Time for show and tell as teachers embrace classroom technology

THE Innovation world has been a whirlwind of change over the past few years, with cloud computing becoming standard, smartphones dominating and tablet devices coming into their own.

Touchscreen innovation was in no short supply. The iPod touch made an entrance with a twist: a group of teachers was given a workshop by the third-class pupils from Ransboro National School in Sligo, who tapped, swiped and pinched their way through apps that showed these educators how to navigate, type and even use Google Docs to get work done online.