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....
by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | Apps
Many teachers will be familiar with the great “Know Your Ireland” geography software for schools from the Irish software company Edware. This company also produces other similar geography titles: “Know Your Europe”, “Know Your USA”,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2012 | 5th/6th, Number
This is a handout to explain the conversion of numerals to Roman Numerals, from 1 to 1000. It also explains the rules surrounding working out how to write Roman Numerals eg. Do not subtract a number from one that is more than 10 times greater. (.pdf file 15.5KB)...
by admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Dánta / Amhráin, Teaching News
Táim ag iarraidh rannta, dánta agus amhráin as Gaeilge a chur le chéile le “Crowdsourcing”, chun tacaíocht a thabhairt do na téamaí éagsúla i gCuraclam na Gaeilge. Má tá dánta/amhráin/rannta agat a bhain tú úsáid astu agus a bhí úsáideach don téama, déan...
by admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Teaching News
As the new school term begins the RDS is delighted to call for entries for the 2013 RDS Primary Science Fair! The Fair provides a public forum for primary schools across Ireland to showcase their class STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) projects,...
