Episode 39: Scrap Homework

Homework is still one of the most divisive things you can talk about. If you surveyed everyone in the country about whether they think you should scrap homework or not, you’d get a 50-50 response. In this episode, I’m going to explore homework at primary school, some of the reasons why teachers and parents and … Read more

Special Episode: What if we go to Level 5?

On Sunday evening, NPHET announced they were recommending that Ireland moved to Level 5 restrictions. My Monday, the government had rejected the recommendation and imposed Level 3 on the country. But what would school look like at Level 5? I asked Anseo.net listeners and these are their thoughts.

Episode 038: Reduce the Number of Stakeholders

Have you ever wondered what happens at these consultations when the Department of Education meets with all the education stakeholders? I always did and wondered what it would look like. And one day, I got that chance. I was invited to represent one education stakeholder regarding a new Department of Education initiative. I went in … Read more

Back to School: The Good, The Bad, and The Flat Out Busy (Part 3)

To me Flat Out Busy refers to the agencies and organisations that spent their summers scurrying around scurrying, attending Zoom meetings about meetings, and making statements about statements that they were going to make. They were neither fully good or fully bad and they had the best of intentions but for all the time since … Read more

Back to School: The Good, The Bad and The Flat Out Busy, (Part 2)

Last week, I focused on the people that made lockdown and the reopening of schools a more tolerable experience. This week I’m focusing on the bad, and despite a very long list of candidates, only 1 organisation could really fit the bill. Find out which organisation who somehow managed to use the lockdown to make … Read more

Back to School: The Good, The Bad and The Flat Out Busy

In this episode, I’m going to try and celebrate the first week back to school and the almost unanimous sigh of relief that all the weeks of line painting, partition-building, hot water pumping, traffic planning, sign making, risk assessing, policy writing, health and safety checking, LWR begging, classroom laying, garda vetting, cleaner hunting, Friday evening … Read more

Unsanitised: Blended Learning (Part 4)

The last part of my live Q&A session about blended learning where I tell you what blended learning is not, how self-isolating teachers might teach, and the must-have settings on Zoom. All in less than 13 minutes.

Unsanitised: Blended Learning Q&A (Part 3)

Do you know at the end of a talk when the presenter asks does anyone have any questions, and the room goes silent? Well, I asked Facebook and Twitter that very question about blended learning and here’s the result – the 3rd of 4 mini-episodes on blended learning. Think of them like the Appendix at … Read more

Unsanitised: Blended Learning Q&A (Part 2)

Do you know at the end of a talk when the presenter asks does anyone have any questions, and the room goes silent? Well, I asked Facebook and Twitter that very question about blended learning and here’s the result – the 2nd of 4 mini-episodes on blended learning. Think of them like the Appendix at … Read more

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