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In a previous posting we looked at Promethean’s solution to computers with Windows 10 when connected to a Promethean AB100, AB300 or AB500 series interactive whiteboard crashing following a recent update which has installed Build 1903. We currently have 10 of these AB378 (AB300 series with 78″ ActivBoard) interactive whiteboards in use everyday mostly in […]

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Nov 28 2019

Windows 10 (Build 1903) Connected to Promethean Interactive Whiteboard Crashing – Part 1

By John O' Mahony

Have you a Windows 10 computer connected to a Promethean Interactive Whiteboard that is regularly crashing in recent times following the latest round of Windows Updates installing? We have had this issue on a number of Windows PC’s connected to Promethean Interactive Whiteboard as Windows update installs Build 1903 on laptops. Having had personal experience

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Nov 21 2019

Amplify Student Voice with Flipgrid and make it real with Flipgrid AR

By Stephen Eustace

FlipgridAR? Is this magic? AR stands for augmented reality, it allows you to position videos in the physical world in a specific place/location. With FlipgridAR, you can print out a QR code of Any Flipgrid video and view with the Flipgrid app for an amazing experience or on any QR reader. What is

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Nov 18 2019

New resources from Microsoft

By John Rust

Microsoft recently released a series of video tutorials aimed at beginner coders who are interested in learning Python. There are 44 videos in this series and all of them are available through YouTube. The videos are co-presented by Christopher Harrison and Susan Ibach; Christopher is a senior programming manager at Microsoft, and Susan is from

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Nov 14 2019

Math made fun with IZAK 9

By Kevin Maguire

Over the past year, teachers in my school have been using the Izak 9 Maths resource. The hands on kit and online resources have proven to be a hit among staff and students within the school. What is Izak 9 Izak 9 takes the form of a box of 27 colourful cubes accompanied by an

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Nov 7 2019

Microsoft Presenter Coach

By Siobhán Daly

Over the last few years, there has been a definite shift in approaches to teaching and learning in Irish classrooms. Gone are the days of a solely teacher-led classroom environment. Instead, Irish classrooms today are a dialogic environment where student voice and engagement is central to the teaching and learning process. With this in mind,

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Oct 10 2019

Play your PowerPoint Slides within OneNote

By Aedamar Frawley

Over the last few weeks, there have been lots of new additions to Microsoft apps and some Windows features. For this post, I am going to focus on a simple and welcome feature, which is the ability to now embed and move through a slide show within OneNote. Over the years I have introduced many

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Sep 23 2019

Sphero SPRK+

By Paul Munroe

With coding week nearly upon us again I decided to invest in some new coding hardware for our school. I had heard good reports about Sphero SPRK+ and so invested in a number of them for our school. Sphero SPRK+ is a small but rugged spherical robot capable of rolling around, changing colours, running programmes

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Sep 16 2019

ePortfolios – Which Online Platform – Part 2

By John O' Mahony

In a previous post last April, I wrote about our requirements for the Platform that we might choose when undertaking a pilot on ePortfolios in the last term of the school year with our third classes. SeeSaw has been recommended by PDST – TIE (PDST – Technology in Education) in their own courses on teachercpd.ie,

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Sep 12 2019

Updates to Microsoft Teams that make a difference

By Stephen Eustace

Updates to Microsoft Teams that make a difference The assignments tab in Microsoft Teams The Assignments tab built into teams shows teachers what assignments are in draft or published, graded or ungraded. Students and teachers can stay on task, fully aware of deadlines and motivated to achieve more. Student View This feature is amazing,

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