Here are my nominations for this year's Edublog Awards Best individual blog - Noel Cunningham - Think for YourselfBest individual tweeter - @sccenglishBest group blog - SCC EnglishBest educational tech support blog - Anseo.netBest new blog - The Catli... ...
Dazzled and I were at a very interesting café workshop in Dublin this evening. The invitation from Design 21C was to “ join us in a discussion to explore how we learn and what steps we can make to bring about a learning revolution to transform educa... ...
A huge thank you to everyone who voted for my other website, the Frog Blog, in this year's Eircom Spider Awards. I was delighted (and extremely surprised) to accept the Big Mouth Award at last night's gala event along with my St. Columba's College col... ...
Leaving Cert Papers is an essential app for any pupil sitting their "big summer quiz". It contains a complete stock of exam papers and marking schemes for 32 subjects from 1996 to 2008 (not sure why 2009 or 2010 aren't included but it's still great) al... ...
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Here is a brilliant animation which history teachers might find useful which shows the changing face of European borders over the last 1000 years - all nicely wrapped up into a five minute presentation. Why not also check out my other website: www.frog... ...
In this very short video from Ted.com, Arthur Benjamin gives his new formula for reform in mathematics education. Benjamin is a mathematician and magician (he coined the term mathemagics to amalgamate his two passions) and sees calculus as having littl... ...
Last night RTE aired a documentary following six gifted children as they negotiated the Irish education system. Bright Young Things; Growing Up Gifted in Ireland. To be perfectly honest, I am not sure how I feel about it. I do think it portrayed a more... ...
In today's Irish Times, Education Editor Seán Flynn along with Peter McGuire exposes the extraordinary high levels of pay in the upper echelons of Irish educational administration. Below is an extract from Seán's article (with kind permission from th... ...
Are you a parent of secondary school children? Are you happy that they are getting exposed to the widest possible skills and career choices? Do you want to improve their chances of choosing a career that suits them? The Irish Computer Society wants students to make informed subject and CAO choices. ICS Inspire projects give ...