C2K Resources

C2K gives every teacher and pupil in Northern Ireland schools access to three platforms which can be used for a variety of synchronous (live) and asynchronous (recorded) lessons. More information about how each can be used to meet the needs of your context can be found in the short videos below. More detailed support and guidance on the platforms can be found in the C2K media library.

C2K Newsdesk and EA-Too Much Too Young

Opportunities for Primary schools to take part in a range of activities led through stories by local authors.

Local Irish children's authors have created a series of unfinished short stories for our 9 - 12 year-olds under the theme of Too Much Too Young. These stories will each tackle a problematic life issue that children may have had to deal with at a young age - such as difficulty making friends, bullying, lack of self-confidence and coming to terms with autism.

Each of the short stories will end with the central character having to decide on what course of action to take to improve or resolve their situation - and that's where our pupils and their teachers take over.

Every story will be accompanied by a wide range of different discussion, writing and creative activities that the pupils can take part in during class or through online platforms such as Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams or Seesaw.

The first story in this series will be launched on the Newsdesk on World Book Day. Keeping Mum is set in Derry and is written by author, journalist and broadcaster Dominic Kearney. It features a young girl who has become carer for her mother.

We are sure pupils will find the tales engaging, relatable, moving, thought-provoking - and at times humorous - and will provide teachers with an opportunity to use these specially written short stories as a springboard for inspiring Literacy, PDMU and creative work.

C2K platforms for online learning

For more information about how schools have used C2K platforms for learning and teaching, please visit the Case Studies and the C2K Showcase Webinars.

C2K Media Library

The C2K Media library is a secure digital video platform developed by Planet eStream specifically for C2K schools. It was designed by C2K not only to provide a safe environment where pupils can search for video content but also to facilitate collaborative learning and sharing of content across schools.

It contains thousands of videos which are categorised according to the target audience. These videos have been created by teachers and others education professionals

Whilst both staff and pupils have access to search for and view content, only staff can upload content.

Staff can opt to keep their content visible only to themselves, share across their own school only or share with all schools in C2K. Teachers not only upload tutorials specifically for their own class but many also willingly share across their own school or with all schools.

There are also numerous videos to support staff professional development and many of these have been recorded in schools by teachers willing to share their experience in key areas of teaching and learning

Learning opportunities can be extended by adding further resources to complement video recordings and this content can be curated to support a planned lesson. These collections are known as lesson plans. Videos can also be easily added to a playlist and shared this way also via a url link or embed code.

Content can be viewed within the media library or shared for use elsewhere either via a weblink, embed code or QR code. Whilst embed code will allow for your video to be accessed externally, a weblink or QR code will direct the user to access your video from within the media library.