I was inspired to use more Canva in my lessons after attending the BETT convention last month. Their displays alone just looked like so much fun, I wanted to bring that home to my classroom! My only experience of Canva was using it as a tool for teachers to create resources to deliver content to […]
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In the latest episode in our reboot of the TeachNet Podcast series, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Treasa McGinley, TEL & PLD Coordinator with Donegal ETB and John Heffernan, TEL Coordinator with Tipperary ETB, to discuss digital transformation in the Further Education and Training (FET) sector. The focus of the conversation initially is very
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As someone who has experience teaching in a school with one to one devices, I am frequently asked about the pros and cons of using digital devices in the classroom. Most commonly; are they a distraction? How do they benefit the students? Are they really enhancing the teaching and learning? Keeping Focussed To start, everything
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I have previously outlined the benefits of One Note to enhance teaching and learning from the teachers point of view, but what functions can truly benefit our students learning? Here are a couple of ways One Note can be used by students to enhance their learning & make it accessible to all learners: Immersive Reader
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A year back I posted Microsoft Teams – Your Ever-evolving Digital Classroom which charted, what I thought were the most useful updates to MS Teams for students and teachers over the previous 12 months and with 2023 fast approaching, I’m going to revisit Microsoft’s ubiquitous digital learning hub to run the rule over the new
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 25.11 | Recorded on October 17, 2022 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher In the inaugural episode in our reboot of the TeachNet Podcast series, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Donal O’Reilly, Post-primary Deputy Director of the Centre for School Leadership to discuss all things blended learning. The focus of the conversation is very
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In the inaugural episode in our reboot of the TeachNet Podcast series, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Donal O’Reilly, Post-primary Deputy Director of the Centre for School Leadership to discuss all things blended learning. The focus of the conversation is very much around how Donal first started exploring blended learning approaches like the Flipped
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Those of you who are long time followers of the TeachNet Learning blog may recall in the early years, our Learning Podcast Series, where we regularly spoke with educators at home and abroad about the big-ticket items (and issues) of the time in the world of ICTs in Education. The graphic (Of its time) below
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A last call out to potential participants for our three Microsoft blended courses (Face-to-face & online), ‘1 Minecraft for Education and 2 Dream Space STEM in the Primary Classroom. Join the Dream Space team for two days, August 15th & 16th in Microsoft Dream Space (One Microsoft Place, Leopardstown, Dublin) to take part in hands-on, curricular
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As we exit Covid-19 many school systems are considering what education might look like in the future. The OECD has developed four scenarios for what schooling and education more generally might look like in the future. The following video introduces the topic and shares some initial ideas. There are 4 future scenarios outlined below and
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