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Welcome to Flúirse Education Solutions Summer Course Programme 2008

We are delighted to welcome you to Flúirse Education Solutions' programme of teacher Summer Courses 2008. This largest programme of Online Teacher Summer Courses in Ireland for 2008!
All courses will be available from 9.30am, Tuesday 1st July 2008


 





Available Courses


(DEMO COURSE) Bringing the Future into the Classroom - The Power of Broadband with Web 2.0
Cost: FREE (Demo Course)

This course will ensure participants are up-to-date with the latest internet developments and have a comprehensive understanding of new web trends and technologies such as Podcasting and RSS for use in the classroom.
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(FSC801) Broadband: A Broader Education in the Classroom
Cost: €99.00

On completion of the course, participants will have a wide understanding of the possibilities that high-speed internet access presents and how to best harness broadband access to assist leaning and sharing in the classroom.
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(FSC802) Free Software Solutions for Schools - Where to find them and how to use them!
Cost: €99.00

This course will ensure participants understand the differencs between the different types of free software and enable teachers to access the most appropiate free software for use in the classroom.
On completion, participants will have all the required skills and information to source, download, install and integrate free software solutions into their everyday teaching.
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(FSC803) Resurrecting that Old Classroom Computer at no Cost!
Cost: €99.00

This course is designed to enable participants to take any old classroom computer computer and install the Edbuntu operating system with free educational software for use in the classroom. On completion, participants will have the required skills to refresh their old computers and begin to use them again in everyday classroom teaching.
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(FSC804) Computer Health Check and Security for Computers in the Classroom
Cost: €99.00

This course will enable participants to take control of the security of their school’s computers by clearing and preventing dangerous viruses and Spyware. On completion, participants will have all the required skills to clear any viruses, spyware and malware from their schools computers and to implement an ‘All-School Security Policy’ to ensure that the schools computers do not become infected.
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(FSC805) Hassle Free, Cost Free, School Website Design
Cost: €99.00

This course will enable participants to design, develop and upload their own school website at no cost using NVU, a free web design package. There is no previous experience required and on completion, participants will have a fully functional and live school website.
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(FSC806) OpenOffice, The Free Alternative to Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Cost: €99.00

This course will ensure participants are competent in using the main features of OpenOffice, in particular the word processor, and understand how to utilise the suite for best use in the classroom. On completion, participants will have all the skills and information required to source, download and install OpenOffice provide a free alternative to word, excel and Powerpoint.
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(FSC807) Creating a School DVD using Free Software
Cost: €99.00

Making slick looking DVD’s is no longer just for Hollywood. With this course, we’ll show you how to take any video recording and using free software, create your very own school DVD. The course covers all the essentials in easy to follow step-by-step instructions with clear examples. Watch out Stephen Spielberg!
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(FSC808) Recording Children's Songs and Voices
Cost: €99.00

Children will be delighted when you give them their very own album on CD with recordings of their songs, poems and voices. With this course, you’ll discover that it’s a lot easier than it seems and once again, you can do it all for free. You’ll learn how to record and transfer to a computer, edit your recording and make a CD in simple, easy to follow steps.
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(FSC809) Learn how to use and operate your Digital Camera
Cost: €99.00

A digital camera is one of the most useful and inexpensive educational tools for the classroom. Learning how to make the most of your school’s digital camera can be endlessly rewarding. This course is a practical, no nonsense step-by-step guide to getting the most from even the most basic digital camera without any of the unnecessary technical jargon or complicated tasks.
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(FSC810) Advanced Web Design for Schools and Teachers
Cost: €99.00

In response to overwhelming demand from teachers, this year we’re delighted to include a follow-on to our popular “School Website Design” course. This new course looks at some additional techniques to make that website look professional and improve the overall look and feel…at no additional cost to you or your school!
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(FSC811) Powerpoint Create Clear Classroom Presentations
Cost: €99.00

Learn how to create fun, interesting presentations by formatting fonts, colours, pictures and adding text to slides. Once you’ve completed the course, you’ll be able to easily create clear PowerPoint presentations for your computer, projector or interactive whiteboard.
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(FSC812) Office Introduction to Microsoft Office
Cost: €99.00

Create professional lesson plans, presentations, charts and school newsletters with Microsoft Office. With simple to understand step-by-step guides and examples, this course will help you to understand the various applications of Microsoft Office and their use in the classroom.
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(FSC813) Photography Working with Digital Photographs and images
Cost: €99.00

There’s much more to digital photography than simply taking photographs and this course will give you those additional skills and techniques necessary to take any digital photograph and work with it on your school computer. Go digital now!
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(FSC814) School Blog A School Diary for the 21st Century
Cost: €99.00

A School Blog is a simple website that can be used to log your class or school activities. You can display text, diagrams, pictures, even videos on your school blog. The only limitation is your imagination. This course will show you everything you need to get your school ‘blogging’ to the world.
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(FSC815) Podcasting Get Your School Talking to the World
Cost: €99.00

A podcast is like a pre-recorded radio show made available to others over the Internet, so that you can listen to it whenever you please. A school Podcast can range from a single recorded story which is put onto the school website, to a weekly radio show with music and interviews. This course shows the fun, free and easy way to get Podcasting!
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(FSC851) Intercultural Education in the Primary School
Cost: €99.00

Intercultural education celebrates and recognises the value of diversity in all areas of life and promotes equality and human rights whilst challenging unfair discrimination. This course aims to assist teachers in enhancing the intercultural experience of all pupils whilst creating an inclusive school culture.
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(FSC852) Inclusive Technology in the inclusive classroom
Cost: €99.00

This course gives an insight into the technology, materials and resources available to aid an inclusive school. After completing this course, you will understand the importance of Universal Design and the latest technologies that can be used to encourage whole school inclusive education.
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(FSC853) Multi-Grade Teaching Enhancing the Learning Environment
Cost: €99.00

Get an insight into how to deal with the challenges that teaching a multi-grade class can bring and learn how best to organise the curriculum for the class. This course gives an overview of software and hardware available to assist in developing the most effective teaching – learning strategy.
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(FSC854) Management Skills and the Principal
Cost: €99.00

The overall aim of this course is to introduce principals (and any other teachers interested in management development) to management skills to help them learn and build the capabilities needed to become more effective in their professional (and personal) lives.
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(FSC855) Educational Management An Introduction
Cost: €99.00

This course introduces the learner to educational management with a view to helping improve the learner’s professional capability by critically reflecting on one’s own practice through the perspective of the course content.
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