Every year, Educate Together organise a conference for its principals and we get to meet and learn from each other. It’s always a brilliant conference and one of the best sessions, this year, was when three principals spoke about a certain aspect of their school. One of these principals has done something amazing. Fintan McCutcheon, […]
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There has been mixed reaction in the UK to the announcement that Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) is to beclosed down by November as part of the new Government’s public spending cuts. There has been speculation about this for weeks, ever since Becta was singled out as one of the many quangos that
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Avatars are very much in vogue at this season. I have been using an an avatar generator called VOKI recently, having seen it’s use mentioned in this Teachers TV video. After login, the user takes three steps to creating a voki: 1. choose an avatar from a variety of human and animal forms, customise it
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There has been a wonderful sharing of resources in relation to the use of game-making software on the MirandaNet network this week. This is an area that I have some experience in and I would like to share my thoughts and some links on useful tools. Game-making software provides a wonderful tool for young people
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In this latest podcast, Michael Hallissy speaks with Robert O’Leary, Principal of Sacred Heart SNS, Killinarden. Robert has been to the fore in integrating ICT across the primary curriculum for many years, and he has written and lectured widely on the subject while also developing a range of educational digital content for Irish schools. Robert’s
Firefly is a simple web-browser for children that has a number of interesting safety features. First of all the browser by default opens at the www.luciboo.com website. This is a portal website specially designed for younger children. The site currently has 4 categories of links, Research, Homework Help, Arts & Crafts and Games & Fun.
Digital Cre8or is a new and exciting course where both teachers and pupils can learn all about creating and sharing digital media. The Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology has setup Digital Cre8or Ireland as a not for profit organisation that offers the British Computer Society’s Digital Cre8or award to teachers and
Following on the great success of our courses last summer, we are busy working on a range of new courses for primary teachers. We are delighted to announce that the TeachNet CPD to run 12 courses this summer. All of our courses are written “by teachers, for teachers”, include interactive modules, make use of videos
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In this latest podcast, Michael Hallissy speaks with Will Richardson, co-founder of ‘Powerful Learning Practices’ and author of ‘Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms’, to talk about the power of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom. Formerly a teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in New Jersey, Will is now
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Many of us have large collections of digital images on our computers and maybe we don’t often view or share them. I did a webinar on sharing digital images forhttp://4cinitiative.com and for anyone wanting to know more about how to share images the full webinar is on the site and lasts 45 minutes. A brief
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