Junior Spiders Blog
The winners have been announced!
December 11th, 2009
1. Best concept
sponsored by HB
Post Primary School
Ask the 4th years Presentation Secondary School, Ballyphehane, Cork
2. Best Online content
sponsored by HB
Primary School
Larriers St. Laurence O’Toole’s CBS, Dublin 1
Post Primary School
Castletroy – Art Blog Casteltroy College, Newtown, Limerick
3. Best website design & functionality
sponsored by Intel
Primary School
St Eithnes St. Eithnes, Edenmore, Dublin 5
Post Primary School
Dan Wants Tech Daniel Flynn, Dunshaughlin Community College, Meath
4. Best educational website
sponsored by CJ Fallon
Primary School
St. Cronans St. Cronan’s BNS, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Post Primary School
Filming the Poem Moyle Park College, Clondalkin, Dublin
5. An suíomh no spas ar an idirlíon is fearr as Gaeilge
sponsored by Foras na Gaeilge
Primary School
An Feileacán Gaelscoil na Rithe, Dunshaughlin, Meath
Post Primary School
Cailnz Aisling Ni Dhonaill, St. Vincents Secondary School, Dundalk
7. Best web application
sponsored by Microsoft
The Colourblind Web Application by Sutton Park School
8. Watch Your Space
sponsored by NCTE
You Tube usage and abusage by Rockbrook Park and Clonkeen College
Power to MC Awards
December 10th, 2009
Writer and Presenter of ‘The Café’ – Aidan Power is to take the helm at this Friday’s awards. Unfortunately Des is unable to attend due to family circumstances. Fortunately Aidan is going to be great fun and all the winners will get an opportunity to get their photo taken with him!!
Check him out here
News just in… Ireland’s best comedian to host the awards
October 7th, 2009
All of this year’s winners will get to meet Des Bishop. He will be hosting the awards in Dublin on December 18th.
Check him out on www.desbishop.com
Léim Thart (Jump Around) tá Des ag teacht
Get your entry in for your chance to meet him. ENTRIES CLOSE IN 4 WEEKS !!
Get your new website hosted here with Scoilnet!
September 15th, 2009
The Scoilnet webhosting-blogging service provides both a website hosting and a blogging service for Primary and Post Primary schools. The Scoilnet blogging service allows schools to easily develop a school website or school blog and host it for free on the schools broadband network. The blogging service supports different types of content, including text, images, audio, including podcasts and video clips.
Both the blogging and webhosting service are currently available to schools via the NCTE Service Desk, so schools who contact the Service Desk will receive information on how to get webhosting and blogging up and running. NCTE are still in the process of improving our processes and documentation and we’re also developing a Scoilnet Blogging CPD training course for schools which will be available to teachers. During this period the service is in ‘beta’ or ‘trial’.
Schools wishing to apply for Scoilnet webhosting-blogging service should:
1. First go to https://onlinenames.scoilnet.ie/ to obtain an ‘Online Name’. A letter was sent to your school principal with login access details in May 2008. If you do not have these login access details you may contact the NCTE Service Desk at 1800 33 44 66, and they will assist you.
2. School Principals are required to sign the Webhosting Application Form as part of the application process. This form is available from the NCTE Service Desk. Schools should then return the signed application form to the NCTE Service Desk.
3. Applications forms will be processed by the NCTE Service Desk and where forms are successfully completed, login details for the webhosting-blogging service will be sent to the school, along with other relevant information.
For further information regarding this service, schools should contact the NCTE Service Desk at 1800 33 44 66 or servicedesk@ncte.ie.
Download the Junior Spiders poster here
September 1st, 2009
Hi there,
Now you can download our new poster.
Simply click here and download it.
It looks best when you print it in full colour.
If you have any problems contact the spider team,
Orla
Follow an eircom Junior Spider Awards participant
August 25th, 2009
Hi Conor here again,
Ok so you want more than a bebo page can offer you.
There are lots of “free” website makers out there. Here are a few to check out. Always check the terms and conditions and read the F.A.Q’s for more info www.webs.com www.sites.google.com www.moonfruit.com (my favourite) There are tons more but these are ones I have checked out.
With the free versions of these site makers there is nothing to stop you getting stuck in and having your website up and running in a matter of hours.
The pros:
Free, easy to use, no credit card needed, fun to do
The cons:
Limited storage space, your website is hard to find on google,
No domain name (e.g www.yoursite,com) it would be more like
yoursite.webs.com etc.
Follow an eircom Junior Spider Awards participant
July 31st, 2009
Conor here,
Have you ever wanted to design your own website, whether it be for a local club, your own interests or just to express your thoughts to the world! Well it’s a lot easier than you think! Lots of people would lead you to believe that it costs thousands of euro to do but it is actually quite cheap and even free if you know where to look!
Lots of us have bebo pages which are extremely easy to make and this is a good starting point. It can work as a simple but effective website as a fan club etc. The limitations of these websites are that you can only have one page and there are ads on the page!
To make a simple page on bebo you must have an email first.
There are lots of free email accounts you can use all you have to do is google them. www.bebo.com
You can also try your hand at making you own skin to suit your webpage. http://www.bebo.com/c/skin/tutorial
Ill be updating my blog with more tips and tricks soon. Watch this space!
Conor
Open for entries from Thursday 28th May
April 23rd, 2009
For the first time in Ireland, the search begins in schools nationwide for Ireland’s most talented and innovative users of the Internet with the launch of the eircom Junior Spider Awards.
Seeking entries from students in primary and post primary schools in the Republic and Northern Ireland, this unique competition will recognise successful and clever ways in which students use the web to benefit their local school communities. It will also provide a benchmark of excellence and best practice in the use of the Internet in education in schools on both sides of the border.
Connect with eircom Junior Spiders on Facebook
April 20th, 2009
eircom Junior Spiders has just opened a new page in Facebook. Please join us to receive regular updates in the progress of the project and support this new exciting idea. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Connect with us here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Junior-Spider-Awards/72835312904?ref=ts
