Month: December 2009

Sleeping with the Multinationals

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I was fairly shocked when I was made aware of this press release from the Department of Education.  Twenty graduates of technology or teacher training college courses are to get work placement positions in Microsoft Ireland to help develop digital material for the school curriculum as part of a deal signed by the Minister for … Read more

Reflections on winning the Edublogs Award

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It’s been a really great end to the year for Anseo.net.  Last week, the article, “Heads in the Cloud”, won the award for most influential blog post of 2009.  I want to thank everyone who voted for the article.  I really appreciate you taking the time to vote. This was the first time anything I’ve … Read more

Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas from Anseo.net.  We look forward to an exciting 2010.  Your readership and support is very much appreciated.

Early Finishers (Prim-Ed)

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“Early Finishers” is a new 7-book series that does what it says on the tin and more! It’s basically made up of copymasters that primarily (though not exclusively) for pupils who finish their work early and need extra activities which they can complete independently. The books are divided into six sections: Looking at words, following … Read more

Early Finishers (Prim-Ed)

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“Early Finishers” is a new 7-book series that does what it says on the tin and more! It’s basically made up of copymasters that primarily (though not exclusively) for pupils who finish their work early and need extra activities which they can complete independently. The books are divided into six sections: Looking at words, following … Read more

Early Finishers (Prim-Ed)

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“Early Finishers” is a new 7-book series that does what it says on the tin and more! It’s basically made up of copymasters that primarily (though not exclusively) for pupils who finish their work early and need extra activities which they can complete independently. The books are divided into six sections: Looking at words, following … Read more

Teachnet Podcast – Interactive Whiteboards

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This week I was invited by Teachnet to record a podcast for their series on the topic of Interactive Whiteboards.  I have previously spoken about IWBs in my school on an earlier poscast with two other teachers but this time it was just me speaking about my own experiences and my own recommendations on IWBs.

In the podcast, I was asked about the different boards I have in my school, how teachers use them and the advantages and disadvantages of IWBs.  I was also asked about how I choose an IWB when buying and then I gave my top three recommendations.

One board, I completely forgot about was the Hitachi Starboard, which is another IWB I love, so my apologies for leaving it out!  There’s a new board on the scene, which I haven’t seen called the IQboard which also looks interesting so that may be one of my top tips at a future time.

Thanks to Pat and Michael for having me on their show for my third appearance.  If anyone wants to hear the 17 minutes or so of my chat with Michael, either head over to http://blog.teachnet.ie/?p=1612 or you can listen to the poscast here.

Nominated for EduBlog Award

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I was really surprised to see that an article I wrote at 4 o’clock in the morning has been nominated as the most influential blog post in the edublog awards.  My article, “Heads in the Cloud“, was written to explain the concept of Cloud Computing to my colleagues on a mailing list I subscribe to.  … Read more

Christmas Carol Video Conference

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After a couple of months of trying, I finally found a school willing to try out videoconferencing with me.  Using Online Meeting Rooms, a brilliant online package from http://www.onlinemeetingrooms.com, my school, Carlow Educate Together hooked up with the Athy Model School, 20km down the road for a Christmas Carol sing-off. Each school sang two Christmas … Read more

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