by admin | Jan 24, 2011 | Teaching News
With the date of the impending General Election looming ever closer, we need to know what the plans of each of the political parties are in relation to education, teaching and the role of technology in schools. So, with this in mind, I plan to send a list of questions...
by admin | Jan 23, 2011 | Teaching News
Back in November, the Educational Research Centre published “The 2009 National Assessments of Mathematics and English Reading”. National Assessments take place every five years, with almost 8,000 pupils taking part in the most recent survey. The study is...
by admin | Jan 19, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology
The Computer in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) will hold its annual conference entitled “ICT in Education – Changing Landscapes” in Portlaoise Heritage Hotel, 4 Feb, 7 – 9 PM and Portlaoise College, 5 Feb, 9 AM – 4.30 PM. Registration for...
by admin | Jan 16, 2011 | Teaching News
There is much discussion and debate at the moment arising out of the current difficult job situation, especially for young teachers who have recently qualified or are about to qualify this year. Many young teachers are finding it increasingly difficult to find...
by admin | Jan 4, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology
The Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) annual conference will be held on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th February 2011 in Portlaoise. The theme for this year’s conference is “ICT in Education – Changing Landscapes”. The Friday evening...
by admin | Dec 30, 2010 | Teaching News
The Teaching Council (An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta) has recently drafted a Policy Paper on the Continuum of Teacher Education, which will provide the framework within which it will implement its functions relating to teacher education. The draft policy paper deals...
by admin | Dec 20, 2010 | Teaching News, Website
A new addition to the new website will commence in January when a series of monthly interviews will be conducted with prominent figures in the field of education. The series will kick off with an interview with Áine Lawlor, Director of the Teaching Council. This is...
by admin | Dec 8, 2010 | Teaching News
This is the seventh year of the Edublog Awards, an international award for educational blogs. The purpose of the Edublog awards is promote and demonstrate the educational values of this form of new social media. There are 23 different categories of awards ranging...
by admin | Sep 23, 2010 | Teaching News
This is an excellent presentation from Gifted Kids.ie from a webinar on Dual Exceptionality. It also demonstrates the close links, as well as the key differences, between children with specific learning difficulties and gifted children. Dual Exceptionality...
by admin | Sep 11, 2010 | Teaching News
The Writers in Schools Scheme is one of the longest running arts-in-education programmes in the country. 2007 marked the 30th anniversary of the Scheme, run by Poetry Ireland and funded by the Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon. The Scheme part-funds visits by...
by admin | Sep 10, 2010 | Teaching News
Daisy is gifted. When she was 5, she drew a map of the world on the kitchen wall. By the age of 8, she took her fathers car apart and put it back together again. By the time she was 12, she was studying Science and Mathematics at university. With each birthday, Daisy...
by admin | Sep 4, 2010 | Teaching News
Many teachers are reticent when it comes to the teaching of drama in the classroom so here are some words of wisdom from some experts in educational drama: “Since creative drama involves an entire class, the best place to begin in preparing students for...
by admin | Sep 4, 2010 | Teaching News
The Seomra Ranga website has lots of resources for teachers when working with a novel in the classroom. These resources can be viewed HERE. More resources for the class novel are planned for the future and will appear on that page of the website. The following is a...
by admin | Aug 28, 2010 | AEN, Blog, Teaching News
Seomra Ranga has included links to Special Education websites on the internet for some time. On this new site, they are included in the “Links” section at the top of the page. However, just to remind everyone of the extent of these links, I’m...
by admin | Jun 17, 2010 | Book Reviews, Teaching News
“It’s Called Dyslexia” is a new book recently published by Irish publisher O’ Brien Press. It’s written by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos, and was originally published in Barcelona, Spain. The colourful book is told from the point of view of the...
