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...
by admin | May 20, 2013 | Competitions
Mystery Math Town is a newly-released maths app for iPad from Art Gig Apps, the same company that released Shake a Phrase. Filled with great graphics and moody background music, this app will take pupils on an adventure through the houses of a Gothic-looking town...
by admin | May 18, 2013 | 5th/6th, Shape & Space
This is a handy, bookmark-sized, resource for pupils who are learning about the circle in maths. It explains the terminology radius, diameter, area, circumference, arc and sector. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmarks are too large, set your...
by admin | May 18, 2013 | 5th/6th, Number
This is a handy, bookmark-sized, resource for pupils who are learning about averages. It explains the terminology mean, median, mode and range. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmarks are too large, set your printer preferences to print two to...
by admin | May 16, 2013 | Rang IV
Tír na nÓg – Ceacht 06: Bád a D’imigh; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang IV, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain...
by admin | May 16, 2013 | Rang IV
Tír na nÓg – Ceacht 04: An Bád; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang IV, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon...
by admin | May 14, 2013 | Competitions
Shake a Phrase is a language app for the development of reading, vocabulary, grammar and writing. The app presents the content under five different themes – Animals, Fairytale, Monsters, Sports and Shake Starter. Using these themes, there are three sections to the app...
by admin | May 13, 2013 | Resources Websites
The 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...
