Milk
This presentation tells the story of the production of milk. It is told from the point of view from a time when milk was delivered to many doorsteps in Ireland in glass bottles. It also tells about other dairy products. The presentation can be used in its entirety, or the teacher can choose to show individual slides to serve a particular purpose. read more…
Filmstrips Project – First Resources Now Online
It’s almost two years ago since I first started asking visitors to the site if anyone had access to old filmstrips that may have been cast aside in schools around the country. To say that the response has been overwhelming would be an understatement. At the moment, there are more than 500 filmstrips in boxes and bags on the floor of my sitting room! Many thanks to all of the teachers and schools who donated filmstrip resources to me and there was great variety among them. They included filmstrips on Gaeilge (Buntús), religion, nature, science, history, geography. In the intervening period, both personal and technical difficulties have stalled progress on the digitisation of the resources. read more…
Ó Chrann Go Crann
Ó Chrann Go Crann (From Tree to Tree) is a new bi-lingual story app told in English and Gaeilge within the one app. Because it is rare to see any apps in the Irish language, I was interested to see what this app was like. Written by Caitríona Hastings, the story is narrated in both English and Gaeilge by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, better known as a singer with the folk group Altan. read more…
The Táin
Adobe Photoshop Express App
The Adobe Photoshop App is a handy little app for manipulating photos and creating some special effects. However, my class used this app when we were doing a unit of work on Andy Warhol and Pop Art. You can import a photo from your camera roll and using the special effects menu, the picture/photo can be changed into a piece of pop-art. read more…
Dismal Turnout for Teaching Council Elections
After the recent blunder with the Teaching Council having to re-issue thousands of election ballot papers because of typographical errors, now comes the news that the vast majority of the teaching profession refused to engage in the election process. The Teaching Council has just released details of the election process which show that none of the constituencies for either primary or post-primary teachers showed a turnout of even a paltry 10%. read more…
Jackson Pollock App
Your pupils can get creative and paint abstract paintings in the style of the great artist Jackson Pollock using this app . Use your finger to apply the paint and turn your iPod to make the paint drip. You can choose from a range of individual colours or from colour sets. You can also import a picture from your camera roll to use as a background for your Pollock-style creation. read more…
Scoilnet Titanic Themepage
With the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic coinciding with the return to school after the Easter break, teachers may be planning to do some Titanic-related activities in the classroom at the beginning of the new term. A great place to start is the Scoilnet Titanic Themepage. It includes lots of links to activities and resources on the internet including lesson plans, photographs, eyewitness accounts, quizzes, museum links and stories. It’s a great resource to get your Titanic-themed lesson planning off to a great start.
Visit the Scoilnet Titanic Themepage HERE
Seomra Ranga to Close
It is with deep regret that I have to announce the imminent closure of the Seomra Ranga website. It’s been a great journey over the past five years but the time has come to re-assess the website and the time commitment involved in keeping it up-to-date. Through working on the website, I’ve met some great people involved in education in general and technology in education in particular, and this has been a very enriching experience both personally and professionally. However, the website has been a victim of its own success read more…
England’s Equivalent of Teaching Council is Abolished
The General Teaching Council (GTC) for England, their equivalent of Ireland’s Teaching Council, has ceased operations. From tomorrow, April 1st, the responsibilities for all of their activities is to be transferred to a “Teaching Agency” within the Department for Education. Michael Gove, England’s Education Secretary in the Coalition government, announced in June 2010 that the government was to abolish the organisation. read more…