This interactive symposium...

Examining the Artifacts of Classroom Practice: 21st Century Learning Rubrics for Teacher Professional Development

Linda Shear; Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1959–1963

Although stated goals for 21st century teaching and learning have become commonplace around the world, teachers rarely have access to specific guidance on what exactly this means and how to do it in their classrooms. This interactive symposium...

Using Digital Video to Create Online Book Reviews

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Ciarán Mc Cormack

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 80–99

This paper describes the results of a pilot study conducted in Ireland to examine the effectiveness of an online book review project. The project focused on the production of book reviews by primary school children in the form of digital video. The...

Topics: Educational Technology, Children, Literacy, Classrooms, English Language Arts, Video

Introducing Computational Thinking to Primary School Classrooms in Ireland: A Constructionist Approach

Margaret Leahy; Deirdre Butler; Deirdre McQuaid; Róisín Ryan; Francis Tormey

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1198–1207

The introduction of computational thinking (CT) at primary level is an area of research still in its infancy and in critical need of further research. Adopting a constructionist perspective, the research reported in this paper explores how CT can be ...

Topics: mathematics education, Science Education, Early Childhood Education

Different Strokes for Different Folks: Scaling a Blended Model of Teacher Professional Learning

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Michael Hallissy; Mark Brown

Interactive Technology and Smart Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (2017) pp. 230–245

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe an innovative model of teacher professional learning that has evolved over a decade (2006 to 2016). Design/methodology/approach: Working in a range of different school contexts, in conjunction with...

Towards the Development of a new Digital Strategy for Schools in Ireland

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Gerry Shiel; Jude Cosgrove

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1334–1341

In Ireland, the Department of Education and Skills is currently in the process of preparing a Digital Strategy for Schools. As part of this process, a census of ICT in primary, post-primary and special schools in Ireland was carried on behalf of the ...

Topics: Schools, Workforce Education, Technology Leadership

Impact of pre-service teachers’ gaming behaviours on their confidence and competence in applying game-based learning approaches: Implications for Teacher Educators

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Hsiao-Ping Hsu; Denis Moynihan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 1664–1671

Despite the increased popularity of Game-based Learning (GBL), there is still a lack of empirical evidence supporting GBL as an approach and the need for ongoing research is widely advocated (Hainey et al., 2016). In particular, the area of teacher...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Digital Games & Simulations

Smart Partnerships to Increase Equity in Education

Margaret Leahy; Niki Davis; Cathy Lewin; Amina Charania; Hasniza Nordin; Davor Orlic; Deirdre Butler; Olatz Lopez-Fernadez

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 84–98

This exploratory analysis of smart partnerships identifies the risk of increasing the digital divide with the deployment of data analytics. Smart partnerships in education appear to include a process of evolution into a synergy of strategic and...

EDUsummIT Symposium SITE 2020 - Learners and learning contexts: New alignments for the digital age

Miri Shonfeld; Gerald Knezek; Louise Starkey; Rhonda Christensen; Carolyn Y Ng; Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Peter Twinning; Michael Phillips; Melda Yildiz

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 981–984

The International Summit on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education (EDUsummIT) is a global community of researchers, educational practitioners, and policy makers who discuss goals and challenges for ICT in education. EDUsummIT...

Topics: Technology Policy and Practice

Education Systems in the Digital Age: The Need for Alignment

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Peter Twining; Ben Akoh; Yousra Chtouki; Sara Farshadnia; Kanda Moore; Roumen Nikolov; Carlos Pascual; Barbara Sherman; Teemu Valtonen

Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 473–494

The focus of Thematic Working Group 1 at EDUsummIT 2017 centred on the need for alignment in education systems and was driven by two key questions relating to (a) if and how all the parts of an education system work together to support the type of...

Part 1: Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age – Implications for Teacher Education

Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Alona Forkosh Baruch; Vadim Grinshkun; Sergey Grigoryev; Miri Shonfeld; Anneke Smits; Danah Henrikson; Michael Henderson; Alexander Uvarov; Mike Philips; Mary Webb; Dale Niederhauser; Punya Mishra; Margaret Leahy; Deirdre Butler; Allard Strijker

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1075–1079

The International Summit on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education (EDUsummIT) met in Borovets, Bulgaria in September 2017 This community of 80 leading scholars, policy makers and educators discussed the theme Rethinking...

Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation