Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 31: Lá Faoin Tuath
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 31: Lá Faoin Tuath; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang II, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
EdBlogsIE
The Irish Teacher Blogs website has recently been re-branded as EdBlogsIE. Featuring a brand new logo and name, the idea behind the site has not changed. It’s an aggregate site that gathers together blog posts written about educational issues by Irish teachers from primary, secondary and third level backgrounds. At present more than sixty different educators are contributors to the site, so it gives teachers a wide range of viewpoints on educational issues affecting Irish classrooms. It also gives a great insight into new ideas, new methodologies and innovative teaching styles that teachers are experimenting with in Irish classrooms. read more…
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 32: Éin Fheirme
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 32: Éin Fheirme; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang II, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 33: Ag Cruinniú Bláthanna
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 33: Ag Cruinniú Bláthanna; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang II, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
Pop Words App
Popwords! is a free app for iPhone/iPod and iPad for practising vocabulary and spelling. There are four different ways to play the game – Classic, Practice, Puzzle and Daily Puzzle. It’s a good idea to start with the Practice section of the app so that the pupils can get used to the way the app works. You are given six rows of five letters on tiles. The aim of the game is to find as many words of at least three letters as you can. You make words by tapping or swiping letters in sequence. read more…
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 34: Cois Farraige
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 34: Cois Farraige; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang II, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 37: Bronntanas Airgid
Dúisigh a Bhríd – Ceacht 37: Bronntanas Airgid; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang II, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
News Booth App
News Booth is an app which allows you to turn photographs or pictures into something which looks like a screen grab from Sky News or some other such news channel. I recently came across this app at the CESI conference in February and decided to try it out in the classroom. The app allows you to import a photograph and add a headline and sub-headline to it to give it that authentic “newsy” feel. Once I saw it, I knew that the app would make a great addition to a literacy lesson. read more…
Quality Assurance in Schools
Tomás Ó Ruairc, Director of the Teaching Council, yesterday delivered a presentation to the annual Conference of the Inspectorate entitled “The Role of the Teaching Council in Ensuring Quality of Teaching in Schools“. In a wide-ranging presentation Tomás focused particularly on the notion of “quality assurance” in schools. As can be seen from the accompanying Wordle which I created from the text of his presentation, the words “quality” and “assurance” dominated the presentation. read more…
The Irish in Stories iBook
The Irish in Stories is a new interactive iBook just released in the last couple of days. It is a 60 page book for the iPad which opens in the iBooks application. It aims to bring to readers the rich and varied history and mythology of ancient Ireland. It is full of beautiful illustrations, interactive maps and timelines and stories on audiocast. In this iBook you can hear and read stories about The Children of Lir, Setanta, Cuchulainn, read more…