by admin | Apr 14, 2011 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
The National Children’s Gallery of Ireland was recently launched in the Belltable Arts Centre in Limerick. It’s intended that it will be a lovingly-curated online space for showcasing and celebrating the imaginative artwork produced by children at home...
by admin | Apr 14, 2011 | Interviews
Sheila Nunan is General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO), the first female to date in its 141-year history to lead the INTO. She has been a member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the INTO since 1995 and was INTO President...
by admin | Apr 7, 2011 | Interviews
Seomra Ranga is pleased to announce that the journalist and broadcaster, Kevin Myers, has accepted an invitation to be the next subject in our interview series. I put it to him that in view of the fact that there is a perception among teachers that he was constantly...
by admin | Apr 4, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology
Fancy becoming involved in a Digital Art Project using digital art programmes and Twitter? We’re looking for schools to join us in creating some works of art using digital media. The project will be completed over the next couple of weeks before Easter. Thanks...
by admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Technology
I have been using Twitter in the classroom ( @mrquinnsclass) for almost a year now. Although I had been using it personally ( @seomraranga) for a year previously, I wasn’t quite sure how I would use it in a meaningful sense in the classroom. However, a year down...
by admin | Mar 28, 2011 | Easter, Resources Websites
For those who may not be aware, Scoilnet has put together forty-four different Themepages covering a broad range of themes across all areas of the curriculum including World War II, Weather, Safety, Water, Shapes All Around Us, Roald Dahl and many others. They also...