After a 10 year hiatus, I finally had the chance to return to the BETT Conference in London. For the uninitiated, BETT is the largest educational technology conference in the world. The biggest technology and education speakers have seminars all day, and the biggest education and technology companies exhibit their wares at the Expo, well … Read more
Rozz interviewed Andy Hopkins from Purple Mash, the online creativity suite by the people behind 2Simple Software. Andy demonstrated some of the new features of Purple Mash, including the ability to self assess and create great looking models and writing templates. Andy is looking for Irish speaking partners so if you’re interested, have a listen … Read more
In Ireland, we use a lot of technology resources from other countries. Our market is tiny with only around 3,500 schools so a company selling a product for €100 is hardly going to make a profit after paying costs if they don’t sell to hundreds of schools. We’re lucky that the Irish primary curriculum has … Read more
In Ireland, we use a lot of technology resources from other countries. Our market is tiny with only around 3,500 schools so a company selling a product for €100 is hardly going to make a profit after paying costs if they don’t sell to hundreds of schools. We’re lucky that the Irish primary curriculum has … Read more
A principal recently contacted me to ask for my advice on suitable software for 4th class pupils. I thought I would share my response on Anseo.net as it may help others in a similar situation. I was happy to see that this principal was still using a piece of software that I developed with Robbie … Read more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the most popular children’s books in the world and is used in schools for a variety of themes. Here are some ideas as to how you can integrate ICT into the experience. General Web Sites: Twinkl – Excellent for printing out VHC resources. Recommended Software: 2Write a Story (2Simple … Read more