by admin | Mar 8, 2014 | Technology
The Signs of Spring Twitter 2014 Project completed by schools across the country last week was a great success. Indeed schools from outside Ireland also took part. There was a great variety of stories, observations, images, photographs, videos all recording the...
by admin | Mar 3, 2014 | Technology
This resource was the presentation I gave to the Annual CESI (Computers in Education Society of Ireland) Conference in Galway on March 1st, 2014. The presentation was an attempt at demonstrating how technology could be used to provide a different, perhaps more...
by admin | Mar 2, 2014 | Apps, Guest Post, Technology
This is the second instalment of Joanne Gilmartin’s Guest Post on Using Tablets for Numeracy. In her first post she gave some examples of websites and apps that are useful for tackling various aspects/strands of the mathematics curriculum. In her first...
by admin | Mar 2, 2014 | Resources Websites
Next Wednesday, March 5th marks the beginning of Lent 2014 and, as usual, the Trócaire charity has produced some great classroom resources to coincide with the season of Lent. “Make Every Drop Count” is the theme of the resources this year and there are...
by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Technology
It’s almost time again for our Signs of Spring Twitter project. This is our 3rd year of this event and it gives teachers and pupils a chance to look about and observe the signs of Spring in their environment. We already did a Signs of Autumn (#anfomhar) Twitter...
by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Competitions
Smarty Cat Games is a Gaeilge resource which consists of ten games covering each of the ten themes of Curaclam na Gaeilge. Having previously developed a new Gaeilge resource – An Cat Cainteach (The Chatty Cat), Smarty Cat Games have now developed two new Gaeilge...