In the latest episode of the TeachNet Podcast, Pat Brennan is joined by Aimée Fagan, Head of Partnerships for Europe, Middle East and Africa at the Micro:bit Educational Foundation, to explore how teachers and students can start simply with physical computing and progressively build confidence, skills, and impact in the classroom.
#29 Start Simple, Grow Skills – The Micro:bit Pathway Podcast Read More »
I remember studying for the Leaving Cert with a refill pad, multiple pens and coloured highlighters. I would read what I needed to learn, rewrite/paraphrase it, then colour code the different points (good old rote learning!). In later years I would go to staff meetings and jot down notes, or scribble diagrams; sometimes these would make sense to others, other times they would only talk to me. However, I also distinctly remember being annoyed when people would hand me a paper with important information – nine chances out of ten, this paper would get lost before I took the time to grab a photo of it (and think to myself, why didn’t you just email this to me).
Physically writing in an AI filled world! (Benefits of digital notetakers) Read More »
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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In the latest edition of the TeachNet podcast, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Dr. Graham Attwell, a researcher and practitioner in vocational education and training (VET), and a leading voice in digital learning and artificial intelligence in VET. Drawing on over four decades of experience, Graham offers a critical and grounded perspective on the
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In the latest edition of the TeachNet podcast, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Dr. Graham Attwell, a researcher and practitioner in vocational education and training (VET), and a leading voice in digital learning and artificial intelligence in VET.
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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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In the latest edition of the TeachNet podcast, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming, co-hosts of the hugely popular ‘Ai in Education Podcast’ series from Australia, which was recently featured in Not Another Post about GenAI (Or Is It?) . The conversation begins with how their long-running series has evolved since 2019, shifting from early technical AI discussions to today’s focus on real classroom stories and practical insights that teachers can use.
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In the latest edition of the TeachNet podcast, Dr. Michael Hallissy is joined by Dan Bowen and Ray Fleming, co-hosts of the hugely popular ‘Ai in Education Podcast‘ series from Australia, which was recently featured in Not Another Post about GenAI (Or Is It?) . The conversation begins with how their long-running series has evolved
#27 A Podcast about a Podcast – The AI in Education Podcast Read More »
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
Nothing Is Different, But Everything’s Changed – Bett 26 Musings Read More »
Just before Christmas the Higher Education Authority (HEA) released a Policy Framework “to guide educators, academic leaders, and professional staff in making informed, value-based decisions about how gen AI is adopted and integrated into educational practice”. The framework is very timely and focuses on the specific issues associated with generative AI usage in higher education in the context of teaching and learning.
HEA Policy Framework – Rethinking assessment in the age of GenAI in Higher Education Read More »
