Know Your Ireland
Edware have been around for as long as I’ve been in teaching, when the author was still a student in college and the first “Know Your Ireland” was out and I met him at the Education Show that used to be in the RDS. At the time, I was involved in another software project, Who Took […]
Why Blogging is Best – a digiteach article
I was asked to write a follow-up article about my workshop at this year’s CESI (Computers in Education Society of Ireland) conference. It’s entitled “Why Blogging is Best” and below is the text from it. The slides are available as a slidecast from the CESI site. The CESI conference is one of my favourite events […]
The Mission for a Mission Statement
A new school generally comes with nothing. When I say nothing, I don’t mean absolutely nothing; it comes with classrooms, toilets and sometimes an office or two. After that, it’s up to the manager and principal, (sometimes there’s no Board in a brand new school) to fill it with things like books, furniture, computers, etc. […]
Ar bhfaca tú PowerPoint ar an idirlíon?
A big thanks to “Beadzee”, a member of the excellent Education Posts Forum for sending on a set of 7 PowerPoint presentations to share with others. The first in the series is based on the question: Ar bhfaca tú? This presentation would be great for an IWB presentation and the images are excellent. The next […]
"Bia" – a Flash game
Bia is a game written by Beryl Healy, a teacher from Drumcondra NS, who very kindly offered Anseo.net the opportunity to host and share the programme with members. This game looks really great and would suit an IWB very nicely. Play Bia.
Group work and noise
Group work and active learning, buzzwords and they will always be buzzwords and so they should be! Group work has an integral part to play in the Irish classroom. It is one of the key methodologies of each Curriculum subject but how do we do it?
Twitter – a tweet everyday.
As one of the regular contributors to Teachnet’s blogs, I thought I’d write about something a little different to my usual rantings about Interactive Whiteboards and Blogging. I’ve been using a tool called Twitter for the last number of months and it’s really started to take off in a big way with other ICT-friendly teachers. […]
Complete Review of All IWBs
I have created two documents which summarise all my findings on IWBs available in Ireland. If companies wish for their IWB to appear in future summaries, make sure to contact me. Likewise, companies should make sure to contact me if their information changes, (e.g. prices, inaccuracies, etc.)
A Correction
I’ve been under the impression that Prim-Ed and Promethean were one and the same company, wrongly. I received an email from Prim-Ed’s marketing department to put me right.
Teachnet Podcast #7 – Interactive Whiteboards
This week I was invited for the second time to speak on the Teachnet podcast station and the topic was Interactive Whiteboards. I’m fairly happy with what I had to say although I failed to mention many of the options by name except for Promethean and Smart. I mentioned eBeam too. However, I regret that […]