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…

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.

• ScratchEd Team
• Clare

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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…

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…

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…

In our last lesson, we had almost got to a stage where we could safely say, “we’re almost done”, but we hit an obstacle. We have two types of alien: one shoots bullets and the other doesn’t. If we kill … Read on…

There are lots of primary schools using Twitter these days. However, considering their size, Educate Together schools seem to have a high proportion of their schools on Twitter. Here are some examples of Educate Together schools on Twitter.

• Kildare Town

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Emotional Self awareness and the primary school curriculum

In my last post on emotional self awareness, I defined what it means to be emotionally self aware. It may seem a simple defintion but there is a lot more to this … Read on…

Sonairte Earth Education

“Sonairte is a place that inspires a caring relationship with nature”.

Sonairte is an old Irish word for ‘positive strength’. This isIreland’s first eco-centre. Before that it was part of a self-sufficient farm. The townland of the … Read on…