Get EPIC! Expanding Reading Opportunities for Senior Primary Pupils

Reading is a cornerstone of learning, and fostering a love for books is key to developing lifelong learners. For upper primary classrooms, Epic offers a dynamic, engaging platform to support literacy development. With its vast library and intuitive features, Epic can transform how students approach reading. I have often found it challenging to motivate and […]

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Oct 3 2024

Back to School with Google for Education

By Eoghan O'Neill

Google’s annual ‘Back to School’ event takes place in Dublin tomorrow. In previous years, this has been an enriching event for educators across both the primary and post-primary sectors. The jam packed agenda now includes optional breakfast boot camps that will take school leaders through the steps to becoming a Google Certified Trainer and how

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Jun 10 2024

Vevox and Kahoot for Educational Purposes

By Frances O'Donnell

Vevox and Kahoot – Overview: As a long-time Kahoot enthusiast, I’ve historically found it difficult to find another tool which adds the excitement Kahoot brings to learning. As I continue to witness challenges with access and licenses to certain tools, I think I have finally found a Kahoot rival. This blog post, will share an

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May 21 2024

21 years a growing with TeachNet

By John Heffernan

The recent launch of Masters of the Air miniseries on Apple TV brought a flurry of comments on a long dormant Facebook group consisting of an international group of teachers who completed a teacher residency at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, just outside Cambridge in 2014. After a catch up with what we were all doing,

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Apr 15 2024

Climate Detectives Programme!

By Evin Devenney

Do you teach Transition Year Science and want to focus on skills to prepare students for senior cycle? Or maybe you want get involved in a programme to empower students to build a wide range of investigative skills? Or maybe you are a primary school teacher who wants to get your classes involved in some

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Apr 8 2024

ThingLink

By Frances O'Donnell

ThingLink: Lots of options to bring online content to life! In a previous post, I stated I would do a blog post on ThingLink, so here it is. In 2023, ThingLink won the BETT Award for Best Digital Learning Product in Higher Education. The value of ThingLink in education spans across all sectors of education.

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Mar 11 2024

Digital orators not only speaking but captivating audiences

By John Heffernan

As AI has exploded in the past year, it has been challenging to keep on top of the changes and not everyone has the time to sit and read. In this blog post, I will share my top 5 AI ( and AI in education) podcasts whose digital orators captivated me. AI in Education https://aipodcast.education/This

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Feb 29 2024

Feel the Fear and Hop on your First Flight with Copilot!

By Ashley Stephens

Have you used Artificial Intelligence (AI) before? If your initial answer is no, I’m pretty sure you may actually use it on a daily basis without realising. We are all immersed in AI powered technology as we go about our day to day lives. If you are just here for some light hearted entertainment scroll

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Jan 25 2024

Mobile accessible education – A YouTube – Padlet combination (not AI-related)

By Frances O'Donnell

Can’t afford the new mobile responsive tech solutions? Let’s utilise what is available to bring the learning to our students on the go! A YouTube – Padlet combination.

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Dec 4 2023

Let AI automatically create learning activities

By Frances O'Donnell

AI creating learning activities for us – is this a move to the dark side? H5P is only one tool that has integrated AI into automatically developing learning content. Let’s explore!

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