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24 September
Can Ireland Rebrand Itself In Knowledge Economy Battle?
Fostering A Winning Mentality.
by
SoftwareGuru
The answer to whether Ireland can rebrand
itself in the global knowledge economy battle lies squarely with
those in charge of forming IT policy in education.
Teachers must face up to their own shortcomings in relation
to how IT is used within Ireland's education system as discussed
in detail over at
anseo.net.
Once upon a time manufacturing jobs at companies such as Fruit
of the Loom existed in Ireland. Today not only do those jobs not
exist, jobs at technology companies such as Dell are going
and Intel jobs in Ireland are at high risk too.
Fostering an enjoyment of learning and entrepreneurship is
what's needed, neither of which is convincingly achieved
through the current
Leaving Cert points system.
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, our banks had to
be bailed out by the taxpayer fairly recently so as a nation, we
can't be that clever... are we?
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The Talent is Here.
The headline over at Silicon Republic, "Irish
F1 team wins global knowledge economy battle" suggests that
there may be hope for us yet.
If the lack of foreign languages generally and lack of qualified
teachers available to teach honours maths is addressed, those two
issues would go a long way to giving the next generation of
graduates a huge boost.
If innovation does indeed come naturally to Irish people, it
should not be too difficult for the government to sort out the
financial crisis that the country has been engulfed with for
months now.
There is the real risk that Ireland does not itself innovate.
Instead, we merely host the temporary success of other non-Irish companies
who will move elsewhere as soon as it becomes more profitable to
do so.
The town of Shannon with its airport has often been synonymous
with the idea of a stopover before going on to your final
destination.
Ireland as a country would do well not to become the national
equivalent during the early years of the digital era.
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Teachers Need Leadership.
In the Irish education industry, an environment of sharing ideas
and IT techniques must be fostered among teachers.
Ambitious teachers should not feel that they are doing their
career a disservice by helping other teachers to perform better
in a 21st century digital system.
Adequate computer and IT training for teachers must be made
possible and done in such a way so that the teacher can use a
computer to help the children learn - not just to handle certain
tasks.
The IDA can market Ireland any way it likes but the teachers in
every school in the country know the truth about innovation.
There must be more substance to the master plan than providing
Interactive Whiteboards and expecting last century teaching
habits and ideology to suddenly evolve.
Ireland has the opportunity now to become a force in the
world of online services. It must grasp that
opportunity with both hands and in doing so, convince Irish
companies to invest in achieving their own success.
The challenge we face is to avoid becoming a temporary stopover
while other nations invest in their own talent with a view to
conquering the online markets.
The first step is to let go of our underdog mentality and
believe that we're good enough to be the best.
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