Using Copilot Teach for Planning & Assessment in Irish Classrooms

Microsoft 365 Copilot Teach interface showing teaching tools such as curriculum planning, quizzes, rubrics, homework, and study aids.

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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Mar 9 2026

CESICON Redux

By John Heffernan

CESICON is back, baby. Like the halcyon days of Anglo Irish Bank during the Celtic Tiger, CESICON – the conference of Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) – saw a return to the old days, with a large attendance on Saturday 28th February at Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh in Limerick City. Like the old days, there

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Feb 26 2026

Microsoft Elevate , rebrand or real rethink?

By Pat Brennan

Short answer: it’s probably more than a name change, but it’s certainly not a revolution 🤔 You could be forgiven for thinking Elevate Educator is Microsoft’s replacement for Innovative Educator, and that Elevate Schools is simply the new name for Innovative or Showcase schools. In many ways, they are. In my previous post, Nothing Is

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Feb 23 2026

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

By Paul Munroe

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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Feb 9 2026

AI shouldn’t be just about efficiency

By Michael Hallissy

Setting the Scene Our most recent H2 Learning podcast interviewed Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming, who host the AI in Education podcast, down in Australia. In the show notes for the podcast they wrote the following: “The big takeaway: AI shouldn’t just be about efficiency. It should be about shifting the teacher’s role from a

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Jan 26 2026

Nothing Is Different, But Everything’s Changed – Bett 26 Musings

By Pat Brennan

I borrowed the words of Paul Simon for the title of this post because, in the circumstances, they felt apt. Bett 26 felt familiar. The usual venue, the same jaw‑dropping scale, and the same background noise around AI. For anyone who has attended in recent years, there were no big surprises. Instead, what stood out

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Jan 5 2026

From Code to AI – Try the new Hour of AI in 2026

By Pat Brennan

Traditionally, the New Year is a time to reset, refresh, and try something new in your classroom, and top of your to-do list should be to block off 60 minutes for the Hour of AI. I’ve written before about its previous iteration, the Hour of Code, and the excellent code.org site, which for over a

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Dec 4 2025

Unlocking Potential: Magic School AI

By Evin Devenney

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept, but a present-day reality offering incredible potential to streamline tasks, personalize learning, and free up valuable time for teachers. For me, one platform that stands out in this evolving landscape is Magic School AI. Magic School AI is an AI-powered assistant specifically designed for teachers. It’s

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Screenshot of Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Teach module showing teaching tools such as Modify existing content, Curriculum planning, Homework & assessments, Study aids, Quiz, Rubric, and a note about more content types coming soon

Oct 20 2025

Copilot’s Teach – Your New Classroom Assistant

By Pat Brennan

The new Teach section in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams EDU isn’t just another shiny GenAI tool, it’s a practical, dedicated teacher space packed with powerful features for creating classroom materials like lesson plans, rubrics, and study aids, all in one place. Teach brings a growing toolkit of AI-powered features that let you And the

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Oct 16 2025

Differentiating Learning without Burning Out

By Eoghan O'Neill

Differentiating effectively has always been one of the greatest challenges I have encountered in my teaching. Every class contains a wide range of abilities, interests, and needs — and meeting each learner where they are can often feel like an unattainable task at times. With limited planning time and resource availability, it’s no surprise that

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