Mother Goose Time

Mother Goose Time

I accidentally came across this book of rhymes on the internet while looking for something else. There are 24 pages of rhymes, songs, nursery rhymes, hello and goodbye rhymes, fingerplays, action rhymes and lap rhymes. It comes from the Henrico County Public Libraries...
Technology Use in Irish Schools

Technology Use in Irish Schools

Some time ago Catherine Cronin, academic coordinator of online IT programmes and lecturer in IT at the National University of Ireland, Galway, asked me to take part in a video showcasing technology being used in Irish classrooms. Along with a number of other Irish...
A Day Made of Glass 2

A Day Made of Glass 2

I attended a workshop given by John Heffernan at the recent ICT in Education Conference in the Thurles campus of LIT on “A Brief History of the Near Future” where he looked at predictions of what the technologies of the future might look like. One of the...
The Rocky Road to Poland

The Rocky Road to Poland

The Euro 2012 Soccer Championships are nearly upon us and excitement will be mounting towards Ireland’s opening game against Croatia on June 10th. The Ray D’Arcy Show on Today FM asked listeners to suggest lines for the official Euro 2012 song for the...
The Titanic

The Titanic

Powerpoint presentation which tells the story of the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic from different perspectives – Ireland, Luxury, Famous Passengers, The Voyage, Icebergs, the story in the News at the time etc. Source: Shaygirl (.ppt file 754KB Download...