St Columb's College

Staff from St. Columbs CollegeThe college launched an award winning programme to make teachers more confident with technology in the classroom to ensure that lessons would incorporate exciting digital, audio and image literacy.  This meant that pupils would have improved ICT skills which in the future would benefit the economy and employers who would have access to a highly skilled workforce.

The school’s ICT team designed ‘Skill. Support. Collaborate. Celebrate.’, a learning programme which would be responsive to interest, need and supportive of innovation.

The learning programme has helped many staff overcome their fear of teaching through ICT.  The impact on pupil performance is significant.  Above all, teachers have found the courage to take risks with traditional teaching styles by successfully integrating ICT.