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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

In our latest TeachNet podcast Michael Hallissy interviews Professor Chris Dede on the background to the recent US Education Technology Plan, ‘Transforming American Education, Learning Powered by Technology’.  Chris was a member of the Technical Working Group that developed the plan and he provides a fascinating insight into the content of the plan and the

In our latest podcast Michael Hallissy speaks with Enda Donlon, Lecturer at Mater Dei Institute & Webmaster of the Computer Education Society of Ireland about the concept of online educational publishing and in particular and the growing popularity of free web-based Content Management Systems (CMSs). During the discussion Enda outlines what he sees as the

In a break from our usual monthly podcast schedule, Michael Hallissy speaks with Neil Bruton of the LINK Research Centre in DCU to highlight their new exciting education webinar initiative, ‘Techspectations’. Techspectations follows on from the very successful 4C Initiative seminar series in 2010 and continues to offer free online seminars for educators on using

www.ncad.ie Do you ever consider how creative your lessons are or what you could do to promote creativity in the classroom? In this podcast Michael Hallissy speaks with Gary Granville of NCAD about the importance of the creative process and its place in the curriculum. During the discussion Gary outlines his definition of creativity and

Copyright is an issue all teachers are concerned with when using the Internet and particularly when they come to downloading content such as images, music and video.  In this podcast TeachNet’s Michael Hallissy speaks with Samantha Holman, Executive Director of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency on issues such as copyright law, plagiarism and Creative Commons.

Earlier this week we posted some research by Judith Harris on the challenges facing schools in relation to ICT Integration. Now you have an opportunity to listen to how one Dublin primary school started out on the journey to integrate ICT into the fabric of the school.  Ann McMurrough, class teacher in St. Martin de

In this podcast TeachNet’s John Hurley speaks with Jason Ohler on the topic of digital storytelling.  Jason prefers the term new media narrative and stresses the need for students to be able “to write what you can read”, particularly in a digital world.  Jason stresses the need for teachers to have fun with their students