The Great Meccano Exhibition & Schools Challenge

This is a fun event in partnership with Meccano (UK) which is organised and run by he Corlust Meccanno Club. They are inviting 6 primary and 6 post primary schools within the Armagh and Down Area to take part in the challenge on the 17th & 18th of October. There is no entry fee or cost involved to the school.

Genie - a revolution in PIC

If you are thinking about programmable integrated chips (pic) then your mind obviously turns to PIC logicator. However over the last few months New wave concepts have been developing the GENIE system.

Films for learning

Films for learning is a website full of very informative and interesting videos regarding a number of subject areas, including Technology and Design. Check out www.filmsforlearning.org

Soldering a PCB

Solidworks 2009

There have been a number of recent inquiries surrounding c2k updates of Solidworks. The good news is that the wait for SW2009 is nearly over.

SELB Exhibition now online.

If you missed it, despair not! The SELB exhibition is now online. All projects that were displayed in the Marketplace Armagh can be viewed by going to www.clounagh.org. Then click on Technology support and resources, where you will find the picture project gallery containing all the photos.

Technology and Design exhibition

The bi-annual Technology and Design exhibition will be held in the Market Place Armagh on the 12th June and will run through to the 18th July. The theme of this year's exhibition will focus on CAD/CAM products and drawings. As previous we would like a contribution from every school so please bring along something on the HoD day. We really want this exhibition to be a great success and we depend upon your co-operation in achieving this. Should you have any questions about the type of product required please contact myself (Martin) or Averil at Clounagh.

Technology Head of Department Conference ‘Raising Achievement in Technology’.

This year's Technology Head of Department Conference will be held on:

Tuesday 9th June 2009 at the Clounagh Centre 9.30 – 3.30
(Lunch will be available)

The aims of the day are:

• To disseminate and promote good practice in Technology and Design
• To identify opportunities for innovation in the Technology curriculum

Further details will be confirmed on the blog later next week.