Big Box Adventures Nationwide Launches
Sponsored by Samsung
The Educational Company of Ireland would like to invite you and all your staff to attend the launch of Big Box Adventures, A New English Language Programme from The Educational Company of Ireland, fully integrating ICT.
Big Box Adventures is an exciting, new and original Programme, available from Junior Infants to 2nd class. The programme from 3rd to 6th class will be published in 2013. It has been written specifically for the Irish market in order to meet the needs of Primary school teachers and pupils, and focuses on the development of literacy and language skills.
Big Box Adventures comes with a full range of teacher’s support material and an evolving bank of exciting online activities, written specifically for each element of the programme.
Be in with a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 is the perfect fit for the classroom. It provides a fun and exciting way to read ebooks online; view online digital content (supports Adobe flash); play video clips and download thousands of educational apps from Google Play (android apps market). Plus, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 supports a full Irish language option... “Go hiontach”
We will have samples of our Big Box Adventures Programme on the night as well as a draw to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 – kindly sponsored by Samsung.
Don’t miss our www.edcodigital.ie and Big Box Adventures Digital Demonstrations, and make sure to chat to our digital expert and take away a sample CD-ROM of the resources to try in class.
LAUNCH AGENDA
| Edco 2012 | Start time | Big Box Adventure National Roadshows |
| Date | Time | Venue |
| Tuesday 27th March | 7.15pm | Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal |
| Thursday 29th March | 7.15pm | Radisson Hotel, Stillorgan, Co Dublin |
| Tuesday 17th April | 7.15pm | Woodlands Hotel, Co Waterford |
| Wednesday 18th April | 7.15pm | Rochestown Park Hotel, Douglas, Co Cork |
| Thursday 19th April | 7.15pm | The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown Co Dublin |
| Tuesday 24th April | 7.15pm | The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co Dublin |
| Wednesday 25th April | 7.15pm | Kilmore Hotel, Cavan, Co Cavan |
| Thursday 26th April | 7.15pm | Castletroy Park Hotel, Castletroy, Limerick |
| Tuesday 1st May | 7.15pm | Salthill Hotel, Salthill, Galway |
| Wednesday 2nd May | 7.15pm | Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise, Co Laois |
| Thursday 3rd May | 7.15pm | Ardboyne Hotel, Navan, Co Meath |
| Tuesday 8th May | 3-7pm | Hotel Kilkenny, Kilkenny |
| Wednesday 9th May | 3-7pm | Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge Co Kildare |
| Thursday 10th May | 3-7pm | Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary |
| Tuesday 15th May | 3-7pm | Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar Co Westmeath |
| Thurs 17th May | 3-7pm | Park Way Hotel, Dunmanway, Co Cork |
| Tuesday 22nd May | 3-7pm | Longford Arms Hotel, Longford |
| Tuesday 22nd May | 2.30-6.30 | Carlton Hotel, Tralee, Co Kerry |
Launch Schedule
| 7.15pm: Register and view Big Box Adventures and our Digital Demonstrations | 3-7pm: Drop in at any time to browse books and chat to the Edco team |
| 7.45–8.30pm: Big Box Adventures author presentation and prize draw | 4-4.30pm: Short presenatation of the Big Box Adventures Series |
| 8.30pm: Refreshments and opportunity to browse the exhibition stands and chat to the Big Box Adventures authors and our local representatives | 4.30-7pm: Browse the exhibition and prize draw |