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Liosdoire Competition Winner

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A big thank you to our entrants to Liosdoire’s first competition! We had a nice selection of videos uploaded to our Facebook page and you can view them here. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwz6NPsSmhU httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH8mT2IQz7Y httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XemweIAvi8Q httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwTpZpwjtIE httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QstUmloiSpU httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9BFx5Mhqo httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIt3WmI8tSk Congratulations to Cathal Cole! His entry was picked at random from the Random Number Generator and he wins the … Read more

School with an iPhone App

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A few weeks ago, I reported that I had designed a smartphone app for my school.  The Carlow Educate Together app ran on Android phones.  I promised that I would try and piece together an iPhone app as they are very popular and today it appeared in the AppStore. The app has exactly the same … Read more

Budget 2012

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There were a number of expectations in this year’s budget from everyone.  Schools were told to expect class size increases of up to 3, which would have given us the accolade of having the biggest class sizes in Europe.  We also expected further cuts to allowances such as yard supervision, promotions, etc.  Furthermore, we were … Read more

One Stop Shop for Christmas Resources

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As most teachers know Seomra Ranga is the very best one stop shop for downloadable teacher resources in Ireland.  Because of the success of the web site, Damien Quinn has decided to move his Christmas resources to a separate web site, Nollaig Shona.  Here you’ll find tonnes of Christmas resources from lined paper to quizzes … Read more

Our Edublog Awards Nominations

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The Edublog Awards are an annual event for celebrating, you’ve guessed it, educational blogs. Anseo.net was a happy recipient of the “most influential blog post” a couple of years ago and we’re hoping to do well this year as we’ve been nominated again (thanks by the way!) This year our nominations have a distinctly Irish … Read more

Competition: Win a Waterproof Video Camera!

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Liosdoire Computers have teamed up with Anseo.net for a great competition.  To celebrate Liosdoire’s upcoming YouTube channel, up for grabs is an AGFA HD Waterproof Digital Camera.  In order to be in with a chance of winning the camera, think about your favourite YouTube video for education.  Next, you need to paste the link to … Read more

Have we witnessed the death knell for primary education in Ireland?

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The long awaited plan for Literacy and Numeracy was published by the Department of Education this week.  It was in reaction to Ireland’s slide in the latest PISA report, which saw Ireland drop down their league tables in both literacy and numeracy.  The newest Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, promised reform in our education system, … Read more

Primary School with its own App

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This week, as its mid-term break, I decided to try and make a mobile phone app for my school.  Apps are considered quite the fashion accessory and most well-known companies have their own app to showcase their products.  For a school, I thought it would be a good idea to be able to  give parents … Read more

Ten Teeny Tips for ICT in the Classroom

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This is a presentation I made using Prezi for a group of teacher in schools in Carlow.  It outlines 10 small ways that ICT can be used in classrooms using a projector or Interactive Whiteboard.  The presentation covers lots of different subjects including maths, history and Visual Arts.  I’ve given nods to some great Irish … Read more

Maths Week Tables Tips

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Throughout Maths Week, teachers around the country were asked to give tips for learning multiplication tables using the hashtag, #tablestips, on Twitter.  We had a good response with 16 teachers tweeting lots of different tips.  The most popular tip involved the 9 times tables, with several good ideas to help learn them.  Other ideas included … Read more

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