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 2, 2014 | Teaching News
MATHletes Challenge 2014 is an online and in-person maths competition which uses the Khan Academy website to give thousands of students across Ireland the chance to compete with each other, and improve their maths abilities. It includes a Student Challenge and a...
by admin | Jan 25, 2014 | Apps
Many teachers will be familiar with the Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) handwriting programme. This app is meant to compliment the teaching of that programme as it replicates the slate chalkboard of the programme. Following the “Wipe – Dry –...
