Free Online ICT Professional Development Course
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BYOD – A Growing Trend
We are quickly becoming a hyper-connected society, and this trend for having technology at our fingertips is starting at a younger age than ever before. Smartphone ownership among children aged 5–15 is now at 50%, and adults are even more connected: 75% of UK adults own a smartphone, rising to 90% of 16–24-year-olds, while 70% of
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A Digital Journey in Europe – Erasmus+ Project
Our school is the coordinating partner for this three year Erasmus+ project involving ten schools and three universities. The three Irish schools involved, Sacred Heart SNS, Killinarden, St Mark’s SNS, Springfield and Lissigiveen NS, Killarney all have gained Digital Schools of Distinction status. The three partners from Denmark Søhusskolen, Provstegårdskolen and Højby Skole are all based
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VTech Action Cam – Suitable for schools
As temperatures hit highs of 20 degrees around the country pupils are eager to go outdoors and have some fun. How do we continue to integrate I.C.T. tools into our outdoor lessons? As we bring children outside to explore mini-beasts and complete the orienteering course it would be fantastic to be able to record what
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Technology in Irish Education
I read a very interesting article recently on Silicon Republic written by the journalist John Kennedy. It was a thought-provoking article and it caught my attention because I had been involved with some of the ICT initiatives mentioned in the piece. The opening sentence of the article provides a clear synopsis for anyone who hasn’t
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NGA Kids – Visual Arts Resource
A few years ago, back in what now seems like the dark ages of the internet – I know 2009 isn’t that long ago but in web development it’s light years away – I came across a great kids’ art website from the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, NGAKids. Even then it was
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Communicating Success Criteria with Students using Rubrics
Sometimes to just give a description of a task or project to students is not enough. It sometimes fails to inform students how to produce a product that we as teachers will credit as successfully meeting the task’s requirements or our expectations. But we cannot leave the blame entirely at our students’ feet. Often the
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Microsoft Launches New Classroom Tools
Digital workspaces shared by teachers and students are becoming popular, particularly in secondary and third level and Microsoft is trying to carve out its own place in an increasingly competitive market. In the last week, Microsoft announced a new platform for education — Microsoft Classroom. Having joined together tools from Office 365 and a series
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Pindex – ‘Pinterest for education’
Earlier this year, a new start-up emerged with the lofty ambition of attempting to increase the internet’s educational prowess: Pindex, which describes itself as “a Pinterest for education.” Borne out of a frustration with the gloomy, dreary material his daughter was bringing home from school, John Leaver, along with his four-person team, has created a
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ClassFlow – Version 4
We have followed Promethean’s developments with their ClassFlow online cloud based lesson presentation and assessment toolkit every few months here on the TeachNet Blog over the last two academic year. Those of you who are regular visitors here will recall that I have mentioned previously that the ClassFlow product is under continual development, being regularly
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