POD: Return to 1984
…“continued participation and engagement in the POD project.” They also said that the Department is “committed to taking on board feedback from schools and parents about POD.” Now, I might…
…“continued participation and engagement in the POD project.” They also said that the Department is “committed to taking on board feedback from schools and parents about POD.” Now, I might…
I am fascinated by the amount of “International” and “Special” days there are in the world or even in one day! Let me share with you an important day coming…
…it still leaves the system at risk of becoming less professional. – What happens to teachers who can’t speak Irish? What happens to principals who are hiring them? – Why…
I recently surveyed 100 teachers – I wanted more but I think there’s a limit on Survey Monkey‘s basic package – about their views on Internet applications. I wanted to…
…and podcasts to expand their teaching methodologies. Joe’s blog, www.joedale.typepad.com, has been nominated for two Edublog Awards in the last there years. Ask anyone who attended Joe Dale’s presentation at…
…and taking up blogs and teachers are beginning to start up their own class blogs. The Junior Spider Awards in December saw some excellent class blogs, with Balbriggan Educate Together…
[media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HxQD-cFbI” width=”100%”] I never realised the amount of work that goes into organising Parent Teacher Meetings until I became a principal. I thought it was a ten minute job…
I discovered something new on the ClassDojo website today – a whole bunch of ClassDojo cartoons. The example below is the first episode in their second series and it focuses…
…out what 56 divided by 7 is. I downloaded an app called FlashMathFree. It’s a very simple app that asks children to answer 50 maths facts and they are timed…
…Google Apps, which I use for staff communication, and Scriblink, http://www.scriblink.com/, which I’m beginning to look at for sharing virtual whiteboards. Anyway, take a listen to the discussion and, as…