Seomra Ranga in Numbers

Seomra Ranga in Numbers

Over the past few weeks, Seomra Ranga has passed some significant milestones on its web journey. There’s already been the 3rd Twitter Birthday (#Twitterversary), 2000 Facebook “Likes”, 1,200 Twitter Followers and 3,500 Tweets. This Blog Post now...
National Tree Week

National Tree Week

National Tree Week takes place from 4-10 March 2012. It is an annual, week-long festival celebrating all positive aspects of trees in our lives and environment. It is organised by the Tree Council of Ireland. This year’s theme is ‘Trees – Our Past, Our Present,...
Update on Teaching Council Election Blunder

Update on Teaching Council Election Blunder

Election Process to Start Over Again Two days ago I wrote a Blog Post about the confusion among teachers over the mix-up in the Declaration of Identity Form issued to teachers for the election of teachers to the new Teaching Council. Two very basic typographical...
CESI Conference 2012 Reviews

CESI Conference 2012 Reviews

I spent last weekend at the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) annual Conference in Portlaoise. It’s always a great event to meet teachers from all three levels of education in Ireland who are interested in the integration of technology in the...
Teaching Council Election Confusion

Teaching Council Election Confusion

Teaching Council Election voting papers have recently been posted out to all teachers registered with the Teaching Council. Teachers were supplied with two Ballot Papers – one for the female candidates and one for the male candidates. Teachers were asked to vote...
Guest Post: Reading – A Gift For Life

Guest Post: Reading – A Gift For Life

Reading for pleasure – it’s a no-brainer, really, isn’t it? It’s so obvious that it’s a really great thing to encourage children to read, I nearly feel a bit sheepish saying it. It’s like motherhood and apple pie. Who could be against it? (Bang-bang, you’re dead. When...