by admin | Feb 20, 2012 | Technology
A member of staff in my school recently organised an eye-catching and colourful display board in the entrance foyer to our school. It was called “Our School Community”. Every pupil in the school drew and coloured a small “head and shoulders” picture of themselves....
by admin | Dec 13, 2011 | Technology
Check out an article I wrote on QR Codes for the December 2011 edition of InTouch, the INTO magazine for primary school teachers. The article explains how my first foray into QR Codes was to use them for a maths treasure hunt. (.pdf file 431KB) Download...
by admin | Nov 14, 2011 | Apps, Technology
Cúla 4 is the young people’s service on TG4. They have recently released a Gaeilge app designed for both iPhone and iPad. The app is aimed at younger pupils and provides over 100 fun Irish language words. The vocabulary is presented in four groups – Weather, Animals,...
by admin | Oct 1, 2011 | Apps, Technology
Wikipedia defines Augmented Reality (AR) as “a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general...
by admin | Sep 30, 2011 | Technology
QR Codes are the next big innovation that will be coming more prevalent in our daily lives over the next few years. QR stands for Quick Response as the information embedded in the code can be read or accessed almost instantaneously. It’s a two-dimensional barcode that...
