Choosing a third level course is an important decision and one that will have lasting effects on you and your career. As a Guidance Counsellor, I believe that decision is ultimately about finding a course / direction that suits your personality, a... ...
Rozz interviewed Andy Hopkins from Purple Mash, the online creativity suite by the people behind 2Simple Software. Andy demonstrated some of the new features of Purple Mash, including the ability to self assess and create great looking models and writing ...
All too often we don’t co-construct our curriculum with the children in our class. What occurs is a complete lack of clarity about where, as a group of learners, we are heading. In fact the direction we are going in is all too often very much laid out for the learner – the route is ...
One of the interesting points made by Anthony Salcito, the VP of Education for Microsoft, during his talk at Learning Without Frontiers, was about the persistance of the page in digital formats. He referred to the bookshelf look of iBooks and the animated page turn in digital books. Salcito asked why do we need this ...
The final part of my letter to Ruairi Quinn…
Has there been any mention of learning here? Of children? Of humans? Basic human rights to respect and consideration.
This is a country we should not be following or ...
Rozz met up with the CEO of Sherston software, a company very familiar to Irish teachers. Sherston have provided software to Irish schools for many years, many of which have had a great resurrection thanks to the Interactive Whiteboard. ...
SENG Embarks on International Campaign to Educate Pediatricians About Possible Misdiagnosis of ADHD in Gifted Children Intellectually gifted children whose needs are neglected or misunderstood may exhibit traits and behaviors that resemble ... ...
Over the last year and a half I have really enjoyed exploring the types of iPad apps that can be used in the classroom and so I thought I would begin to draw together some of my favourites and share them with you here. This is the first of 4 posts in which I feature ...
World Nutella day is every year on 5th Feb. Check out the website
www.nutelladay.com I’ve made some resources, activities and pictures for your staff or students!
Here we go, enjoy the choc fest!nutella day
Continuing from my letter from the last day, here is part 2…
Instead, in the UK, schools are restricted by regulations, standards, targets and appraisals which are designed to give a uniform approach to learning, no matter ...