by admin | Oct 4, 2008 | Resources Websites
Logainm is a new website containing a database of the placenames of Ireland. The site comes in an English version or a Gaeilge version and you can switch between both quite easily. The purpose of the site is to make available to the public Irish place names that have...
by admin | Sep 29, 2008 | Website
The Seomra Ranga website is one year old and it’s been a busy year. The number of visitors to the site has been steadily growing throughout the year to a total of almost 67,000 unique visits during the past twelve months. This month alone (September) has been...
by admin | Sep 20, 2008 | Resources
A selection of new posters and signs for the classroom has now been uploaded onto the Seomra Ranga website. There is a series of posters on “Mothúcháin”; a series of posters on Music Notation to help pupils learn the main symbols of music notation; a...
by admin | Sep 12, 2008 | Resources Websites
Moneyville is a new Irish website with the aim of teaching younger children more about money, the value of money and saving money. This is a flash-based site which is very colourful with a high standard of animation. It should be instantly attractive to young...
by admin | Aug 27, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
Spelling City is a website dedicated to learning and having fun with spellings. You can create your own wordlists by entering 1, 5 or 10 words to learn. Once you have done this, you have three options – “Test Me”, “Teach Me” or...
by admin | Aug 27, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
“Look, Cover Write and Check” is a nice online spelling programme demonstrating the commonly used methodology for learning spellings. There is no software to download so the game is played online. There are sets of word lists incorporated into the...
by admin | Aug 22, 2008 | Book Reviews
“Avoid Sailing on an Irish Famine Ship” is a newly published book based on the period during the Great Irish Famine of the 1840’s. It is part of “The Danger Zone” series of historical fact books. What’s different about this book on...
by admin | Aug 16, 2008 | Resources Websites
Children’s Books Forever is a website that has free downloads of children’s books. The books are downloadable in .pdf format, so you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC/Laptop in order to view the books. The site includes picture books...
by admin | Aug 16, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
European Geography Tutor is a piece of freeware available for download from the internet. At 432KB, it’s a relatively small file for downloading. It downloads quickly and installs quickly. The programme window has a map of Europe on the left and a list of 39...
by admin | Aug 15, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
Clock Face is a freeware programme based on a solitaire type game for teaching the time. It is a downloadable file of only 456KB, so it downloads and installs relatively quickly. The programme window has a clock face. Beside each number on the clock is a bundle of...
by admin | Aug 9, 2008 | Resources Websites, Technology
Spelling Bee is a spelling programme that is played online without the need to download anything onto your computer. It is split up into eight sections (Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12) with three levels in each section. Each level has a short story with blank...
by admin | Aug 2, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
IronHead MathFlash is a freeware maths flashcard programme that can be downloaded as a 2.08MB zip file. It is used to practise the four main mathematical operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is suitable for use with all age groups and...
by admin | Jul 11, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
Multiplication Facts is a freeware programe that can be downloaded as a zip file from the internet and installed on your PC. It is a 2.3MB file which downloads quite quickly using a broadband connection. The programme is perfectly suited to middle and senior classes...
by admin | Jul 9, 2008 | Resources Websites, Technology
Webwise is a website on Internet safety created by the NCTE. It deals with many topics surrounding the theme of internet safety: safe surfing; cyber bullying; chatroom safety; safety when texting; safety in social networking websites; risks in file sharing and...
by admin | Jul 8, 2008 | Resources, Resources Websites, Technology
Daisy Maths 4 is a freeware programme giving children lots of practice in learning maths skills. It is aimed at children aged 3 – 12 so it is ideally suited to the primary school. It covers topics such as basic number, counting, addition, subtraction, division,...
