Beyond the Robot: FIRST LEGO League from a Teacher’s Perspective

Illustrated cover of the FIRST LEGO League Explore: BIOGLOW Teacher Guide for Ireland, featuring a colourful woodland and pond scene with plants and wildlife

The benefits, challenges and lessons learned from bringing FIRST LEGO League into the primary classroom. With the launch of the new FIRST LEGO League (FLL) season at Dublin City University today, schools across Ireland are preparing for another year of creativity, problem-solving and innovation. Having experienced FLL in my own classroom, I wanted to share

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Oct 19 2026

Pick a Number Between One and Ten: The Best Short AI Lesson I Know.

By Patrick Hickey

Before you read on, pick a number between one and ten. Don’t think about it. Just pick one and hold on to it. This week a graph popped up in my social media feed. Someone had asked AI chatbots to pick a random number between one and ten, over and over again. If the answers

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AI-generated TeachNet banner illustrating Copilot Notebooks as a Microsoft 365 classroom workspace grounded in teacher-selected resources. Image created with Microsoft Copilot.

Oct 15 2026

Copilot Notebooks: A New AI Workspace for Teachers

By Pat Brennan

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock these past few years, you’ll have already noticed the growing omnipresence of AI-powered tools in both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Take NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebooks) for instance, a hugely powerful and immensely popular tool with Irish teachers, particularly in Workspace schools. And whilst Copilot Notebooks, a similar

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Screenshot of the Gapminder world data visualisation showing global development trends using an interactive bubble chart. Image source: Gapminder.

Oct 12 2026

Pictures worth a thousand data points

By John Heffernan

Recently, while working on a report with some international educators, we had some very fruitful conversations about student data and its visualisation. In my Irish teaching career, I don’t have many memories of delving into large student datasets, while my time in an American high school brings back memories of department chair meetings where every

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Oct 8 2026

#34 DALI4US: Data Literacy for Upper Primary Podcast

By TeachNet Admin

In the latest edition of the TeachNet Podcast, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Dr, Deirdre Butler and John Hurley to discuss the Erasmus+ funded DALI4US project, an EU project exploring how data literacy can be introduced meaningfully to students in upper primary school.

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Teachers collaborating in a professional learning workshop on AI in education, using laptops, notebooks and research materials in a modern classroom. Image generated with Microsoft Copilot.

Oct 5 2026

Generative AI and Classroom Practice – What is the story?

By Michael Hallissy

Preamble I have spent the past few months engaged in a number of research activities associated with the use of AI in schools and in further education and training (FET) contexts in Ireland and across the EU. This work has consisted of research on AI uses in Irish schools with UNESCO and through H2’s involvement

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Oct 1 2026

Take a Look at the Updated Scoilnet Maps World Viewer

By Paul Munroe

The Scoilnet Maps World Viewer has had a fairly big update, with new maps, data layers, and tools for teachers and students to try out.The viewer has been developed by Scoilnet in partnership with Esri Ireland. There is quite a lot that could be used in the classroom, particularly when covering topics such as cities,

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Microsoft Loop interface showcasing a collaborative project workspace with shared documents, tasks, and team discussions.

Sep 28 2026

Getting Organised with Microsoft Loop

By Frances O'Donnell

Microsoft Loop has become my go-to workspace (I was always a fan of Notion – and I find Loop is a work based version). Loop is part of the Microsoft suite – so unlike Notion, it is safe for me to use with work related content. In short, it has solved the folder upon folder

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Promotional banner for Experience CS teacher training, October 2, with Raspberry Pi Foundation and partner logos.

Sep 24 2026

Join the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in Athlone for Free Experience CS Training October 2nd

By Pat Brennan

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is inviting primary and post-primary educators to a free hands-on Experience CS workshop in Athlone this October. Developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in collaboration with Google DeepMind, Experience CS is a free cross-curricular educational programme designed to help all teachers, regardless of their background in computing, bring creative and engaging

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Sep 21 2026

Latest AI Features of Edpuzzle

By Patrick Hickey (Primary)

While exploring the Teachnet blog recently, I came across several articles on Edpuzzle, from the power of video in the classroom to integration with Google Classroom. For many years, Edpuzzle’s unique selling point was making any video interactive. I first explored Edpuzzle when I tried to break down the different stages of the Mass for

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