by admin | Oct 15, 2012 | Technology
This is the fifth 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 | Oct 14, 2012 | Hallowe'en, Resources Websites
Scoilnet have a selection of more than fifty themepages that cover many different curricular areas such as Italy, the Titanic, Ancient Egypt, Music in the classroom and many others. However, at this time of the year teachers will be very interested to visit the...
by admin | Oct 13, 2012 | Teaching News
With the present focus on literacy and numeracy, it is timely that the Association of Teachers’/Education Centres of Ireland (ATECI) have organised a conference with a focus on Numeracy. The conference entitled ‘Does It All Add Up?’ takes place in...
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | Technology
The first week of October saw us take part in our first “Signs of Autumn” Twitter Project. We had done a successful project on the Signs of Spring earlier in the year, so, through Twitter one night, Mary Jo Bell suggested to me that we should organise a...
by admin | Oct 5, 2012 | Guest Post
Teaching in Ireland in the 21st Century – a Road Map for Enhanced Professionalism Long before the Teaching Council was established in 2006, many in the education sector had called for regulation of the profession. They saw the establishment of a teaching council as a...
by admin | Oct 4, 2012 | Competitions
Many thanks to all of the teachers who entered our competition with Veritas for a copy of “Preparing for First Reconciliation – A Guide for Families” by Elaine Mahon. It was a great success. Many thanks to Veritas for sponsoring the prizes. Most people found the...
