by admin | Sep 26, 2012 | Technology
The days are gradually closing in and the autumn weather is making its presence felt. What better time then to do a Twitter Project. We did a Twitter project earlier in the year for the Signs of Spring and Mary Jo Bell suggested to me that we should do a similar one...
by admin | Sep 26, 2012 | Miscellaneous
This is a single A4 sized page with a calendar for Deireadh Fómhair 2012. It is suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard. (.pdf file 18.5KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already...
by admin | Sep 25, 2012 | Technology
MissionV is a not-for-profit organisation which promotes the development of 21st century skills through innovative online technologies. It is enhancing the Irish classroom by providing the digital tools for teachers and students to design and create their own,...
by admin | Sep 24, 2012 | Competitions
It’s time for another book competition! Thanks to the religious bookseller Veritas, we have five copies of their new publication “Prayer Assemblies for Primary Schools” to give away. Written by Maurice Harmon and Elaine Mahon, the book contains forty...
by admin | Sep 23, 2012 | Technology
Over the past few years I had read about other educators using Kidblog to get their pupils blogging. I didn’t delve into it too much as I had been teaching younger pupils for the past few years. However, now that I moved back up to 6th class, I decided to...
by admin | Sep 22, 2012 | Technology, Technology
This is the third of David Ganly’s ICT in the Classroom eBulletins. David teaches in Donabate Community College and he says that the eBulletin started off as an idea he had to engage and encourage teachers in his school to use ICT in the classroom. After putting the...
by admin | Sep 21, 2012 | Certificates
This is a certificate to reward a pupil who has made a special effort to be a good friend to another pupil/s in school during the week. (.pdf file 118 KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Sep 21, 2012 | Certificates
Tá an teastas seo le haghaidh moladh a thabhairt do dhalta atá tinreamh iomlán aige/aici i rith na seachtaine/na míosa ar scoil. (comhad .pdf 163KB) Íoslódáil an Comhad… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Sep 21, 2012 | Certificates
Tá an teastas seo le haghaidh moladh a thabhairt do dhalta atá tinreamh iomlán aige/aici i rith na seachtaine/na míosa ar scoil. (comhad .pdf 166KB) Íoslódáil an Comhad… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Sep 20, 2012 | Website
Time to celebrate! Seomra Ranga is five years old today. I can’t really believe that! I still remember that summer of 2007 when I was putting the original site together, really using it as a way of organising for myself the resources I had put together and...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Resources Websites
I just happened across the Help My Kid Learn website during the week and wondered how it came about. It seems that as part of the national literacy and numeracy strategy, the Department of Education and Skills (DES) asked the National Adult Literacy Agency to...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Technology, Technology
This is the second of David Ganly’s ICT in the Classroom eBulletins. David teaches in Donabate Community College and he says that the eBulletin started off as an idea he had to engage and encourage teachers in his school to use ICT in the classroom. After...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Apps
There are a number of whiteboard apps in the App Store but the one I’m getting great use out of at the moment is called Show Me. I think that part of the reason why I like it so much is its simplicity. It’s fairly basic, without the bells ‘n...
by admin | Sep 17, 2012 | Technology, Technology
I came across these newsletters through the CESI mailing list and thought that they contained great information on technology for teachers in the classroom. I’m grateful to David Ganly, a teacher in Donabate Community College, for allowing me to make these...
by admin | Sep 15, 2012 | Apps
I’m not aware of any apps in the iTunes App Store that will record audio and allow it to be saved as an .mp3 file, which is probably the most widely accessible audio file format. However, I heard about the Hokusai app from Joe Dale on Twitter earlier this year....
