The following points provide a
snapshot of activities within the school.
Curriculum
S1/2 - one period per week - now to
cover both S1 and S2. Classes use PCs using the following applications; Keybytes
(combined practical/theory software), Appleworks and now we are in a position to
add in work on email and the internet.
S3-S6
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A range of courses at standard
grade/higher still include the use of ICT -
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Business Studies courses
(Administration, Accounting and Finance) use Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint,
email and internet software packages as part of the curriculum
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Computing courses use
Appleworks, Unicomal, MS Office, email and internet.
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Tehcnical - use Autocad as
their base software for courses.
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Almost all other departments
use ICT as part of their courses by using a range of CD roms to enhance
learning and teaching.
Further uses of ICT:
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Guidance/Personal and Social
Education - use of PlanIt and Progress and other online careers web sites to
ensure that pupils are given as much information as possible when making
option choices.
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Library - 10 computers - 5 PCs
on the network.
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Other technologies such as
scanners, digital cameras, digital video, multimedia projectors are used by
a number of departments within the school.
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Around 80 PCs are available
within the school for pupil use, a further 15 being used in administration.
Laptops are also available for whole school use.
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PiSYS - monitoring, tracking
and reporting system has recently been set up within the school with a view
to this facility being added into SAC network.
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