This is a very short blog – but an important one relating to digital learning. With many AI-generated resources and educational applications on the market, it can become overwhelming to keep up with them all! But, this blog goes back to basics – something I (and many other teachers) have been using for years to […]
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In this ‘Brave New (AI-powered) World’ we now inhabit it’s impossible to drown out the ever increasing hyperbole depicting GenAI as the ultimate panacea for ever conceivable woe. As each new iteration of ChatGPT (Or whatever chatbot, you’re having yourself) arrives, accompanied by fanfare and we hear catchphrases like, ‘Digital Transformation’, ‘Future Skills’ and ‘New
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What could we apply in schools? Background On September 30th the Irish Department of Education and Youth published 3 working papers from the OECD and the Knowledge Centre for Education, based in the University of Stavanger in Norway, on the Impact of Digital Technologies on Students’ Learning. The Department commissioned the OECD to carry out
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I ask the same question at the start of nearly every AI teachier training session I facilitate: “How many of you are using AI regularly in your teaching practice?” The response is nearly always the same: teachers looking around the room, waiting for someone else to raise their hand first. Maybe two or three hands
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I have always been a bit of a hoarder when it comes to links. Thinking back to the early Web 2.0 days, I wondered how many training sessions I delivered on social bookmarking. For younger readers, social bookmarking was the use of online services that allowed users to add, annotate, edit, and share bookmarks. I
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In this episode, Dr Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Pauline Rooney and Dr Claire McAvinia from the Centre for Academic Practice at Trinity College Dublin. The conversation opens with Pauline outlining the Centre’s core purpose and its mission
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The world runs on multimedia. Whether it’s an explainer video for your class, a clip to share an outcome or testimonial, or a piece to raise awareness of a great cause, we are all working with video footage at some point. Have you ever been gutted that you just captured a great video only to
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Teaching history can be challenging but making it come alive and keeping the children interested are two very important approaches and methodologies all teachers loke to use. Imagine instead of just reading through a textbook you could chat with real historical characters like Benjamin Franklin, Leif Erickson, St Patrick or someone who lived through the
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If your school is like most in Ireland, you’ve probably got a significant number of computers still running Windows 10. and probably with very few issues as the OS has been a reliable workhorse for years at the chalkface so the adage of ‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it’, would seemingly apply here in
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As a secondary school teacher, I’m always looking for ways to make maths more engaging—and less intimidating—for my students. Artificial Intelligence can transform teaching and learning for the better – we just need to use it in the right way! Recently, I’ve started using Canva AI in my lessons, and it’s been a brilliant addition
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