TeachNet had a post in the recent past detailing the merits of Symbaloo for web bookmarking i.e. creating and sharing collections of web resources using ‘webmixes’. Since then the Symbaloo team have created a suite dedicated to education available at SymbalooEDU with added features to create personalised lessons for students. Symbaloo Lesson Plans can be used to ‘create a gaming-style virtual […]
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Earlier this year, Microsoft launched a new website for their Educator Community with many new additions and features for educators around the world to enjoy and exploit. It is accessible at www.education.microsoft.com and offers teachers a wealth of resources and features including courses, classroom resources, lesson plans, options to connect with other educators and to connect your
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Sometimes to just give a description of a task or project to students is not enough. It sometimes fails to inform students how to produce a product that we as teachers will credit as successfully meeting the task’s requirements or our expectations. But we cannot leave the blame entirely at our students’ feet. Often the
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Pixar Animation Studios and Khan Academy – an online classroom that provides free mini-tutorials and in-browser activities – have teamed up to create an online course to introduce all animator enthusiasts, both young and old, to the world of animation. The course, made up of a series of lessons is called Pixar in a Box. The lessons show the coding, maths, art,
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Have you signed your student up to LearnStorm yet? LearnStorm is the new name for the Mathslete Challenge open to students in Ireland, Chicago, Idaho and the Bay Area. The competition is open to students in 4th class right up to 5th year nationwide in primary and post-primary schools. Students are asked to commit a
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Symbaloo- A web application to organise collections of websites It is always very satisfying to find a new piece of software that executes a simple idea well. Last year I found Symabloo and it has been a great addition to my work with students and colleagues. Symbaloo is a web application that allows you to organise all your
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As you know this week is Maths Week and a chance to promote maths across the school and for students to have some fun along the way. Why not start by putting your school on the map by registering on the Maths Week website? To see what is happening near your school check out www.mathsweek.ie/2015/events. The list includes events for adults
What is Office Mix? Office Mix is a very exciting addition to PowerPoint allowing teachers to make lessons interactive and to gather feedback and data from students. It is really easy to use and makes the idea of blended learning or flipping the classroom far more realistic for teachers. Mix is a free add-in for PowerPoint 2013 and
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What is Canva and why should teachers use it? Canva is an online tool for designing infographics, collages, flyers, and slides. It’s free and there is no need to download any software to your iPad, tablet, PC or laptop to use it. Canva is a web application, which means you use it in your web browser. Students
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