The terms ‘problem’ and ‘problem-solving’ are used 125 times in the primary school maths curriculum document. However, it’s fair to say that practice within many classrooms can often see much less focus being placed on it than is envisaged within the curriculum.
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Promethean are a company that have been synonymous with the Irish education scene since the advent of the Interactive Whiteboard in the mid-2000s. Promethean’s ‘ActiveInpire’ is a product that has been a staple for many Irish teachers since that time. As technology has advanced, Promethean have moved away from the traditional ‘whiteboard and projector’ model
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Accelerated Reader is an online reading programme that is highly effective at developing a reading culture in your school. Accelerated Reader is a programme that has been developed by Renaissance Learning, There is a repository of quizzes on over 180,000 childrens books on the platform. How does it work? At the start of each term,
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TeachNet is delighted to once again be offering the EPV-day approved summer course ‘Using Google Workspace in the Primary Classroom’. Following on from a successful first iteration in 2021, the course returns with an improved learning experience for the participants. The course could be labelled as a ‘one-stop shop’ when it comes to learning about
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We are approaching the end of the school year, which spells a busy few months for teachers and school leaders. Standardised tests, school tours, end of year reports and planning for next year will leave us all longing for the summer holidays. In this blog post, I am going to look at how you could
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Adobe Spark (now officially known as Adobe Creative Cloud Express) is a video storytelling tool for web browsers and mobile devices. Adobe Spark video allows children to create digital stories – these stories can include text, background music and audio voice overs. This can really make writing accessible to all learners, as it takes the
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Seesaw is a digital portfolio tool which allows pupils to store work in an online space and gain feedback from their teacher. The use of Seesaw has increased dramatically over the past two years, and it was one of the most popular platforms in primary schools during the periods of emergency remote teaching in 2020
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Following on from last week’s insightful post on using ‘Online Assessments with Google Forms’, I considered the many other excellent assessment tools that Google Workspace for Education has to offer. This year, the ‘Digital Learning Plan’ in my school is focusing on moving towards collecting and sharing assessment data through digital means. Google Workspace for
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Much of the narrative around education currently surrounds what children have lost out on and how they have regressed socially/academically as a result of the Covid pandemic. While this is undoubtedly true, I have not noticed a huge drop in children’s reading standards. However, it is writing, and the writing process in particular, where I
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An article published last week by Dr. Gearóid O’Suilleabháin of Munster Technological University on how the education system interacted with emergency remote teaching over the past 18 months really got me thinking about the year ahead. In the article, Dr. O’Suilleabháin challenges the negative narrative that has existed around emergency remote teaching. One of the
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