Ministers Launch History Lesson Plans

Ministers Launch History Lesson Plans

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., and the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D., today jointly launched new History lesson plans for primary schools. The History lesson plans are based on A History of Ireland in...
Guest Post: Book Creator App

Guest Post: Book Creator App

If you use an iPad in your class, then spending €4.49 on the Book Creator App will be the best money you will spend. You should be warned that this will be a very enthusiastic review of an amazing app. Many schools I have spoken to about buying iPads are under a...

Resources Websites

Martin Burrett of the ICT Magic wiki has just released this video which has some cool recommendations of websites that teachers and pupils will enjoy using in the classroom. There are suggestions for a great animation website using Scratch-like coding, a website where...
Commencement of Section 30 Delayed Yet Again

Commencement of Section 30 Delayed Yet Again

Commencement of Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 has been delayed yet again, this time by another three months. Section 30 prohibits the Department of Education and Skills (DES) from paying any person who is employed as a teacher in a school unless he/she...
Hallowe’en Popular Music Week At The Ark

Hallowe’en Popular Music Week At The Ark

It’s Popular Music Week this midterm at The Ark in Temple Bar, Dublin. Write your own pop song and share it online, design your band’s t-shirt and album cover, try your hand at spinning discs like a professional DJ or join in a music jam. 7 days of popular music with...
T-Léine.ie T-Shirt Competition

T-Léine.ie T-Shirt Competition

T-Léine.ie provides t-shirts for people to share and wear their love for the Irish language. Featuring a variety of vivid images and catchy sayings, T-Léine.ie sells t-shirts for ladies, gents and children. T-léine is a quality product produced after much research...