Is Promethean Software about to be free?
…to buy EasiTeach – which is excellent – but not free. It means that I’ll be able to create digital content very easily and get my hands dirty and create…
…to buy EasiTeach – which is excellent – but not free. It means that I’ll be able to create digital content very easily and get my hands dirty and create…
…have 2-3 children at a computer than one. (It encourages collaboration). Some schools did just that and computer rooms turned into libraries or extra classrooms around the country. As computers…
Politicians are funny people. They seem to be completely obsessed with short term thinking while saying things like we need to look at the bigger picture. For example, every so…
…squarely on underfunding of hardware and software: IT companies have been complaining that too few students are studying electronics and computing and they blame years of under-investment in hardware and…
…they are now kings and queens of Europe and why Ireland won’t be the best education system in Europe by 2026. Links mentioned in the podcast: https://simonmlewis.medium.com/after-madigan-rethinking-special-education-cut-red-tape-not-ribbons-fb0f2c502b69 https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/03/26/roughly-half-of-primary-schoolteachers-target-of-physical-aggression-in-classroom-surveys-finds/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/27/free-lunches-brain-breaks-and-happy-teachers-why-estonia-has-the-best-schools-in-europe https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/03/30/students-are-stressed-teachers-have-little-choice-creativity-suffers-why-the-irish-classroom-needs-to-change-right-now/…
…help to build a dictionary of terms: English <–> CNS Faith Formation <–> Belief Specific Teaching Children who aren’t Catholics, Christians or Muslims <–> HBH (Hindus, Buddhists and Humanists) Sacrament…
…“magic” pen. A price-drop and the fact that its excellent software comes free with it edges it further up the list. 17. (-) Hitachi Pen-Based Starboard (from €2,400, Interactive Classroom…
The Community National School model is being lauded as the ideal solution for primary education in Ireland as a compromise to the near-monopoly that all churches have on primary education….
…web site. The colour scheme is very good and there seems to be a lot in it. Then I balked. It was clearly written using my arch-nemesis: Website X5. From…
…will be useful for collaboration. To quote our fine clued-in minister: “If a history teacher comes across a good history website, she can just email all her history colleagues –…