Buachaill Ón Éirne
This is an easy-to-follow version of the traditional Irish air “Buachaill Ón Éirne” sung by The Corrs. The lyrics appear on screen as well as an English translation which should help pupils to follow the story in the song….
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Tom the Pole
Thanks to Liam Porter on Twitter for sharing the link to this great animation on Tom Crean. If any class is doing the Ice Man as a class novel, kids will enjoy watching this quick summary of the life of Tom Crean….
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Review of 2012
Now into its sixth year, it’s been another busy year on Seomra Ranga and it’s safe to say that, at this stage, the website has become a mainstay in the online educational digital landscape in Ireland. Without doubt, the highlight of the year came at the very end with the unexpected and surprising win of the Best Individual Blog in the Edublog 2012 Awards. Given that Seomra Ranga was pitted against 139 top educational blogs from literally all over the world puts the win into some perspective. Again, many thanks to those who nominated the site for the award initially and then to all those in the Irish education community read more…
Christmas Greetings 2012
Christmas Greetings to you all from Seomra Ranga and best wishes for the New Year. Enjoy your well-earned break from the classroom. A special “Thank You” to the thousands of visitors to the site during the past year. Thanks to all of you for your kind comments and appreciation for the work on the site throughout the year. Nollaig Shona agus Beannachtaí na Féile oraibh go léir!
Know Your Ireland Competition
The Know Your Ireland app for iPad, launched in September, has just been upgraded and version 1.1 is now available for purchase from the iTunes App Store. When the app was launched in September, I wrote an App Review where I lauded the launch of an Irish Geography app but was a bit disappointed that the information to be learned on the app was a bit limited. However, the app has now been upgraded read more…
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 17: Gaolta
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 17: Gaolta; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, 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.
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Junior Spider Awards
The Junior Spider Awards, the schools’ version of the main Spider Awards, was established in 2009 to: encourage the use of the internet to teach subjects on our curriculum; acknowledge the innovation amongst web creators in schools; provide an exciting programme that will encourage teachers/students to further develop their technology skills in web design. read more…
Scratch Competition
Scratch is a visual programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art and share these creations on the web. It is a fun and interesting way to introduce software development to pupils. Originally developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, Scratch is a free download and is very suitable for use in the primary school. read more…
Seomra Ranga Wins Edublog Award
Seomra Ranga has won the prestigious Best Individual Blog at the 9th annual international Edublog Awards held online last night. It was a truly unexpected win as I had presumed that the might of the larger US and UK blogs would prevail. There were originally 139 nominations from all over the world. This was whittled down to a shortlist of 44 blogs which were then put to a public vote. Again I thought that the greater education communities in the UK and US would easily surpass the votes I could muster from supporters in Ireland. read more…
ICT in the Classroom eBulletin – Issue 7
This is the seventh of David Ganly’s ICT in the Classroom eBulletins. David teaches in Donabate Community College and he says that the eBulletin started off as an idea he had to engage and encourage teachers in his school to use ICT in the classroom. After putting the first edition together he soon realised that it would be more beneficial if he made it open for any teacher to use, so he then decided to circulate it through his email contacts, the CESI list and Edmodo.
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