Droichead Pilot Project Under A Cloud
I wrote back in April on this website about Droichead, the proposed new pilot project for induction and probation of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) developed by the Teaching Council. The proposed pilot project was due to take place in in the seven counties which traditionally attracted the highest number of NQTs (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Kildare, Meath and Wexford). Across these counties, the Council proposed to involve approximately 200 primary and 100 post primary schools in the pilot project. read more…
Smarty Cat Games Competition
Smarty Cat Games is a new Gaeilge resource which consists of ten games covering each of the ten themes of Curaclam na Gaeilge (Mé Féin, Sa Bhaile, Ar Scoil, Bia, Teilifís, Siopadóireacht, Caitheamh Aimsire, Éadaí, An Aimsir, Ócáidí Speisialta). The games are packaged as a suite of ten and come in an easy to store plastic transparent box. ‘Cluichí Gaeilge’ is all about making learning Irish fun, interactive and enjoyable for children! read more…
Adam Up Website
Just today I got a follow on Twitter from the Adam Up website crew. Having never heard of the website before, I decided to have a look at their website. Adam Up is the creation of James Summerfield and Samuel Kordan. It consists of a series of songs to help pupils to learn aspects of the mathematics curriculum read more…
Seomra Ranga Named in 50 Must Read IT Blogs 2013
Seomra Ranga has been named by Ed Tech Magazine as one of their 50 Must Read K-12 IT Blogs for 2013. They remarked that these 50 blogs are deemed to be “must reads for the K-12 community” and acclaims them as “some of the best and brightest voices in education technology”. It continues: read more…
2014 Primary Science Fair
Are you looking for a unique way to integrate science and maths in your classroom? As the school year comes to an end, the people at the RDS Primary Science Fair are looking forward to what’s coming up next term. If you’ve ever thought about entering the RDS Primary Science Fair, now is the time you need to start thinking about it. The Fair provides an opportunity for 120 primary schools to showcase their class STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) projects read more…
Interview With Dr. Seán Rowland, President, Hibernia College (Part 2)
This is the second instalment of the interview conducted with Dr. Seán Rowland, President, Hibernia College.
Seomra Ranga would like to thank Dr. Seán Rowland for unreservedly accepting the invitation to partake in the interview series on the website. He accepted the invitation without hesitation and did not request any subject area to be out of bounds for the interview. He has given very comprehensive responses (which are unedited) to the questions put to him which should generate lots of talk, discussion and debate. DQ read more…
Interview With Dr.Seán Rowland, President, Hibernia College (Part 1)
Dr. Seán Rowland, was born in Castlebar, County Mayo. Having attended St. Patrick’s College in Dublin, he taught at primary school level for five years before travelling to the US to attend Boston College. Here he was awarded a Masters Degree in Curriculum, Instruction and Administration. He then pursued and completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction and Administration (CIA) with a focus on educational finance within the CIA programme. Dr. Rowland also holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. read more…
Guest Post: Autistic and Proud
I just came across this blog, Autistic and Proud, in the past few months and have been eagerly reading all the articles since. In my opinion, the blog is unique in that it is written by Fionn Hamill, a twelve year old boy with Aspergers (“aspies” as he regularly refers to himself in a mildly irreverent way!) and his mother Helen. They write about life for someone on the autistic spectrum from the point of view of the child and the parent. read more…
Voki
I introduced my gang to Voki yesterday. I hadn’t really used it before and thought that it was high time we tried it out to see what curricular possibilities it could have. Voki is a website that allows the pupil to create a customised avatar. There are many options to personalise the avatar that will instantly engage the pupils – they can change all the physical attributes of the avatar as well as its appearance and background. You can also include an image from your computer as a background. read more…
Safe Cross Code Dance
If you are teaching Road Safety lessons in SPHE, you might like to teach the Safe Cross Code song and dance. I think kids might enjoy this!…
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