by admin | Feb 23, 2014 | Apps, Guest Post, Technology
Recently I delivered a course to a group of both Primary and Secondary School Teachers on Using Tablets for Numeracy. I am working as a Numeracy Tutor with the PDST and a large part of my post is delivering courses to teachers on all aspects of Numeracy from Mental...
by admin | Feb 21, 2014 | Teaching News
The Computer in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) is gearing up for its eagerly anticipated annual conference next weekend. The theme of this year’s conference is “Spark The Imagination” and attendees will be spoiled for choice with forty presentations, eight...
by admin | Feb 15, 2014 | Guest Post, Teaching News, Technology
CLiC News (Computer Learning in Communities) is a project run out of Dublin Institute of Technology’s School of Media which aims to bring the very latest news to primary school children, written and produced with the needs and interests of that audience in mind. The...
by admin | Feb 13, 2014 | Teaching News
The first ever Teachmeet Primary East will be an opportunity for inspirational educators to meet and share good practice, practical ideas and personal insights into primary education. A Teachmeet is an organised (but informal) meeting where participants are offered a...
by admin | Feb 12, 2014 | Resources Websites
A booklet called “Playground Markings and Other Traditional Games” was developed by the Health Promotion Unit of the Health Service Executive (HSE) South in 2009. It quotes a French author who says that: “It should be noted that children at play are...
by admin | Feb 11, 2014 | Book Reviews
Aibítir is a new Irish alphabet book by Belfast-based printmaker René Mullin. It is a hard-backed book consisting of eighteen beautifully illustrated letters and words in a fresh celebration of Ireland’s unique alphabet. Each letter is displayed on the left hand...
