Also at the cluster meeting, I demonstrated how a stylish web site can be created quickly and easily using Rapid Weaver.

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Teaching through film is helping Ireland’s children learn key skills in communication, teamwork, problem solving and critical thinking, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin. The Government’s FÍS film project has proved such a success that all of Ireland’s 3,500 primary schools will soon be using film right across the teaching curriculum.

Apple technology is at the centre of this unique education project. “The three watch words for FÍS are simplicity, connectivity and creativity”, says Creative Director Ciarán McCormack. “Apple gets ticks in all three boxes. The hardware and the software are so intuitive that teachers and children can just get on with what the project is all about — making and using films to learn”.

Schools have found that FÍS delivers a wide range of benefits, some of them quite unexpected. Collaborative skills, articulacy, decision making and creativity are all developed using film, many schools have indicated.

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