Engineers Week 2023 starts this Saturday, March 4th and runs until March 10th. Now in its 17th year, STEPS Engineers Week provides students with the opportunity to discover engineering, facilitated by their teachers, parents and local community. A weeklong festival of events to celebrate the world of engineering in Ireland. with primary and secondary students, […]
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The SFI-funded WEAVE Project is an exciting two-year collaboration between Dublin City University (DCU), SETU Carlow, the Professional Development Services for Teachers in Ireland (PDST), and Arizona State University (ASU). Over the last two years, the WEAVE Project has worked with teachers and students from nine primary schools across the Dublin and Carlow regions. The
In the latest episode in our reboot of the TeachNet Podcast series, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Cyril Drury, Data Protection Advisor at The Joint Managerial Body (JMB), to talk about the ever-increasing amount of data that schools process and how schools can ensure this data is used ethically. With a new Digital Strategy
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I’m told by two reliable sources here at home that Tik Tok and Snap Chat are where it’s at for Gen Z (And probably Gen Alpha too I imagine) and indeed that (To quote a past student) “Facebook is for Grannies”🤔Whilst the latter might spark some serious debate, I’m entirely accepting of the fact that
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A year back I posted Microsoft Teams – Your Ever-evolving Digital Classroom which charted, what I thought were the most useful updates to MS Teams for students and teachers over the previous 12 months and with 2023 fast approaching, I’m going to revisit Microsoft’s ubiquitous digital learning hub to run the rule over the new
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 27:07 | Recorded on November 11, 2022 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher In the second episode in our reboot of the TeachNet Podcast series, Pat Brennan is joined by Amanda Jolliffe, DreamSpace Lead at Microsoft Ireland, to talk about Microsoft’s immersive and innovative learning space, which recently marked its 4th anniversary. During the conversation,
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 25.11 | Recorded on October 17, 2022 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher In the inaugural episode in our reboot of the TeachNet Podcast series, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Donal O’Reilly, Post-primary Deputy Director of the Centre for School Leadership to discuss all things blended learning. The focus of the conversation is very
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Those of you who are long time followers of the TeachNet Learning blog may recall in the early years, our Learning Podcast Series, where we regularly spoke with educators at home and abroad about the big-ticket items (and issues) of the time in the world of ICTs in Education. The graphic (Of its time) below
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Keeping tabs on the plethora of themed education weeks happening this time of year is no easy feat, we’ve got Space, Maths, EU Code, Science, HourofCode and more, respective weeks all scheduled between now and Christmas but just in case you hadn’t enough to be getting on with…new to the academic calendar for 2022 is
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One of the many interesting events taking place nationwide as part of Maths Week 2022 (October 15 -23) is I’m a Mathematician Get me out of here! a student-led STEM enrichment activity where school students (Age 10 -18) connect with mathematicians through online real-time text-based chats. Here they can ask any maths questions they like
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