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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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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In the summer of 2020 I think I managed to clog up my whole email inbox with mails to myself saying “must watch”, or “must read” or “do this course” as I clambered to get to grips with the new reality of remote teaching and learning…….. Did I ever go back in and even look
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Tick tock! EPV Day Approved Courses must close Friday, August 20th at 5pm so make sure you don’t miss out on securing your EPV days for the coming academic year… Teachers can still avail of seven EPV day approved courses from TeachNet, including three new courses, ‘Development Education in the Primary Classroom’ (With Plan International), ‘ Using Google
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For Summer 2021, TeachNet are offering six EPV day approved online courses, including three new courses, ‘Development Education in the Primary Classroom’ (With Plan International), ‘ Using Google Workspace in the Primary Classroom’ and ‘STEAMing through Dark Skies and Biodiversity’ (With ESERO Ireland and Discover Primary Science and Maths ). For more information please see
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A last call out to potential participants for our three Microsoft blended courses (Virtual face-to-face & online), ‘Minecraft for Education‘, ’21st Century Learning with Office 365′ and ‘DreamSpace Hacking STEM in the Primary Classroom‘. Participate in live Microsoft Teams workshops for 3 days followed by 2 days online in your own time and learn how to
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As educators around the globe prepare to take a well earned rest over the summer months, some are already starting to consider what education and training will look like in a post-inoculation world, which we refer to as AC (After Covid). The past fifteen months has witnessed an increase in the use of digital technologies
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Digital Leaders are a collaborative and innovative team of teachers and special needs assistants working together to assist in the integration of the use of digital technology for teaching, learning, and assessment. Digital Leaders mentor a cohort of staff both in small groups and on an individual basis. They check in regularly with their groups
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Readers of a particular vintage will be familiar with the legendary Basil Faulty line “Don’t mention the war…” and many may subscribe to a similar point of view when I mention phrases like remote teaching, distance learning and online productivity & collaboration tools. Rightly so, we are just out of a second emergency remote learning
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Learning for our students Universal Design for learning is a framework, a mindset, a way of reaching, engaging, and empowering all students. It is defined as a “research-based set of principles to guide the design of learning environments that are accessible and effective for all” (CAST). Before we explore some of the UDL Principles in
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