Out of the blue, a few days ago, the NCCA released an online planning toolkit. It is an interactive web site that aims to help teachers plan their curriculum subjects using an online interface. I decided to delve a little bit into it to see what it has to offer. On first glance, the web … Read more
The NCCA have published an online planning tool for primary school teachers. At first glance, it looks like a fantastic way of planning lessons, etc. This is a fantastic step in the right direction by the NCCA of helping teachers to use technology to support their own planning. You can find the NCCA Planning Tool … Read more
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Promethean is to be the lead sponsor of the inaugural Irish Teaching and Learning Festival, held in Citywest Conference Centre, Dublin on 15th and 16th October, 2010. Anseo.net is one of the supporters of this event. The conference will feature education thought leader, and Oscar winning producer, Lord David Puttnam, presenting his vision of how … Read more
The CESI Executive Committee is delighted to announce its next CESI Meet on 17th September 2010. As usual the Meet is a semi-formal evening of sharing information, ideas and projects, this CESI Meet’s programme will provide attendees with exposure to different ICT & learning topics in the span of two hours in the Skellig Hotel, Dingle. CESI Meet is always … Read more
Since I wrote about our cloud computing service last year, I’ve been inundated with questions about it. I’ve spoken at a couple of conferences (check out my podcast at the ICS Skills conference) and showed off the system at different events. The main response I get from people is something along the lines of: I’d … Read more
According to Henry Ford, back in 1909, if you wanted to buy a car, you could have it in any colour as long as it was black. In the early days of motoring, one had very little choice if they wanted to buy a car as there weren’t that many models available. Nowadays there are … Read more