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Using Copilot Teach for Planning & Assessment in Irish Classrooms

Copilot Teach—built into the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and Microsoft Teams for Education—offers Irish teachers a powerful, time‑saving way to plan, differentiate, and assess learning. Designed specifically for educators, it provides AI‑generated lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and study materials that can be adapted to your curriculum needs. Aligning to the Irish Specification One of the […]

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Meso Brings AI‑Driven Curriculum Planning to Classrooms in Ireland and Beyond

Meso, an education technology spin‑out from the ADAPT Centre for AI‑Driven Digital Content Technology at Trinity College Dublin, is starting a rollout of its AI‑powered curriculum planning platform across Irish schools and into international markets. Paperwork, planning, and assessment take up a lot of teaching time. Meso is set on changing that. Backed by €500,000

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We Once Questioned the TV — Now Students Must Question the Internet, AI and More

Following on from Internet Safety Day, many teachers continue important conversations about staying safe online. While topics such as passwords, privacy and online behaviour are essential, there is another skill that is becoming just as important for our students: learning how to recognise fake or misleading information online. In a digital world filled with eye-catching

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Exploring NotebookLM

With the ever increasing use of AI in education, it can be difficult to know which AI tool to use for differentiated learning in classrooms. In recent weeks, I have been exploring Notebook LM, which has helped to incorporate the aspects of Universal Design of Learning (UDL) in the classroom. NotebookLM is a powerful tool

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HEA Policy Framework – Rethinking assessment in the age of GenAI in Higher Education

Just before Christmas the Higher Education Authority (HEA) released a Policy Framework “to guide educators, academic leaders, and professional staff in making informed, value-based decisions about how gen AI is adopted and integrated into educational practice”. The framework is very timely and focuses on the specific issues associated with generative AI usage in higher education in the context of teaching and learning.

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