by admin | Jun 28, 2013 | Website
The power of Facebook was clearly demonstrated to me last night. I came across this maxim on Twitter yesterday afternoon, shared by Toby Price: “Teachers Don’t Take Summers Off – They Do A Year’s Worth Of Work In Ten Months”. I liked the...
by admin | Jun 23, 2013 | Free
This is an end of year maths trail through the various strands of the maths curriculum. It is geared for third class and it can be done individually or in pairs. Source: Nollaig Bourke (.pdf file 10.8KB) Download File
by admin | Jun 23, 2013 | AEN, Teaching News
The announcement by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) during the week that support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) is to be further reduced, to a cumulative 25% over the past three years, was met with dismay by most observers in the...
by admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Competitions
The O’Brien Press, which has an extensive catalogue of children’s books as well as many books of general interest, recently launched its new website. It features a new layout which includes an easy navigation, author profiles, book extracts, reviews,...
by admin | Jun 15, 2013 | Website
Blog Awards Ireland will bring together the Irish online community collaborating in a single event in October 2013 to celebrate blogging in Ireland. The event celebrates the best in Irish blogging by creating 31 categories which offer plenty of scope for bloggers....
by admin | Jun 13, 2013 | Teaching News
I wrote back in April on this website about Droichead, the proposed new pilot project for induction and probation of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) developed by the Teaching Council. The proposed pilot project was due to take place in in the seven counties which...
by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Competitions
Smarty Cat Games is a new Gaeilge resource which consists of ten games covering each of the ten themes of Curaclam na Gaeilge (Mé Féin, Sa Bhaile, Ar Scoil, Bia, Teilifís, Siopadóireacht, Caitheamh Aimsire, Éadaí, An Aimsir, Ócáidí Speisialta). The games are packaged...
by admin | Jun 9, 2013 | Resources Websites
Just 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...
by admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Technology, Website
Seomra Ranga has been named by Ed Tech Magazine as one of their 50 Must Read K-12 IT Blogs for 2013. They remarked that these 50 blogs are deemed to be “must reads for the K-12 community” and acclaims them as “some of the best and brightest voices in...
by admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Teaching News
Are you looking for a unique way to integrate science and maths in your classroom? As the school year comes to an end, the people at the RDS Primary Science Fair are looking forward to what’s coming up next term. If you’ve ever thought about entering the RDS...
by admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Interviews
This is the second instalment of the interview conducted with Dr. Seán Rowland, President, Hibernia College. Seomra Ranga would like to thank Dr. Seán Rowland for unreservedly accepting the invitation to partake in the interview series on the website. He accepted the...
by admin | May 27, 2013 | Interviews
Dr. Seán Rowland, was born in Castlebar, County Mayo. Having attended St. Patrick’s College in Dublin, he taught at primary school level for five years before travelling to the US to attend Boston College. Here he was awarded a Masters Degree in Curriculum,...
by admin | May 26, 2013 | Guest Post
I just came across this blog, Autistic and Proud, in the past few months and have been eagerly reading all the articles since. In my opinion, the blog is unique in that it is written by Fionn Hamill, a twelve year old boy with Aspergers (“aspies” as he...
by admin | May 25, 2013 | Technology
I introduced my gang to Voki yesterday. I hadn’t really used it before and thought that it was high time we tried it out to see what curricular possibilities it could have. Voki is a website that allows the pupil to create a customised avatar. There are many...
by admin | May 20, 2013 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, SPHE, Video
If you are teaching Road Safety lessons in SPHE, you might like to teach the Safe Cross Code song and dance. I think kids might enjoy this!… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
