by admin | May 22, 2015 | Book Reviews
Friend or Foe is set in Dublin in the 1916 Easter Rising. The main characters are Emer Davey and Jack Madigan both of whose families are on different sides, Emer’s family being on the side of the Volunteers, and Jack’s family being on the side of the law. The minor...
by admin | May 19, 2015 | Teaching News
The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, today launched the Arts in Education Portal in Dublin Castle. Developed by both Departments, the Arts in Education Charter was...
by admin | May 14, 2015 | Resources Websites
The fantastic Class Tools website, run by Russel Tarr, has today launched another great addition to its stable of interactive resources for the classroom. The latest addition to the website is its Breaking News Generator. This application allows the teacher/pupil to...
by admin | May 9, 2015 | Teaching News, Technology
The forthcoming Tech Me Up workshops is the brainchild of Maggie Green (A Geek and a Teacher) from Donegal. Earlier in the year, she had a vision of hosting a day long set of workshops to showcase technology. Since then Letterkenny Institute of Technology has come on...
by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Guest Post
There are a number of things to be considered when establishing a school library. Function: Is the library just for lending or do you see it as a place for study and research? Are you considering teaching in the area? Are you incorporating the idea of the library as a...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Guest Post
In his recent column on the ways in which teaching can change people’s lives, David McWilliams describes the wonderful impact that teachers have in leading learning – “It is a beautiful thing to see the weight of incomprehension being replaced by the freedom of...
