It is the second day of the second week of the second month and that can only mean one thing . . . it is Safer Internet Day (SID). Don’t forget to check out Webwise for great activities for primary and postprimary students.
But much to my surprise, my daily trawl [...] ...
Dimensions is an experimental project from the BBC that allows you to compare the scale of different types of events with something that we can all recognise. There are two parts of the project “How many really?” and “How big really?“ “How many really?” is all about the numbers of people that were involved in ...
In last Friday’s Times Educational Supplement an article I had written was published about the use of social networking in schools. It seems to me that we are getting to a point where children in schools are experiencing a hidden social curriculum that we are no longer part of, this is especially the case for ...
Teachers With Passion We all know that our teachers can pass through their entire basic training without ever hearing about gifted education at all. Once out, they are faced with classes of maybe thirty students of wide-ranging ability and a good sprin... ...
Parents With Purpose Yes, it’s true that in Ireland we have no gifted and talented programmes in our schools or even a national advocacy organisation. Our teachers receive little or no training in gifted education during their basic training. No, we... ...