Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock these past few years, you’ll have already noticed the growing omnipresence of AI-powered tools in both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Take NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebooks) for instance, a hugely powerful and immensely popular tool with Irish teachers, particularly in Workspace schools. And whilst Copilot Notebooks, a similar
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The Scoilnet Maps World Viewer has had a fairly big update, with new maps, data layers, and tools for teachers and students to try out.The viewer has been developed by Scoilnet in partnership with Esri Ireland. There is quite a lot that could be used in the classroom, particularly when covering topics such as cities,
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation is inviting primary and post-primary educators to a free hands-on Experience CS workshop in Athlone this October. Developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in collaboration with Google DeepMind, Experience CS is a free cross-curricular educational programme designed to help all teachers, regardless of their background in computing, bring creative and engaging
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Wait, it cannot be September already? As I perused the pre-summer blog posts to check what my previous blog post entry was, I realised there was quite a run of AI posts in a row, so I decided to go to one of my favourite topics: podcasts. The summer tends to see me increase the
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This post comes from reflecting on my last year as a doctorate student. It has been a year that has taught me more about learning in times of GenAI, and while my context is a doctorate student, I think the lessons are relevant to any older or adult student navigating study and assignments. My main
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Competency-based Education Recently I had had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from Bulgaria who are about to introduce competency-based education into their education system. During their visit we met with multiple experts in the field of competency based education and discussed how the Irish school system has gone on this journey. The National Council
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Microsoft has just given its Education AI Toolkit a timely refresh, and it’s well worth exploring in more detail particularly if you are still trying to get your head around Generative AI and how it fits in your classroom and school. You’re hearing all the noise, time saving, liberating, transformational, the whole nine yards but
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Recently, ISTE + ASCD partnered with the Google for Education team to release the Google AI Educator Series, which is a completely free on-demand training programme leading to a Google badge. The series is built around 15-minute sessions and class-based use cases. The focus is on Google AI tools such as Gemini for Education and
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With the introduction of revised Leaving Certificate specifications, Chemistry students are increasingly required to demonstrate research skills through Additional Assessment Components (AACs). One digital tool that has proven particularly effective in supporting this process is the Search Progress learning accelerator within Assignments in Microsoft Teams. In my Leaving Cert Chemistry classes, I have used Search
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for incorporating individual learning pathways for students. It can be beneficial to create such an inclusive and engaging learning environment, and choice boards can help incorporate UDL in this environment. But what exactly are choice boards, and how can they help you implement the principles of UDL
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