In our latest podcast on generative AI in education, , Dr Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Jenny O’Connor, lecturer in English and Communications in South East Technical University (SETU), and Dr Orna Farrell Associate Professor of Education in Dublin City University (DCU) about Gen AI and its impact on assessment. Recorded just before Christmas following […]
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In our latest podcast on generative AI in education, , Dr Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Jenny O’Connor, lecturer in English and Communications in South East Technical University (SETU), and Dr Orna Farrell Associate Professor of Education in Dublin City University (DCU) about Gen AI and its impact on assessment. Recorded just before Christmas following
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Google Sheets can be a powerful tol to create academic greadebooks!
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In a follow up to our #5 Digital Transformation in FET Podcast from March this year, Dr. Michael Hallissy speaks again with John Heffernan, TEL Coordinator in Tipperary ETB, to drill down on the use of AI in FET teaching, learning and assessment across the county. John is joined by three colleagues, Ester Mackey, Susan
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EdPuzzle is an interactive, online tool that has come to prominence in recent years. It is a cross-sectoral tool that has equal benefits for teachers and learners at primary and post-primary level, as well as those in further education. EdPuzzle allows teachers to edit digital video to engage students. EdPuzzle links with a number of
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Formative assessment through the means of digital technology has become very popular in recent times, and has been accentuated by the move to remote / blended learning in the Covid-19 context. Kahoot and Socrative are two of the most popular formative assessment applications. This blog post will look at the pros and cons of the
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Our school has used a number of online resources over the past few years in order to make homework more streamlined, accessible and interesting for students. Some of these Apps include spellingCity, Mathletics and ReadingEggspress. ReadingEggspress is a fantastic resource for tailoring learning activities, reading tasks, vocabulary quizzes and assignments to suit the Lexile level
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Many of us are familiar with ClassDojo. As a tool that can be easily used to promote and record behaviour in our classrooms. Our school are currently exploring the different types of digital resources available that could be used as ePortfolios. In doing so we have stumbled upon the ePortfolio feature in ClassDojo. And have
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The DES recently released a circular that provides a list of assessment instruments, including ability and achievement tests and web-based resources that are approved for use in guidance and/or learning-support contexts in post-primary schools. The list is reviewed annually and an updated list is published on the Department’s website at www.education.ie in May of each year. The approved
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