Last week I had the pleasure of attending the BETT show in London. This has now become an annual pilgrimage to view what is new in the world of technology and education. At first glance this year’s show didn’t appear very different from other years but when you went under the surface there were some […]
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Every teacher has accumulated a number of websites that they use every day for teaching different topics. At the moment I’m teaching the pupils about money. Three great websites that I find very useful to teach money in the primary setting are: This is an award winning game for primary school pupils to learn all
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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
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A couple of months ago, I decided to try and make a mobile phone app for my school. Apps are considered quite the fashion accessory and most well-known companies have their own app to showcase their products. For a school, I thought it would be a good idea to be able to give parents the
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Microsoft Mouse Mischief is a free program that integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. It lets you insert questions, voting polls and drawing activities into a PowerPoint presentation. Microsoft Mouse Mischief allows pupils to engage with PowerPoint presentations that are related to the lesson being taught. Pupils use their own wireless
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Big Marker is a new free service for conducting online conferences. Having given it a look over on a friend’s recommendation, Big Marker looks like a great option for conducting online tutoring sessions, brainstorming sessions, and other online presentations. Big Marker allows you to create your choice of a private or a public online meeting
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Primary Games Arena is a website I came across in September when looking for games that would help my Junior Infant class with their mouse control skills. It has subsequently become one of our most visited websites in the class. It is operated by Primary Technology which is a UK based company that provides ICT
Back in the autumn of 2009 I was researching webinar software with a view to running a pilot series for Giftedkids.ie. As a small voluntary group we had very little by way of budget and our target audience of parents and teachers were geographically spread. There was no way that we could afford to run
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There is no doubting that Literacy and Numeracy in Education has been placed at centre stage in recent of months. This drive for improvement in standards is here to stay and yet I as a teacher am not sure where to begin. Circular 0056/2011 describes the initial steps to be taken by schools from January
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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
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