by admin | Oct 26, 2012 | Competitions
Many thanks to all of the teachers who entered our competition for a copy of the Limited Edition “Scratch From Scratch” by Seamus O’ Neill and Stephen Howell. It was a great success. Many thanks to Seamus and Stephen for sponsoring the prizes. Most people found...
by admin | Oct 24, 2012 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
I got an email today from Mary Mulvihill from Ingenious Ireland letting me know about free maths activity trails that she has on her site. Called “Dublin by Numbers”, the trails are suitable for primary school pupils. The various activities in the trails...
by admin | Oct 23, 2012 | Competitions
Many of you will have read about the recent publication of the “Scratch From Scratch” book by Seamus O’ Neill and Stephen Howell. I’m very grateful that they have given me five copies of the book as prizes for another Seomra Ranga competition....
by admin | Oct 20, 2012 | Technology, Technology
I recently gave a talk to some teachers about using Twitter in the classroom and as a source of CPD (Continuing Professional Development) for the teacher. This is the presentation I put together for the talk. Some of it may be self-explanatory, but some points were...
by admin | Oct 18, 2012 | Teaching News
The RDS is calling for Expressions of Interest from primary school teachers wishing to join a pilot group of teachers who will help to develop and deliver a new teacher education programme in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). This pilot professional...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Website
The Irish Web Awards are being held in the Mansion House, Dublin on November 1st. I just found out today that Seomra Ranga had been nominated for an award in the “Best Education and Third Level Website” category ages ago, and I didn’t even know about...
