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Adam Up Website

by admin on 09/06/2013

Adam UpJust today I got a follow on Twitter from the Adam Up website crew. Having never heard of the website before, I decided to have a look at their website. Adam Up is the creation of James Summerfield and Samuel Kordan. It consists of a series of songs to help pupils to learn aspects of the mathematics curriculum [click to continue…]

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Century Ireland

by admin on 13/05/2013

Century IrelandThe Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago. Century Ireland is published on a fortnightly basis, beginning in May 2013, and is the main online portal for the Irish decade of commemorations, 1912-23. [click to continue…]

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Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013

by admin on 02/03/2013

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013 beagnach linn agus tá súil agam go bhfuil múinteoirí bunscoile ag déanamh pleanáil chun imeachtaí Ghaeilge a eagrú sa seomra ranga i rith na seachtaine. (b’fhéidir go mbeadh sé níos fearr “Coicís na Gaeilge” a chur air mar tá sé ar siúl ar feadh an coicís Márta 4 – 17.) Má tá leideanna ag taisteáil uait chun an Ghaeilge a spreagadh sa seomra ranga,  tá neart acmhainní ar an suíomh do Sheachtain na Gaeilge: [click to continue…]

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Tumble Books Cloud Service

by admin on 28/02/2013

Tumble BooksSouth Dublin County Libraries have introduced Tumble Book Cloud Junior, which is an online collection of ebooks and read-along books, graphic novels, educational videos, and audio books. The service is designed specifically for ages 7-11 years. You get unlimited access, from any device with an internet connection. You don’t even need to be a member of South Dublin Libraries to access the service. It includes world class educational videos from National Geographic, combined with lesson plans and online quizzes and are a perfect addition to classroom topics. [click to continue…]

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Edcanvas

by admin on 22/02/2013

Edcanvas is a website which I only recently came across. It is used to help students and teachers organise and present online content in one place. So, for example, let’s presume that you are starting a new topic or project in class and you are doing some research to gather your resources for the topic. Normally, your resources for the topic may be spread across various sources. You may have a Powerpoint in Dropbox, a Word file on your desktop, [click to continue…]

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Kandle Lenten Resources

February 10, 2013

For anyone not familiar with the Kandle website, it is the website of the Kildare and Leighlin Diocese which has been making religious classroom resources available to teachers for quite some time. These resources, especially those for Advent and Lent, are usually practical and are most suitable for use in the classroom.

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Trócaire Lenten Resources 2013

February 10, 2013

Next Wednesday, February 13th marks the beginning of Lent 2013 and, as usual, the Trócaire charity has produced some great classroom resources to coincide with the season of Lent. India is the focus of the resources this year and there are separate resources for Junior Primary pupils, Senior Primary pupils, Post-Primary pupils and resources as Gaeilge [...]

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Think and Act

February 7, 2013

Think And Act, the contemporary story of an immigrant child’s journey to Ireland has been developed as a new online teaching resource for primary teachers interested in social justice issues. It was launched by Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in Dublin Civic Offices on February 7th.

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Free Pupil Access To Encyclopaedia Britannica

January 7, 2013

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has today announced free home access to the online edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica for all school-going children. For the past three years, primary and post-primary schools have had access to the resource, and today’s roll-out is an expansion of this service. Britannica Online School Edition is a unique [...]

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Teach Your Monster To Read

January 2, 2013

Teach Your Monster to Read: First Steps, it is a new, free online game which helps children to practise the first stages of reading in a new and exciting way. It is designed to offer instruction and practice within the framework of engaging gaming, to make the process of learning to read as compelling and [...]

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Acmhainní don Ghaeilge ó Foinse

December 2, 2012

I’ve only recently become aware of some nice Gaeilge resources on the Foinse website. Foinse, the Irish language newspaper, has created a number of resources to support the teaching of Gaeilge in the primary school. They have resources to support almost every one of the ten themes in the Gaeilge curriculum. The resources are arranged [...]

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Dublin by Numbers

October 24, 2012

I got an email today from Mary Mulvihill from Ingenious Ireland letting me know about free maths activity trails that she has on her site. Called “Dublin by Numbers“, the trails are suitable for primary school pupils. The various activities in the trails range from simple to fairly complex, and teachers can pick and choose, to [...]

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Scoilnet Hallowe’en Themepage

October 14, 2012

Scoilnet have a selection of more than fifty themepages that cover many different curricular areas such as Italy, the Titanic, Ancient Egypt, Music in the classroom and many others. However, at this time of the year teachers will be very interested to visit the Hallowe’en Themepage to get inspiration for seasonal lessons . There are [...]

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Tree Day 2012

September 30, 2012

The Tree Council of Ireland, supported by Tetra Pak, is delighted to launch Tree Day 2012 themed “If Trees Could Talk…”, which will take place on Thursday 11th October. Trees, especially old trees, have many intriguing tales to tell of times past. On Tree Day, schools and families are invited to explore the fascinating stories, [...]

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Help My Kid Learn

September 19, 2012

I just happened across the Help My Kid Learn website during the week and wondered how it came about. It seems that as part of the national literacy and numeracy strategy, the Department of Education and Skills (DES) asked the National Adult Literacy Agency to highlight the role that parents and communities can play in [...]

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