One of the buzz words to catch my attention over the summer months is that of Coursera (http://www.coursera.com), a company founded by two professors from Stanford University with the intention of making available online courses and content from universities across the world to anyone who wishes to access them – for free. Perhaps the most […]
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is in my view an excellent body to be affiliated to. As an international organisation it has many benefits for teachers. To quote from the website www.iste.org, ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving learning and teaching by advancing the
For the first time in 35 years I didn’t join the morning commute to school on the opening day of the new academic year as I had taken “Early Retirement” a month before the summer holidays began! I now find myself on the outside of the school railings, no longer a participant in the educational
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Before the Summer, I received an email from my sister-in-law in Australia, entitled “Maeve in Daycare”. She included a link to a Tumblr account and a password. When I visited the site, I was thrilled to see pictures and videos of my 11 month niece, painting, playing with blocks and dancing to her favourite songs.
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As you may know the Department of Edcucation launched the Active School Flag in 2009 to promote physical activity within schools and their communities. There are a number of steps that primary or secondary schools have to follow to recieve the flag and these can be found on their website. At the moment my own
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Last year Damien Mulley announced that he was ending the Irish Blog Awards just in time for me to pluck up the confidence to enter Anseo.net so I was delighted when I heard that my friends in the KLCK Bloggers’ Network decided to take it on. The Blog Awards Ireland will be happening later this
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Google is releasing a new online project that will give users the ability to virtually explore historical sites around the world. The World Wonders Project is probably best described as a multimedia encyclopedia of 132 historic and notable sites across five continents. The project assembles Google Streetview imagery, Google Earth 3D buildings, UNESCO World Heritage
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It’s that time of year again when teachers are starting to write report cards. Schools and teachers have the added pressure this year to meet the reporting requirements identified in the Department of Education and Skills, Circular 0056/2011. The NCCA has yet again has come to the rescue. They have already created in my opinion
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Screenr (http://www.screenr.com) is a free web-based tool for creating short (limited to 5 minutes in length) screencasts (video recording of a computer screen that can be accompanied by audio narration). There is no software to install on your computer (you may be asked to allow a Java applet to run however) which means it can
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Our school uses 3P Learning’s Mathletics, an online subscription based Mathematics programme purchased through CJ Fallon with fifth and sixth classes. During the Easter holidays, I received an invitation to register for a free trial of their latest product – Reading Eggspress. Reading Eggspress is also an online subscription based literacy programme for pupils aged