A school that is way ahead of a lot of companies

Does your company use blogs, twitter, youtube, moodle, google apps, and google mail?

Ok, I am sure you use some at least. But they are not widely used in companies and most peoples perceptions would be that schools certainly don’t use them. They should be happy to have a few hand-me-down PCs donated by local companies…

Here is an exception – St. Geralds College, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

My brother, Cormac is a Business and ICT Teacher there and is heavily involved in introducing new technologies in the school. He even dragged me into setting up a blog (and I am the one who is in IT!).

What do they use?

• Blogs
  • There is a business blog and an IT blog showing current affairs and topics that are of interest to students
• Twitter
  • What a great way of sending out details of homework
• Their own YouTube channel
• Moodle
• Google Docs and Google Mail

What is the consequence of this type of change we are seeing in school IT?

Your company better be ready to deal with a new wave of graduates who will expect you to provide the same types of tools they are used to using in education.

And they have a nice IT room as well…