Irish Schools have met many challenges over the last number of years. Just when we are exiting the crisis caused by Covid another fresh challenge has presented itself with the large influx of children from the Ukraine as a result of the current war there. By the middle of May 2022 over 6000 children from …
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“Sir, I don’t remember learning this. It was a long time ago!” “I’m trying to cram for these exams but it is a lot of information to remember….” These are just some of the statements that I hear from students in April/May of each year as the final preparations set in for their Junior and …
This week my students and I had really interesting discussions about the role of social media (and the internet in general) in providing platforms for those individuals who wish to ‘cancel’ others. We discussed what the term meant and whether it was in fact nothing more than a ‘new’ way to enforce ‘political correctness’. We …
‘Cancel Culture’ and being ‘Cancelled’ – another way to cyber-bully? Read More »
The Department of Education launched their new Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 on April 13th, just in time for the Easter education conferences. The strategy was developed after a comprehensive consultation process where the Department gathered the views of a wide range of stakeholders, including children and young people. Minister @NormaFoleyTD1 publishes Digital Strategy …
Adding gaming elements to adult education is as valuable for adults as for younger learners.
Last year I wrote a blog post entitled Ready Player One where I looked at esports within education. Members of the CESI mailing list will know that I have contributed emails to that list concerning the setting up of an esports league for Irish schools. I also presented on this same topic at the CESI conference back in …
Perhaps this is a strange question to start a blog post for educators. How do you create a space for your students to fail?
In recent years, the phrases “learning journey” and “student centered learning” have been at the forefront of the Irish education system. In particular (for second level), the introduction of the Junior Cycle curriculum makes reference to student learning journeys as they navigate, discover and explore the learning outcomes. The learning outcomes for each relevant specification …
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For the first time since the beginning of 2020, Bett (British Educational Training and Technology Show) returned to the ExCeL Arena in London to reunite the global education community in person. The show ran from the 23rd -25th March and I was lucky to be one of the 30,000 plus people to walk through the …
In a previous post, we shared the beginning of one Further Education and Training setting’s journey to implementing virtual reality (VR) into their teaching and learning programmes. (If you haven’t already, read the background story here on how the journey began and why we chose ClassVR). The previous post posed many questions, but ended with these: …
