I have used dry wipe markers on the Genee Powerboard. However, Prim-Ed, the distributors of the GeneeBoard are not recommending customers to use dry-wipe markers on their boards. If you do buy a GeneeBoard, a leaflet drops out of the box telling the customer not to use dry wipe markers on the board. Being honest, … Read more
My Twitter username is simonmlewis – the “m” is my middle initial. I had to do this because someone had already taken the username, simonlewis. Anyway, a lot of people must forget to insert my middle initial when referring to me in Twitter. I love when I check my Twitter account and see “mentions” of … Read more
1. Keynote Speakers The Tipperary Institute have an interesting lineup of keynote speakers this year that includes Simon Lewis – Carlow Educate Together NS, the college’s own Bernie Goldbach, and Mark Little – Digital Age Broadcast Journalist. 2. Friday Evening CESI Meet This year the committee have worked closely with CESI to synchronise their 4th CESI Meet with … Read more
Promethean announced the appointment of Jim Wynn to its senior management team as Chief Education Officer. Jim has over three decades of experience in education technology across more than fifty countries. He joins Promethean from Cisco, where he led their public sector consultancy for emerging markets, with an emphasis on education. Jim’s previous appointments include … Read more
The ICT in Education Conference 2010 will be held in Tipperary Institute in Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Saturday, 15th May from 9am to 4pm. The theme for the conference is ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’ and is split into two streams: • ICT in Education • Innovation in the Classroom The keynote speakers for this year … Read more
From Teachnet Blog (http://blog.teachnet.ie/?p=1970) The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) have announced that all major interactive whiteboard vendors have agreed to make their educational content available in the UK in a common file format (CFF), a move that will make IWB content much more accessible by allowing teachers to share content and resources … Read more
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The CESI list is always worth keeping an eye on. Out of the blue, last week, Michael Seery from DIT Kevin Street posted the following message up: As part of an MSc (E-learning) course, myself and three colleagues developed a site aiming to show how to use Google sites to set up a class website. … Read more
Sometimes when browsing the web, you come across a gem of a web site. I don’t usually single people out on this web site, but I think I have found the most active class blog in the country. I don’t know Ms. Leydon personally but she is, according to the blog, a 3rd class teacher … Read more
From the INTO Newsletter Issue 107: The INTO have launched a Facebook page to enable members to get news updates, and post comments about ongoing developments in trade union and primary education issues. The page will also be updated with INTO events, photos from INTO activities and related information. The link to the Facebook page … Read more