Before you go saying, “sure my class woudl be too young,” then read about the Montessori kids who use it here.“These courses are funded by the NCTE and are a joint collaboration between Lero and CESI (the Computer Education Society of Ireland http://www.cesi.ie/). The courses will be tutored mainly by teacher practitioners and are open to both primary and post-primary teachers.
The course will take place over two Saturdays:
October 1st and October 15th (Cork dates are October 1st and 22nd).
The first Saturday will be devoted to getting you up and running; the second will be “show and tell”, troubleshooting and a workshop on setting up local support for each other.
Call to register today at your local education centre
:Limerick: 061-585060 Ext 3 (October 1st and Oct 15th)
Tralee: 066-7195000 (October 1st and Oct 15th)
Dublin West: 01-4528000 (October 1st and Oct 15th)
Carrick-on-Shannon: 071-9620383 (October 1st and Oct 15th)
Sligo: 071-9138700 (October 1st and Oct 15th)
Waterford: 051-311000 (October 1st and Oct 15th)
Cork: 021-4255600 (October 1st and Oct 22nd)
All courses start at 9:30am and finish at 3:30pmMore info on the course is available online at http://www.scratch.ie/content/scratch-courses-teachers“
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Michelle Moloney King 
Yo Yo you Michelle
Thanks for that info, but what is edchatie? Is it a radio or TV programme bearing in mind we can't get RTE here in the Isle of Man.
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Yo Xaiver,
Well it is great to get both sides of the ICT world. You should check out #edchatie on Mondays at 8.30, teachers or those interested in educaiton gather to talk about education.
Onwards
Michelle
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You have written a most informative post and if I had any interest in educational software like this your article would definitely entice me to check it out.If I had my way I would abolish all use of computers in schools. Children already spend far too much time in iPods, Ipads, X-Boxes, cell phones, FaceBook etc and was is lacking in schools is the old fashioned way of learning and interacting without the need for an electronic screen. I actually developed Maths Software to teach the basics of Primary School Maths and I initially created the software so that my own children would master what they needed regardless of the teachers they had. As a result Each of my children excels at maths and it has never been a problem. I tried marketing the product to schools here but because it was not gimmicky enough and lacked the bells and whistles associated with most commercial software it just did not sell. I am telling you this so you realise that my initial remarks about computer software come from someone who knows something about it and I am not just ranting and raving for the sake of it LOL!
Reading your blog post does me a power of good and sets me up for the day so keep them coming girl!
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