EU Code Week (Or fortnight🤔) is back this month, October 7th – 22nd as it continues the mission to mainstream coding, computational thinking, and digital literacy among young people across Europe and beyond. From humble beginnings in 2013 this annual event has grown exponentially with last years 10th iteration seeing 78 thousand events registered and […]
UNESCO recently published a report that warns of the lack of appropriate governance and regulation of technology in education. The Global Education Monitoring Report calls for a “human-centered vision” where digital technology serves students and educators instead of detracting from the educational process. The report is titled, ‘Technology in Education: A Tool on Whose Terms?’
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A last call out to potential participants for our two July blended EPV day approved summer courses, Crafting a Game Based Learning Environment and Computational Thinking in Your Classroom. Join the Dream Space team for two days (July 3rd & 4th) in Microsoft Dream Space (One Microsoft Place, Leopardstown, Dublin) for two hands on workshops
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For Summer 2023, TeachNet are offering nine EPV day approved online courses including two new courses, Scientific Connections with Birr Castle Demesne and ESERO and Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Primary Teachers. All TeachNet courses are designed and developed “by teachers, for teachers” with all courses available fully online for completion anytime between July 3rd
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Get ready to unleash your students’ curiosity, embrace computational thinking, and embark on game-based learning adventures. Join the Dream Space team as they delve into three innovative blended courses that will empower you to create engaging and effective learning environments. STEM Starters – Igniting Curiosity in Young Learners is specifically designed for teachers working with
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BETT (British Educational Training and Technology Show) returned to the ExCeL Arena in London from March 29th – 31st and I was delighted to be back having missed last year’s return of this flagship educational technology event post covid. The official stats maintain I was one of 30,000 educators, policy makers, EdTechs and industry changemakers
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Following a turbulent two years of interruption in schools due to the pandemic, teachers are looking at an expanded set of student needs that can require more tools than ever to deliver unique and personalized learning experiences. Microsoft has been busy in delivering new educational supports and less than a year after introducing its Reading Coach
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Engineers Week 2023 starts this Saturday, March 4th and runs until March 10th. Now in its 17th year, STEPS Engineers Week provides students with the opportunity to discover engineering, facilitated by their teachers, parents and local community. A weeklong festival of events to celebrate the world of engineering in Ireland. with primary and secondary students,
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There has been a lot of excitement in recent weeks around the arrival of ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence program released recently by OpenAI. Here at home, it is also making headlines in our national papers and suggesting that it will influence many areas of our lives including academia, teaching, law and journalism. Much has
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