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Library Trends

Volume 54, Number 2, Fall 2005

E-ISSN: 1559-0682 Print ISSN: 0024-2594

DOI: 10.1353/lib.2006.0019

McInerney, Claire R. (Claire Regina)
Educational Inquiry and Creativity: Developing Digital Resources in Ireland's Information Age Town
Library Trends - Volume 54, Number 2, Fall 2005, pp. 266-285

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Despite cultural and social barriers to technology adoption, the teachers and administrators of schools in the Irish town of Ennis, with help from the Clare County Education Centre, integrated computers, networking, software, Internet, and digital imagery into the schools' curriculum. Success in technology integration has been achieved in primary education due to persistent and innovative efforts on the part of teachers; however, technology integration has not been as deep nor as broad in the secondary-level schools. Students have produced many new learning materials themselves using computer-based tools, the Internet, and other technologies. The barriers, challenges, and achievements of the community described in this case study may have implications for other small communities who wish to use technology for teaching, learning, and curriculum change.


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