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Interview with Adrienne Webb Chairperson of the Computer Education Society of Ireland.www.cesi.ie In our latest podcast Michael Hallissy is joined by Adrienne Webb, Chairperson of the Computer Education Society of Ireland, for her annual TeachNet podcast recording, this time ahead of their 2012 Annual Conference “TEACHnology: merging teaching and technology in schools”. Adrienne talks about […]

Interview with Mary Colclough of CRANN (The Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices), Trinity College In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy is joined by Mary Colclough of CRANN, the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices in Trinity College, to talk about their new educational package for secondary science classrooms. The

In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Joan Henderson of Sólas, an educational charity based in Northern Ireland, to talk about a powerful new podcasting service they recently developed for primary and secondary students both North & South. School podcast is a new safe web facility which allows children to plan, research

Interview with primary teacher & blogger Joanne Gilmartin In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Joanne Gilmartin teacher at Leckaun National School, Co. Leitrim, to talk about the power of blogging in the primary classroom. Joanne is one of the guest contributors in the recently published Enhancing Literacy and Numeracy with ICTs publication

Interview with Michael Hallissy & Eamon Codd In our latest podcast, host Clifford Brown is joined by Michael Hallissy of TeachNet and teacher Eamon Codd to talk about Tmail, TeachNet’s free email & online tools for teachers and schools, powered by Windows Live. During this short podcast Michael explains the rationale behind the services whilst

Interview with co-founders James Corbett & Margaret Keane In our latest podcast, Michael Hallissy is joined by James Corbett and Margaret Keane, co-founders of Mission V, to talk about their cutting edge iniative, specialising in the use of game-based learning and virtual worlds technology with primary school pupils. MissionV is a cloud based virtual world

Interview with Michael Hallissy & John Hurley of TeachNet Ireland www.teachnet.ie With the summer course season nearly upon us for 2011, host Clifford Brown is joined by Michael Hallissy & John Hurley of TeachNet Ireland, to talk about TeachNet’s expanding online summer course programme. For Summer 2011, TeachNet are offering 17 EPV day approved CPD

In our latest podcast, Michael Hallissy is joined by Margaret Keane founder of GiftedKids.ie to talk about this excellent support website she has been developing since 2008 for parents and educators of “gifted” children in Ireland. GiftedKids.ie hosts a broad range of resources for parents, teachers and children, including a very popular online community forum

​ In this latest podcast, Michael Hallissy is joined again by Robbie O’Leary, Principal of Sacred Heart SNS, Killinarden, to talk about his new book ‘ICTs in the Primary School – Teaching and learning for the 21st century’, co-authored with colleague John O’Mahony. Divided into two sections, section one provides a range of practical advice

In our latest Podcast TeachNet’s John Hurley is joined by Adrienne Webb, Chairperson of the Computer Education Society of Ireland, ahead of their 2011 Annual Conference “ICT in Education – Changing Landscapes”. Adrienne talks about the history of the voluntary organisation that has been championing the cause of ICT integration in education since 1973, details