Recently, while working on a report with some international educators, we had some very fruitful conversations about student data and its visualisation. In my Irish teaching career, I don’t have many memories of delving into large student datasets, while my time in an American high school brings back memories of department chair meetings where every
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Microsoft Loop has become my go-to workspace (I was always a fan of Notion – and I find Loop is a work based version). Loop is part of the Microsoft suite – so unlike Notion, it is safe for me to use with work related content. In short, it has solved the folder upon folder
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Children are engaging with the digital world from an increasingly young age. They are learning, communicating, gaming, creating and sharing online every day. As pupils approach the transition to post-primary school, developing the knowledge, skills and confidence to navigate this world safely and responsibly is more important than ever. Switched On, a new digital citizenship
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Wait, it cannot be September already? As I perused the pre-summer blog posts to check what my previous blog post entry was, I realised there was quite a run of AI posts in a row, so I decided to go to one of my favourite topics: podcasts. The summer tends to see me increase the
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This post comes from reflecting on my last year as a doctorate student. It has been a year that has taught me more about learning in times of GenAI, and while my context is a doctorate student, I think the lessons are relevant to any older or adult student navigating study and assignments. My main
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Recently, ISTE + ASCD partnered with the Google for Education team to release the Google AI Educator Series, which is a completely free on-demand training programme leading to a Google badge. The series is built around 15-minute sessions and class-based use cases. The focus is on Google AI tools such as Gemini for Education and
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CESICON is back, baby. Like the halcyon days of Anglo Irish Bank during the Celtic Tiger, CESICON – the conference of Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) – saw a return to the old days, with a large attendance on Saturday 28th February at Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh in Limerick City. Like the old days, there
I am leaving X. Over the past few months, I’ve been backing up, deleting, or saving bookmarks, and clearing out DMs from my Twitter (X) account, @johnmayo. There were some lovely memories in there—long‑forgotten conversations and, amusingly, the discovery that I won tickets to a Ray LaMontagne concert… 15 years ago. Over the past year,
The Irish education system is currently undergoing its most extensive period of reform in many decades at both primary and second level. At primary level, the new Primary Curriculum Framework [PCF] (2023) prompts us to think about decisions relating to learning, teaching and assessment in all our classrooms. The PCF places a strong emphasis on
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This week, ISTELive (International Society for Technology in Education Conference) takes place in San Antonio, Texas, for the first time since 2017. I was there for ISTELive17 and also got to go to Denver last year for my second ISTELive. I’ll share a short exposé of the largest edtech event in the world from my
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