Noteflight is a fantastic website and mobile app which allows users to write, store, listen to, print, search, share and collaborate on notated musical compositions right in their browser or on their mobile device. With plans from free to premium the aim of the developers is to provide an easy, accessible tool for budding composers […]
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Looking to add a little excitement to your Science classes? Searching for some lesson plan inspiration to celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of Science Week (November 8th to 15th)? No problem. Apart from the brilliant Science Week website there is a veritable virtual smorgasbord of STEM resources available on the web covering all levels and
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“Open Source”, two little words that when combined offer a world of creativity, communication and problem solving. We all have our go to apps and programmes that we would be lost without but what happens when the cost of the proprietary software you need makes it prohibitive? It’s at that point that most of us
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While technology is transforming the way in which we learn and teach, it is in the area of disability and supporting students with learning challenges that assistive technology has the power to be truly transformative, helping to create a much needed level playing field when it comes to educational achievement. Mobile devices, housing an array
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2011 saw the inaugural iGBL conference led by Dr. Patrick Felicia in Waterford Institute of Technology. Five years on and the Symposium is going from strength to strength with a two day event based at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT) in Dun Laoghaire on Thursday 4th June & Friday 5th June 2015.
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Poor MOOCs, they’ve taken a bit of a beating over the last year with many predicting their failure. The final verdict may be some time coming in, there is a way to go until we can reasonably measure the success or failure of MOOCS to democratize education and bring high quality online learning to the
Thanks to the massive upsurge in MOOCs and VLEs in general, there are now hugely diverse learning options to challenge and engage students at every level and across a growing variety of subjects. Students, teachers and lifelong learners alike have immediate access to a cornucopia of online learning, available with or without certification. All students
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The Learning Revolution Project, an online global network for educators, founded by Steve Hargadon, has recently announced that they will reboot the “Host Your Own Webinar” initiative. Steve is a true pioneer of 21st century learning and is dedicated to empowering educators and students as they reimagine the classroom and their place in it. He
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This year we celebrated five years of the voluntary support and advocacy website Giftedkids.ie. When we began there was little discussion, understanding or crucially teacher training around the issues confronting these students with a high potential for learning. Despite this cohort being identified as having special educational needs in the 1998 Education Act, little had been
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I love technology. It is constantly evolving and offering all of us new opportunities for learning and teaching. I admit that it’s sometimes very difficult to switch off my tech lust button but where possible I try to take a more pragmatic approach, my limited purchasing power dictating. Gadgets, despite their often seductive beauty, are
