I’ve probably shown this on this blog before but it’s easily my favourite education cartoon. As well as being funny, the message of it is deadly serious and all teachers need to think about the way we are teaching. 21st … Read on...
...Last year I was in contact with a teacher who was asking about developing an app for her school. I had recently given a talk about creating an app for my own school using a third party tool called AppMakr. … Read on...
...School holidays give teachers like us the chance to give our web sites a bit of a spring clean and a makeover. Nigel Lane from Irish Teachers’ Blogs has spent his first few days of his break rebranding the super … Read on...
...Exploring Global Justice Issues With Your Class
It is that time of year again and the Trócaire boxes have arrived in the classroom. Celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, the 2013 Trócaire box has a new look. The box … Read on...
...This week’s five to follow are educators with successful blogs. Some of them have even won a few awards for their efforts! While many teachers have classroom blogs or school blogs, these are teachers that have their own blogs outside … Read on...
...Tonight will see the biggest Teachmeet in the world, #TMBett13, the Teachmeet at BETT. Last week, we showcased 5 British Twitter users worth following, so this week here’s 5 more.
One prediction for 2013 I briefly referred to in my New Year’s Day article, was computer coding. I asked, would CoderDojo infiltrate schools? For those of you who haven’t heard of CoderDojo, it’s a club for young people to … Read on...
...Over the last year, Twitter has become immensely popular with Irish teachers. This is without a doubt mainly due to the success of one hashtag: #edchatie started by Fred Boss (@fboss) who runs this weekly education chat every … Read on...
...Every December, we look back on the year and remember some of the highs and lows and celebrate some of the successes of Irish teachers. This year was a fairly difficult year for teachers in Ireland with a number of … Read on...
...This is one of the finest descriptions of a class blog I have ever come across: Welcome to 1JR’s class blog. We are a class of ground breaking inventors, unstoppable creators and powerful thinkers. We learn cooperatively together but most importantly with a shared dream of success and impact. We are shaping the future and ...