Irish Forests

Irish Forests

Powerpoint presentation on Irish forests with lots of information on the different types of trees found in Irish forests. This is a project completed by pupils in Rang IV and V.

Source: Aisling Shanley

(.ppt file 1.02MB)

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Numerosity App

Numerosity App

Numerosity is a new maths app for iPad just released in the iTunes App Store from the Thoughtbox company. Its purpose is to reinforce learning in the four main mathematical operations operations. I asked one of my pupils to review the app for me and these are his thoughts:

My teacher asked my to do a review on this new maths game he found on the iPad. The app is called Numerosity. Numerosity is a game where this dog called Scruffy has lots of problems with maths so some of his friends started Numerosity to help. read more…

The Irish Traveller

The Irish Traveller

This Powerpoint presentation looks at the life of the Irish Traveller. There is information on the reputed origins of Irish travellers, the numbers of travellers in the population, their particular language, accommodation, celebrations and work . Famous travellers are also mentioned.

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Anne Frank

Anne Frank

This Powerpoint presentation is about Life During World War II through the eyes of Anne Frank. It initially focuses on children in time of conflict and then specifically looks at the life of Anne Frank through excerpts from her famous diary. This will be a great resource for an SESE History lesson.

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Nollaig Shona’s 1st Birthday

Nollaig Shona’s 1st Birthday


Nollaig ShonaNollaig Shona
, the Christmas resources website from Seomra Ranga, celebrated its first birthday this week. I spent many months during 2011 making preparations to launch the new site. Previously, the Christmas resources had been housed in a sub-domain of Seomra Ranga but the amount of resources was growing and needed their own website. So, after a lot of preparation and planning, Nollaig Shona was launched in October 2011. read more…

Amhrán: Níl Mé Ag Bogadh

Amhrán: Níl Mé Ag Bogadh

Seo na focail agus an fís-scannán don amhrán “Níl Mé ag Bogadh”. Is dócha go bhfuil an fonn ar eolas ag na daltaí sna hardranganna, mar is é “The Man Who Can’t be Moved” an teideal don amhrán i mBéarla ó “The Script”. Mar sin, b’fhéidir go dtaitneoidh sé leis na daltaí agus beidh suim acu chun é a fhoghlaim.

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ICT in the Classroom eBulletin – Issue 6

ICT in the Classroom eBulletin – Issue 6

This is the sixth 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. read more…

Techy Tips for Teachers

Techy Tips for Teachers

Technology

I came across this presentation through the Teachers With Apps website in the last few days, which I follow through RSS feed using the Feeddler App on the iPad. It gives some useful tips and ideas for technologies that could easily be used in the classroom. It is entitled ’25 “Techy” Tips for Not So “Techy” Teachers’ and includes suggestions to use Wordle, Twitter, Delicious, Glogster and Animoto. It also suggests other technology resources which I hadn’t heard of before read more…