A few months back, I published a post on the Teachnet Learning Blog entitled ‘Wordclouds in Education’, which focused primarily on Wordle. Recently a new wordcloud application has emerged, called Tagxedo. The range of options available in Tagxedo for customisation is very impressive and it has expanded upon the capabilities of wordcloud generators that have […]
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Every year I look for something in art that is fun, has little clean up and incorporates ICT. For the last two years I have used the artist Paul Klee as a starting point. The art lesson involves looking and responding to the work of Paul Klee who he said that when he was drawing,
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The Drumcondra Interactive Whiteboards also known as Cláir Bhána Idirgníomhacha website http://www.cbiproject.net should be the first port of call for Irish teachers and schools researching for purchasing information or classroom resources for use on an interactive whiteboard. The website was setup in 2006 to support three primary, three post-primary schools, a special education school
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Earlier this week we posted some research by Judith Harris on the challenges facing schools in relation to ICT Integration. Now you have an opportunity to listen to how one Dublin primary school started out on the journey to integrate ICT into the fabric of the school. Ann McMurrough, class teacher in St. Martin de
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As a new school year dawns many teachers will return to their classroom to find some new piece of technology in their room, if they are lucky! This might entail a new interactive whiteboard or a laptop computer + digital projector installed in their room. This scenario should be occurring in many schools, as all
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Younger learners are sometimes forgotten as I look at ideas for this blog. With this in mind I have two web resources that should appeal to pupils in Junior classes. Moshi Monster is an adopt a “monster” concept. Pupils get to choose their own monster from a selection of six cute critters. Then they are
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In this podcast TeachNet’s John Hurley speaks with Jason Ohler on the topic of digital storytelling. Jason prefers the term new media narrative and stresses the need for students to be able “to write what you can read”, particularly in a digital world. Jason stresses the need for teachers to have fun with their students
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I was browsing the Microsoft Education website the other day and came across Songsmith – which is a very clever application that will develop a soundtrack to accompany a singer’s voice. Songsmith will allow the composer to choose from thirty different musical styles from Rock, Hip Hop, Dance, Techno, Jazz and Blues. Users can download
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I have been a teacher for 30 years, and have both attended and presented many CPD events (known as “courses” in the olden days!). Most of these have been devised and presented to teachers, who attend, participate to various degrees, evaluate, and leave. Evaluations almost always highlight that people like learning what other teachers are
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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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