by admin | Nov 9, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology
Many Irish teachers have taken to the Blogosphere over the past number of years and are using the medium of a Blog (an amalgam of the words “Web” and “Log”) either to communicate with other teachers or as a focal point to highlight work being...
by admin | Oct 29, 2011 | Teaching News
The school’s Inspectorate is to set up a website to allow parents to effectively rate their children’s school and the results will be online for all to see. Well, not really! However, their counterparts in England, Ofsted, have done exactly this. I just...
by admin | Oct 17, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology
Since 1996 the eircom Spider Awards have honoured Irish individuals and organisations for their outstanding achievements online and celebrated the successes of the Irish internet and digital media. The eircom Junior Spider Awards were established in 2009 as a parallel...
by admin | Oct 13, 2011 | Interviews, Teaching News
I recently contacted all seven of the Presidential candidates, explaining a little about Seomra Ranga and the work it does. I informed them that I was planning to do an article which would allow all the presidential candidates a chance to address the teachers of...
by admin | Oct 4, 2011 | Teaching News
Scoilnet and Encyclopaedia Britannica are running a major national competition for teachers during the month of October. Teachers will have the chance to win a range of prizes for themselves and their schools including an iPad2, and other high-tech classroom-based...
by admin | Aug 12, 2011 | Teaching News
Did you know that back to school also means back to developing exciting class science projects for the RDS Primary Science Fair 2012? The call for entries is now open and primary schools across Ireland are invited to visit www.rds.ie/primarysciencefair to submit an...
by admin | Jul 19, 2011 | Teaching News
On July 8th, the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, launched “Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life – The National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among Children and Young People 2011-2020”, a wide ranging new...
by admin | Jun 23, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology, Video
I must admit that I’d never heard of a Godwit before, so when I received an email from Willie McSweeney from Scoil Iosaef Naofa, an all boys’ school in Cobh, Co. Cork, my first reaction was that this was yet another spam email amongst the hundreds of other that...
by admin | Jun 15, 2011 | Teaching News
The Teaching Council has been advised by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) that Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act, 2001 will be commenced in the coming school year. Section 30 provides that: A person who is employed as a teacher in a recognised...
by admin | Jun 2, 2011 | History, Teaching News, Visual Arts
The National Print Museum, (Músaem Náisiúnta Cló) based on Haddington Road in Dublin 4, collects, documents, preserves, exhibits, interprets and makes accessible the material evidence of printing craft and fosters associated skills of the craft in Ireland. It aims to...
by admin | May 26, 2011 | Bibliography, Drama-, Teaching News
‘Drama Start’ is a collection of drama activities, including games, role playing ideas, action poems, plays and monologues, suitable for children between the ages of 3 and 8. It can be used in Early Years’ settings or in primary schools, up to and including second...
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Teaching News
Cups and Crowns is an educational theatre company who are the Theatre in Residence company with both Galway City and County Council for 2011/12. They have just announced the details of their first ever Art Competition for 1st Class pupils in Primary Schools. To...
by admin | May 18, 2011 | Book Reviews, Teaching News
After a recent bereavement in school, when a member of staff passed away suddenly over a weekend, our staff discussed at length how to deal with the situation in school on the Monday morning. A teacher in a local school told me about a book that they used in their...
by admin | May 7, 2011 | Teaching News
The Kodály Society of Ireland presents a one-day-workshop with Dr. Laszlo Nemes entitled “Exploring Music: A Practical Approach to Teaching and Learning” on Saturday 14th May 2011, 10.00am – 4.30pm in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin...
by admin | May 5, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology
For a number of weeks now teachers across the country have been getting together on Monday nights to chat about educational issues suggested by some of the participants. The conversation is conducted through the medium of Twitter, the micro-blogging website. The...
