Parent Teacher Meetings and Google

[media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HxQD-cFbI” width=”100%”] I never realised the amount of work that goes into organising Parent Teacher Meetings until I became a principal. I thought it was a ten minute job where one sent out a time to each family and that was it. However, there are lots of variables that have to be taken into […]

CESI Conference 2012

Mark your diaries – the CESI ceonference is back in Portlaoise this year.  With so much emphasis on digital literacy in schools, teachers around the country need to come along to this conference to see how Irish teachers are using technology in simple ways in their lessons.  One of the great things about CESI is […]

The Targetboard Project

In our May edition of Anseo.net, I wrote about how I thought one could use Google Apps to support a collaborative Mental Maths project using Targetboards.   I launched Targetboard.net and tried to drum up as much support for the project as possible before we began on June 7th. Thanks to the support of mailing […]

Survey Results: Web 2.0 in Schools

As part of Anseo.net’s competition to win a HD Flip Cam, participants answered some questions about the Web 2.0 tools that they use in school and at home.  In this article, we’ll examine the results and explore some of the reasons behind the results.  It’s worth pointing out that the people who probably took the […]

Moving to Online Administration

I had an interesting meeting in the digital hub yesterday. It was my first time there. I really like the layout of the place with its mix of the old Liberties Dublin exterior and cool kitch plastic über modern interior. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss how technology could improve the administration of […]