There’s a number of cartoons that compare the education system in the 1960s to today, the most famous one having the captions: “Please explain these test results!” where in the 1960s, two parents are shouting at their child whereas in … Read on...
...It’s time to add the rest of the aliens. Remember we have two types of alien: one that shoots and one that doesn’t. In my version of the game, we’re going to have 18 aliens, 3 rows of 6. 9 … Read on...
...Infogram Website Infogram lets you create interactive infographics and charts with a few clicks, place them in your website, blog post or share with others. Contains a built-in spreadsheet engine and 30+ data visualization formats. What do you thin... ...
This weekend in the National Scratch Conference in Tallaght IT. In celebration of the ultimate Scratch party in Ireland, here are some specialists on Twitter who are users and advocates of the world’s loveliest educational programming language.
...There’s lots of talk of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) in primary schools and there’s a number of schools using them. One of the most popular is called Edmodo and there’s some great advice on how it’s being used in Ireland … Read on...
...PicMonkey Website Online photo editor including collage, effects, touch up, text, overlays sStickers), frames and texures. What do you think of PicMonkey? ...
Emotional Self-awareness and the primary school curriculum Part 3
You may have glanced at the diagram accompanying these sets of articles on emotional self awareness.
Take a good look now at the diagram that opens these articles, it has been … Read on...
...For anyone who is interested in Scratch in the classroom, you must get yourself to the Institute of Technology Tallaght in Dublin on the 18th May, that’s this Saturday! For anyone who doesn’t know, Scratch is a fantastic programming language … Read on...
...Support groups are a great way for parents to get together and let off steam. They provide an opportunity to speak to others who may be experiencing similar difficulties to their own and who may have found solutions. It is a huge relief to d... ...
ATbar Website ATbar lets you change the look and feel of webpages, increase and decrease font sizes, have text read aloud, use coloured overlays, readability and a dictionary to aid reading. Spell check forms and try word prediction when writing. W... ...