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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The Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) held their annual conference in Marino Institute of Education. The conference was entitled, The Making of Authentic Teachers in Ages of Artificiality?, and it had a dedicated strand of papers on the theme of Teaching, Learning and Artificial Intelligence. I attended many of these papers and regularly
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Teaching digital literacy in today’s classroom is a bit like picking up a guitar for the first time. It can feel unfamiliar, even daunting. You might worry you’re not playing the right notes, or that someone else could do it better. But here’s the truth: you don’t need to be a master guitarist to teach
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Take 5 minutes and grab a cuppa! ☕ Predicted reading time… 5 mins. Back in January, I promised to focus my contribution for 2025 on ‘Learning’… Learning. Not to mention, teaching digital literacy without problem-solving skills is like handing someone a car with no steering wheel. They’ll press a few buttons, panic when a light
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On March 5th, the European Commission announced the adoption of the STEM Education Strategic Plan, a key part of the Union of Skills strategy. This initiative aims to Invest in upskilling across the EU, making it more competitive globally. The STEM Education Strategic Plan dovetails with the Action Plan on Basic Skills, together forming a
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In this episode Dr Michael Hallissy is joined by Irene Stone, Assistant Principal, Maths and Computer Science teacher in St. Mark’s Community School, Tallaght, Dublin to talk about how she is using generative AI with her senior cycle computer science students and how this is contributing to her research for her ongoing EdD studies. From the ouset, Irene emphasises the importance of understanding how AI affects learning and the necessity for teachers to become AI literate before using GenAI tools with their students.
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Our first podcast of this academic year sees us continuing from where we left off in May, talking again about the potential of generative AI in teaching, learning and assessment. So, to follow up last year’s in-depth look into the use of AI in the Further Education and Training (FET) sector over the next two
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To round off our Learning Podcast Series for this academic year we conclude our in-depth look into the use of AI in the Further Education and Training (FET) sector with Part 3 of our ‘AI in FET’ series. Dr Michael Hallissy is joined by Michael McCann and Anne Kennedy from Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education to
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To round off our Learning Podcast Series for this academic year, we conclude our in-depth look into the use of AI in the Further Education and Training (FET) sector with Part 3 of our ‘AI in FET’ series. Dr Michael Hallissy is joined by Michael McCann and Anne Kennedy from Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further
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