…www.rrf.org and www.synthetic phonics.com) which may be of help to you. http://www.syntheticphonics.com/pdf%20files/parentsguidanceforreading.pdf The following link leads to Debbie’s new online synthetic phonics programme. http://www.phonicsinternational.com/ . Unit 1 is free and…
…on a world chart. It is supported by several participating Irish shipping companies and provides a real insight into the day-to-day life at sea, the ship’s crew and equipment, commercial…
…This was an area I knew I could address, so I founded EdWare (www.edware.ie), a software company focusing on developing educational software for schools. A few months later the first…
…was using Aurasma, http://www.aurasma.com/what-is-it/ with her class. Maggie Green’s other half, Dantarctica presented from Antarctica. A very interesting and touching presentation. You can check out his blog and twitter feed…
…any computers bought between 2001 and now have been bought by parents or sponsored by very generous companies. Most of us are still using computers that belong in museums. In…
…I haven’t mentioned the Digital Learning Framework because it isn’t worth mentioning. The only thing I’ll say is it needs to be scrapped and replaced with something with substance. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/sharp-drop-in-primary-pupils-using-computers-in-school-1.4075964…
…potential offered by broadband connectivity and the efficient use by schools of computer software. The current national development plan provides for investment of €252 million in information and communications technology…
There are now 24 different interactive whiteboards available in Ireland being sold by lots of different companies. It’s getting quite saturated out there. Last time I did the review, I…
…modern foreign languages, will be presenting on the Saturday. Joe’s blog, http://www.joedale.typepad.com, has been nominated for two Edublog Awards in the last there years. The Heritage Hotel will be offering…
For those of you following me on Twitter, you would have heard me going on about a new web site that I’m writing called Mash.ie. Essentially, this web site is…