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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It’s time to take a break, not from education, not from learning, but from the tug-of-war between education and GenAI. More than two years in, (see my previous post – ‘AI assessment emergency’) and I can’t help but feel we are still caught up in the fear, the hype, the defensiveness, the over-promising, the over-reacting,
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Elementari is a website for creating and publishing simple interactive and animated digital stories. The story creator, which looks and feels like any presentation or slideshow tool, fuses digital storytelling with important elements of coding and computational thinking. Students create a series of slides featuring text, images, illustrations, sound (including music and voice-over), and code blocks
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Teaching digital literacy in today’s classroom is a bit like picking up a guitar for the first time. It can feel unfamiliar, even daunting. You might worry you’re not playing the right notes, or that someone else could do it better. But here’s the truth: you don’t need to be a master guitarist to teach
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Recently the European Commission and the OECD with support from Code.Org released a draft new AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education. This is response to the rapid growth of AI in society and is seen as a starting point to “equip learners and educators to understand both the risks and the opportunities that AI presents, and to make meaningful and ethical decisions about its use…
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It’s that time of year again!! Nominations for MIEE 2025/26 are open! (How to become an MIE Expert and Showcase School 2025-2026). As someone who has previously experienced the transformative power of this community, I am eager to once again immerse myself in the collaborative and innovative environment that Microsoft fosters. The Microsoft Innovative Expert
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During a STEAM Day for middle schoolers in 2016, the organising teacher introduced the topic of quantum computing to the group—and to me who was loitering at the back—with an unusual spokesperson, the then Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. For those unable to watch the video: quantum computing is the next evolution of computing. While
Imagine you’re a Leaving Cert Technology student. This means you’ve got a big project due. You’re staring down a Project Brief, perhaps your mind is spinning, and you do what many students of all ages do when they get a brief… In 2020, perhaps they turned to Google… It’s 2025, so let’s turn to WhatsApp
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I am pro-teaching AI skills, but I am more pro-human! AI highlights the slippery slope we have let ourselves stay on – now is the time to find balance. Read on to find three practical ways to start getting some balance back (and modelling this for young people). If we look at the impact of
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EPV Day Approved Summer Courses for Primary Teachers Enrolling Now! For Summer 2025, TeachNet are offering 10 EPV day approved online courses, designed ‘By teachers for teachers’. For more information, please see below. What courses are available? Online Courses – July 1st – August 22nd Farming at Sea: Links to the Primary Classroom with BIM Dive into
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