Win an iPad 2 Competition - Presentation

The prize winner was an Ursuline Sligo student, Amanda McLoughlin. We presented the prize at her school on Monday 19 December. Keith did the presentation and I took the photos for the ITSligo Facebook page. I sent text for a press release to Sinead for publication.

Open Day iPad Competition

The IT Sligo 2011 Open Day took place on 24 November.

The Information Systems Department ran a competition  / draw for an Apple iPad 2. Approximately 150 students entered the competition.

Each student filled out an application form and answered six questions. The idea was that the students would have to speak to people at the stands to get the answers. The objective of the competition was to

• Capture students interest
• capture students details
• Get them to talk to us!

The winner will be announced on the IT Sligo Facebook page week starting 12 December. The prize will be presented at the winner's school by Keith McManus. All the students who entered the competition will be contacted by the college. The Career Guidance teachers will also be contacted.

If the competition - or similar - is to be run again
- more than one prize (lesser ones will do)
- ask for block capitals on form
- wider range of questions - could link with other departments?

Mentoring Meeting

26 October 2011 Mentoring meeting with First Year Lecturers.

Agreed to set up survey for 1st year students using Polldaddy. The objective of the survey is to collect as much information as possible with a view to spotting students in difficulty.

Another purpose is to provide some kind of baseline data about students for use in the future.

The survey will be run during class time as this is likely to get the highest number of responses.

Galway Careers Fair

25 October - Galway Careers Fair

Attended Careers Fair in Galway with Dara McGoldrick. Large attendance. Good interest in IT Sligo. Not much awareness of, or interest in, Computing courses.

Students were very aware of Childcare / Social  Care / Leisure / etc.

Scratch - The Early Weeks

Week 1: 17 October 11
Started learning about Scratch programming language. Made contact with Clare McInerney from Lero.