by admin | Oct 2, 2009 | Technology, Video
What happens when you give a class of eight year olds an iPod each in school? I found out about this video through Twitter from @simonlewis. It’s amazing what educational uses iPods could be put to in a classroom. Could this ever happen in Ireland?…...
by admin | Oct 2, 2009 | Website
Seomra Ranga recently celebrated its 2nd birthday. Those two years have flown by. When starting out, I never expected that the site would be so successful. September is usually a busy month for the site for obvious reasons with teachers preparing for the new school...
by admin | Sep 21, 2009 | Resources, Seasonal
Seomra Ranga is pleased to announce that it has received permission from Irish Water Safety (IWS) to include their powerpoint classroom resources on the site for teachers to download freely. These resources should be of great benefit to primary school teachers to use...
by admin | Sep 20, 2009 | Book Reviews
Published in 2008, “17 Martin Street” is a novel by Marilyn Taylor, the same author that wrote the very successful book “Faraway Home”, with which many teachers will be familiar. Having thoroughly enjoyed “Faraway Home” and used the...
by admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Book Reviews
“Anne Frank” is a picture book written by Josephine Poole and illustrated by Angela Barrett. Rather than being a picture book version of the original diary, this book tells a third hand account of the life of Anne Frank. The language used in the re-telling...
by admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Website
Lots more visitors have been visiting the site and downloading some of the free resources available on the site and in the last couple of days, the number of visitors to the site has exceeded the 300,000 mark. The site has been busy in the last couple of weeks with...
