Project Blogger
Encyclopedia
Project Blogger is an educational initiative in Ireland
by Discover Science & Engineering
(DSE). It provides blogging tools and an online space for secondary school
students and their teachers to create blogs about their school science
experiments and science interests.
Through the blog
s, the students can share their experiences about science with their classmates, as well as with students from other schools across Ireland
.
The scheme was piloted in the 2007-08 academic year and was extended the following year.
DSE has also teamed up with Scifest for students to use Project Blogger in their SciFest projects. The students use their online science diaries to store ongoing project results, images, ideas, graphs, video and discussions.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
by Discover Science & Engineering
Discover Science & Engineering
Discover Science & Engineering is an Irish Government initiative that aims to increase interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics among students, teachers and members of the public in Ireland....
(DSE). It provides blogging tools and an online space for secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
students and their teachers to create blogs about their school science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
experiments and science interests.
Through the blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
s, the students can share their experiences about science with their classmates, as well as with students from other schools across Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
The scheme was piloted in the 2007-08 academic year and was extended the following year.
DSE has also teamed up with Scifest for students to use Project Blogger in their SciFest projects. The students use their online science diaries to store ongoing project results, images, ideas, graphs, video and discussions.
External links
- SciFest – official website of SciFest
- Discover-Science.ie – official website of Discover Science & Engineering (DSE)