The findings of a report, ‘Incidental Inspections 2010′, published on the 23rd November 2010 by the Inspectorate of the DES on the outcomes of unannounced inspections in primary schools in the last year” found that over 80% of lessons were satisfactory or better. However, over 14% of English and mathematics lessons were unsatisfactory. They also […]
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The Storyline Online website, a literacy development initiative from the Screen Actors Guild of America, is a collection of short stories narrated on screen by actors (some of whom each of you will recognise, depending on your era!). The stories take between 5 and 10 minutes each to tell, and feature animations and images from
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Last week was Science Week in Ireland and I decided to try out another Twitter project for schools. For those of you who may have missed the previous Twitter projects that I did with Irish primary schools, the idea behind them was to investigate whether Twitter could be used to support the Primary School Curriculum
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Further to the recent post on ‘History and Web 2.0 tools’ I wanted to inform people of the excellent iWalk MP3 recordings which are available for Dublin and Cork. Fáilte Ireland in conjunction with Dublin City Council and Cork City Council have created a number of podcasts on different historical topics for both cities which
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In a break from our usual monthly podcast schedule, Michael Hallissy speaks with Neil Bruton of the LINK Research Centre in DCU to highlight their new exciting education webinar initiative, ‘Techspectations’. Techspectations follows on from the very successful 4C Initiative seminar series in 2010 and continues to offer free online seminars for educators on using
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Cartoon Story Maker 1.1 is a lovely piece of free software used to create 2D cartoons. Children can import an unlimited number of ready made backgrounds called frames or use their own e.g. the school, the yard. The cartoons/stories are great to encourage children’s language skills. They can be used for any target language.
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www.ncad.ie Do you ever consider how creative your lessons are or what you could do to promote creativity in the classroom? In this podcast Michael Hallissy speaks with Gary Granville of NCAD about the importance of the creative process and its place in the curriculum. During the discussion Gary outlines his definition of creativity and
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Adrienne Webb on the RTE News It’s great to hear that the cheques have gone out to post primary schools for ICT. Each school is getting a base grant of €1,700 and a payment of €63.45 per student. DEIS schools will receive a higher basic grant of €2,550 and for the first time, fee paying
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A compilation of projects using Web 2.0 applications in the classroom has been published by independent ICT consultant Terry Freedman. The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book features primary and secondary uses of Web 2.0 submitted by ICT teachers across the UK. It includes sections on benefits, challenges and tips on how to implement the applications.
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Everyone seems to be agreed that teacher professional development is essential if teachers are to successfully integrate ICT into their classroom teaching. Here is an interesting publication from Education Weekthat highlights a number of interesting projects and ideas associated with 21st century learning. Though some may contest the notion of 21st century teaching and learning
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