One of the more unusual items in my educational CV is esports coach*. I helped to get an esports club off the ground in the high school I worked in Virginia. eSports to the noob is online video game competitions played professionally, in 3rd level universities and increasing in secondary schools, predominantly in the US, […]
I’m an administrative principal, which gives me very little opportunity to regularly work with classes so I’m always looking for opportunities to work with groups of pupils where, if I’m not available for some reason, it’s not affecting the teacher too much. I decided I’d take 6 students to set up a podcast and try
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What sort of headset would I recommend for classroom use? This question is an interesting one as I would have had a completely different answer 10 years ago. It just goes to show how quickly technology moves on! Most computers, laptops and mobile devices have inbuilt microphones in them, which are generally quite good, particularly
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Interview with Simon Lewis, Principal, Carlow Educate Together Primary School In the light of the recent Government announcement of funding for ‘Smart Schools’ , Michael Hallissy speaks with Simon Lewis principal and Blogger at www.anseo.net, on the phenomenal popularity of Interactive Whiteboards in primary schools and his extensive experience and recommendations in
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