#2 ‘If You Can Dream It…’ Podcast

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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Nov 14 2022

‘Bored’ of your view in Outlook?

By Ashley Stephens

Make outlook work for you with ‘Board View’… Do you have a pile of post its or to do lists which never see the light of day? Organise your important items in one place, in one window on screen – your calendars, to do lists, sticky notes, links, files, and even reminders! Think of board

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Nov 10 2022

Promethean ActivPanels – The ‘New’ IWB

By Eoghan O'Neill

Promethean are a company that have been synonymous with the Irish education scene since the advent of the Interactive Whiteboard in the mid-2000s. Promethean’s ‘ActiveInpire’ is a product that has been a staple for many Irish teachers since that time. As technology has advanced, Promethean have moved away from the traditional ‘whiteboard and projector’ model

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Nov 7 2022

SDGs and digital storytelling

By Frances O'Donnell

Cop27 – are we aware of the need for urgency? As educators in a digitally connected world, what can we do to play our part?

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Oct 27 2022

The Questions Concerning Technology

By John Heffernan

Many readers of a certain age and academic level, would have read articles by the late David Jonassen about Computers as Mindtools where if my memory serves me right, computers are tools to think with. Dear reader, confession time, it is not something that I have done too often since my Masters. However, recently on

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Oct 24 2022

Implementing the “Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027”

By Evin Devenney

The new Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published earlier this year by the Department of Education. It aims to build on previous strategies and support schools in implementing and maintaining digital technologies to help support teaching and learning for students and enrich the learning experience. The strategy sets out objectives under three respective

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Oct 20 2022

#1 Blended Learning & The Flipped Classroom Podcast

By Pat Brennan

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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Oct 17 2022

Microsoft One Note

By Lydia Burke

Microsoft One Note has become one of my favourite classroom tools, from the simple tasks of not needing to run to the office for new whiteboard markers to the difficult tasks of differentiating a lesson and here’s why: OneNote for windows 10 at first glance: One Note lends itself to the classroom in many ways;

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Oct 13 2022

Guess Who’s (Well more what’s) Back?

By Pat Brennan

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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Oct 10 2022

Irish teenagers significantly below EU average in using digital technology for learning

By Paul Munroe

Just over a week ago the Educational Research Centre (ERC) published a new report, “Digital Technologies in Education: Ireland in International Context”. This report highlighted that Irish teens are “significantly inferior” to students of similar age in other countries when it comes to using digital technology to learn. This report tracked trends in data collected

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