Well done to all who have passed all seven ECDL exams in TY this year.
You will receive your ECDL Certificate when you return to school in September.
If you have any questions on ECDL, just send an email to mrhannon [at] geralds [dot] ie
Enjoy the summer holidays!
All students in First Year should complete the following online survey.
Click here to complete the questionnaire.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service started by Jack Dorsey in 2006. It enables users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets.
Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them.
This video may explain it better:
Who uses Twitter?
The Los Angeles Fire Department used Twitter during the California wildfires in October 2007. NASA have used it to update the public on its various space missions. Barack Obama used it extensively during his campaign and celebrities are now using it such as Stephen Fry.
Unfortunately Twitter is blocked in schools by the NCTE but do visit the sgcbusiness.com Twitter page .
We now have our own YouTube channel.
I have uploaded some videos to the blog for ECDL Module 1 and on using your Google Apps account.
You can access the channel here or click on the YouTube logo in the right column.
As part of the upcoming Module 1 ECDL exam, you will need to know the different types of computer software and how an Operating System is different to other computer applications.
The following Youtube video explains Computer Software in Plain English.
Information and Communications Technology
The final ECDL exam this year for Mr. Hannon’s class is Module 1 – Basic Concepts of Information Technology.
The module 1 exam in ECDL is a theory based exam and will test your knowledge of ICT terms and theory.
I have uploaded two Mind Maps that will help you prepare for the Module 1 exam. You should download and print these mind maps.
As always, the Teach-ICT website has some excellent resources for ECDL. Test your knowledge of Module 1 by doing their Revision Quiz.
If you see a black car with the Google logo in Ireland in the next few months, give a wave. This is the Google car used to capture images for Google Maps’ Street View.
Street View is Google’s online, interactive, panoramic street level photographic mapping system that is part of Google Maps.
The street car is now in Ireland taking images of Irish streets in five cities: Dublin, Cork, Limerick , Galway and Waterford. Google hope to have these cities on Street View within the next few months.
Street View has received a lot of media attention recently in the UK due to concerns over privacy. According to Google, their technology blurs out both faces and registration plates and people can also report details on Street View that are inappropriate.
So how useful is Google Maps’ Street View?
Tourists can use it to check a city they intend visiting, auctioneers could use it to sell houses and businesses are already using Google Maps on their websites to show their location. We use Google Maps on our school website.
See what cities and towns are currently available in Street View.
The following Youtube video shows the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, receiving the 9 millionth ECDL Skills Card. Now all he has to do is pass all 7 exams to get his ECDL Certificate!
Well done to the West Coast Racers team who are now through to the final of the F1 in Schools Competition.
Find out more about West Coast Racers and the F1 in Schools competition.
The next exam for Mr. Hannon’s ECDL class is scheduled for Thursday April 2nd in the Computer Room. This exam is on Module 5 – Database.
As discussed in class today, a database is simply a file that stores information or data. We actually use databases every day on the web e.g., searching for the book you want on Amazon, looking for a used car on Carzone. All businesses and organisations maintain a database of their employees and customers e.g., we have a database here in the school of all students.
You should divide Module 5 into four sections:
Use your CD and Syllabus as always to prepare for the exam and you should also look at the videos for Module 5 on Teach-ICT.com
