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Using Copilot Teach for Planning & Assessment in Irish Classrooms

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Copilot Teach—built into the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and Microsoft Teams for Education—offers Irish teachers a powerful, time‑saving way to plan, differentiate, and assess learning. Designed specifically for educators, it provides AI‑generated lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and study materials that can be adapted to your curriculum needs. Aligning to the Irish Specification One of the […]

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CESICON Redux

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CESICON is back, baby. Like the halcyon days of Anglo Irish Bank during the Celtic Tiger, CESICON – the conference of Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) – saw a return to the old days, with a large attendance on Saturday 28th February at Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh in Limerick City. Like the old days, there

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The 5 P’s of Effective AI Use: A Practical Framework for Teachers and Students

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At this point, I have delivered AI training to thousands of teachers across Ireland and, increasingly, to students. Through seminars, workshops, conferences, and school visits, I’ve seen every level of engagement with these tools, from complete scepticism to uncritical enthusiasm. Both extremes miss the point. There are many frameworks for using AI effectively. The Department

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Meso Brings AI‑Driven Curriculum Planning to Classrooms in Ireland and Beyond

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Meso, an education technology spin‑out from the ADAPT Centre for AI‑Driven Digital Content Technology at Trinity College Dublin, is starting a rollout of its AI‑powered curriculum planning platform across Irish schools and into international markets. Paperwork, planning, and assessment take up a lot of teaching time. Meso is set on changing that. Backed by €500,000

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We Once Questioned the TV — Now Students Must Question the Internet, AI and More

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Following on from Internet Safety Day, many teachers continue important conversations about staying safe online. While topics such as passwords, privacy and online behaviour are essential, there is another skill that is becoming just as important for our students: learning how to recognise fake or misleading information online. In a digital world filled with eye-catching

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Exploring NotebookLM

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With the ever increasing use of AI in education, it can be difficult to know which AI tool to use for differentiated learning in classrooms. In recent weeks, I have been exploring Notebook LM, which has helped to incorporate the aspects of Universal Design of Learning (UDL) in the classroom. NotebookLM is a powerful tool

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#27 A Podcast about a Podcast

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In the latest edition of the TeachNet podcast, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming, co-hosts of the hugely popular ‘Ai in Education Podcast’ series from Australia, which was recently featured in Not Another Post about GenAI (Or Is It?) . The conversation begins with how their long-running series has evolved since 2019, shifting from early technical AI discussions to today’s focus on real classroom stories and practical insights that teachers can use.

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