New Site to help Substitute Teachers
With another year of cutbacks, teaching jobs are scarce again this year. Last year, it was reported that over 1,000 qualified teachers were unemployed. With very few jobs available this year due to the clearing of the panels and the fact that there’s hundreds more teachers just qualified, there’s going to be a lot of […]
Facebook beats Email
In a recent report, Data Solutions, an Irish IT distributor, announced the results of a survey, which revealed that 75% of Irish students use social networking site, Facebook, as their main channel for communicating online with only 6% preferring to use email. The Blue Coat survey, which was completed in June 2011, interviewed 164 Irish students in secondary school […]
6 Summer Updates about Interactive Whiteboards
This summer has been quiet enough in the world of Interactive Whiteboards. However, there’s been a number of updates that have been sent to me. As far as I know, these reports are true so if there’s anything that is wrong, please let me know as soon as possible and I’ll fix it. 1. Smartboard […]
Review of the Emotions range:Flashcards&posters:Positive Press/Jenny Mosley
Review Emotions range:Flashcards&posters:Positive Press-Jenny Mosley This new product from Positive Press and Jenny Mosely consists of a set of bright picture cards and matching posters. They can be used as a way for children to talk about emotions and how people might look when they feel certain ways. The pictures not only show the facial […]
Trócaire: A Teacher's Visit to Kenya
In February a group of six teachers (including myself) and two Trocaire staff visited Kenya as part of a Teacher Study Visit with Trocaire. We spent eight days travelling around Kenya and I found it was a most memorable, life-changing experience and certainly a trip that I will never forget! Here we had the opportunity […]
iPads replace schoolbooks – great publicity, poor usage
The Irish Times recently reported about a secondary school in Co. Mayo who have decided to offer students the opportunity to replace their textbooks with iPads. Essentially, rather than spending €450 on the schoolbooks and bringing them to school everyday in heavy schoolbags, parents can spend about €700 on an iPad with electronic versions of […]
Missing the Point about Maths
I don’t usually comment on second level education on Anseo.net. However, I’m fairly open about the fact that I think the Leaving Cert is a dreadful idea. Like many others, I feel that the Leaving Cert is simply a memory exercise, where one has to – in the words of Daithí Ó’Mhurchú – regurgitate the […]
Competition Winner
Mick Foley was kind enough to post us a photograph of himself with his prize from Anseo.net, a HD Flip Cam. We wish Mick the very best of luck in his teaching career as he finishes his time with Hibernia College.
Tips on Building a School Web Site: Le Chéile Educate Together NS
Le Chéile Educate Together NS is a multi-denominational primary school based in Drogheda, Co. Louth. One of their parents asked me to have a look at their web site to give some feedback. As in the past number of articles, I must note that I am not a professional web designer. Le Chéile ETNS appears […]
Keep On Track
It greatly frustrates me when I read newspapers talking about education. I don’t take notice of the usual teacher-bashing. It only slightly irks me that primary and secondary schools seemed to be lumped together as one. However, I get really annoyed when there are headline-grabbing stories about technology in education. Either it’s that Irish teachers […]