EU Code Week is upon us once more and this year runs from the 9th to the 24th October. EU Code Week is a grassroots initiative co-ordinated by the European Commission that focuses on boosting computational thinking, coding and related digital skills of young people, as well as training for teachers. Commissioner Thierry Breton has
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A new self-reflection online tool to support teachers to further develop their digital competence was launched on October 5th, World Teachers’ Day. SELFIEforTEACHERS has been designed by the European Commission working with experts from across Europe. The tool gives primary and secondary teachers an opportunity to reflect on how they are using digital tools and
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One of the positive legacies which the Covid-19 pandemic has left, is the increased use of digital technologies to provide focused feedback to students. Prior to the successive lockdowns, the use of digital technologies when it came to feedback was relatively unheard of. Now all that has changed. Many schools have embraced digital tools in
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Next week Exertis Ireland in association with Microsoft and Lenovo are hosting two live webinars, one for Primary schools on Wednesday October 6th @ 3pm and one for Post-primary schools on Thursday October 7th @ 4pm. These live sessions are designed specifically for school leaders and teachers interested in discovering how Microsoft technologies can support
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For Autumn 2021, TeachNet are offering three online courses, to help you and your school achieve effective integration of digital learning into teaching, learning and assesment. Autumn special offer, Buy One €69 Course and Get a Second Course Free. Simply, choose one course and get a second free, for you or a colleague/friend Office 365 for
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Educational Change Having experience in a range of educational settings for almost two decades including preschool, outdoor education, primary teaching, secondary teaching and further education, I have witnessed changes in pedagogical practice throughout; from traditional teaching structures to collaborative practices in innovative learning environments. This followed by Covid has led me to reflect on what
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OneNote is one of the most useful applications for the enhancement of the teaching and learning of Maths. There are so many functions on the application that can be used by both teachers and students. Once you start using the OneNote application for maths you will not look back! Outlined below are some of the
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The Dream Space team have just embarked on a new digital venture, Ireland’s Future is MINE. This is a joint initiative between Dream Space and RTÉjr using Minecraft: Education Edition as an educational tool to engage school communities in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. If they can dream it, they can build
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(inspired by the Sunscreen Song by Baz Lurhman and Mary Schmich article) Ladies and gentlemen of the class of 2022 Use WordPress. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, WordPress would be it The long-term benefits of WordPress have been proved by SEO’s Whereas the rest of my advice has no
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An article published last week by Dr. Gearóid O’Suilleabháin of Munster Technological University on how the education system interacted with emergency remote teaching over the past 18 months really got me thinking about the year ahead. In the article, Dr. O’Suilleabháin challenges the negative narrative that has existed around emergency remote teaching. One of the
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