Thoughts on Ruairí Quinn's Plan for Literacy and Numeracy
Ruairí Quinn has figured out how we can improve literacy and numeracy standards in primary schools across the country. Since the PISA reports damned our education system in late 2010, a number of solutions were offered to our Minister. Many organisations suggested that we train up teachers and trainee-teachers in more modern teaching methodologies. Some […]
5 Must Have Pieces of Educational Software
Few people may know that my first venture into teaching started in a school in Killinarden, Tallaght. There was a huge shortage of teachers at the time and although I was unqualified, I was given my first teaching job. Of all the schools in the country to have gone to, it happened to contain a […]
Literacy through Science (Prim-Ed)
Let’s take two reasonably unrelated subjects – English and Science – and integrate them. Welcome to “Literacy through Science”, the brainchild of Tricia Callella and Marilyn Marks, who have written this series for Prim-Ed. Does it work? The answer is a definitive yes. However, it really depends what subject you’re teaching, how you’re teaching […]
Literacy through Science (Prim-Ed)
Let’s take two reasonably unrelated subjects – English and Science – and integrate them. Welcome to “Literacy through Science”, the brainchild of Tricia Callella and Marilyn Marks, who have written this series for Prim-Ed. Does it work? The answer is a definitive yes. However, it really depends what subject you’re teaching, how you’re teaching […]
National Geographic teaming up with Promethean
The following is a press release. National Geographic and Promethean unleash the power of nature in classrooms country-wide Today Promethean, a global leader in education technology solutions, introduces National Geographic Young Explorer ActivLessons; a series of interactive whiteboard lessons designed specifically for pupils in junior infants, senior infants and first class. Engineered to expand and […]
Review: Literacy Activity Builder
My school recently purchased a piece of software called Literacy Activity Builder. You can create word searches, cloze tests and other literacy-based games for your classroom. It’s really easy to use. I made a wordsearch puzzle where you must find all the months of the year. It took me about 30 seconds from start to […]
Review: Literacy Activity Builder
My school recently purchased a piece of software called Literacy Activity Builder. You can create word searches, cloze tests and other literacy-based games for your classroom. It’s really easy to use. I made a wordsearch puzzle where you must find all the months of the year. It took me about 30 seconds from start to […]
Review: Literacy Activity Builder
My school recently purchased a piece of software called Literacy Activity Builder. You can create word searches, cloze tests and other literacy-based games for your classroom. It’s really easy to use. I made a wordsearch puzzle where you must find all the months of the year. It took me about 30 seconds from start to […]