by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Apps
I recently was made aware of a relatively new iOS app called “Tellagami” and became intrigued by its possibilities in an educational setting. The app allows the user to create short animated videos (each called a “Gami”) to tell a story, give a...
by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Technology
I don’t usually promote individual products on this blog, but this is something that I think will be interesting to schools and teachers. Microsoft has a limited pricing offer for educators for their new Surface RT Tablet. Included with the Surface RT is...
by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Website
I just returned from holiday to receive the news that Seomra Ranga has been nominated for the Blog Awards Ireland 2013 in the Best Science/Education Blog category. Blog Awards Ireland 2013 celebrates the best in Irish blogging with 31 winners being announced at the...
by admin | Jul 25, 2013 | Apps
Little Writer is a tracing app for younger pupils from developers Alligator Apps. It is used to support younger learners who are at the initial stages of writing. This app helps such pupils to correctly write upper and lower case letters, numbers, words and shapes. It...
by admin | Jul 23, 2013 | Apps
The Over App is similar to Phonto, another app I wrote about previously. This app is used for overlaying text onto a photograph or image. The text can be changed in many different ways by changing the font, alignment, colour, opacity and size. The app has recently...
by admin | Jul 23, 2013 | Technology
I’ve written a previous blog post about Talking QR Codes and how they could be used in the classroom. Put basically, you type in a text message of no more than 100 characters in length on the QR Voice website, which then creates a QR Code. You then save the QR...
by admin | Jul 23, 2013 | Technology
There are often times when teachers come across video content on YouTube that they wish to use in the classroom. However, it may be that they really only want the audio content of the video eg. a song/rhyme. It may be that the teacher feels that the video content is...
by admin | Jul 17, 2013 | Apps, Guest Post, Resources Websites, Technology
What can be a big problem when trying to solve maths problems? For some children they just can’t picture or visualise what is happening in the problem. If this is something you notice in your class, then I’d really recommend you check out Thinking Blocks,...
by admin | Jul 17, 2013 | Teaching News
It’s not often that things are totally free for teachers, but to celebrate the summer holidays, Sea Life Bray have a special offer for teachers this August. Quite simply, teachers can avail of two free tickets to visit Sea Life Bray during the month of August....
by admin | Jul 4, 2013 | 3rd/4th, Number, Video
This short video might appeal to pupils learning the 8X Tables. It’s from the Education City website. I think it’s a subscription website so there don’t appear to be any more videos available on YouTube for the other multiplication tables....
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, PE, Resources Websites, Teaching News
The International Handball Federation has recently developed a project called Handball at School and is currently rolling out the project in several countries around the world, including Ireland. The aim of the project is to get children of school age interested in...
by admin | Jul 1, 2013 | Teaching News
It has become a tradition in our school in recent years to produce a commemorative Yearbook to present to the pupils in 6th class as they leave the school. The organisation, collection of material and printing of the book is all done by parents. It includes profiles...
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...
