The Interactive Whiteboard is dead! Long live the Interactive Touchscreen! This is what people who are selling the next generation of interactive devices would hope to be the case since the slowdown in the sales of Interactive Whiteboards in the last few years. After the craze of Interactive Whiteboards from around 2008 to 2011 in primary … Read more
We are delighted to welcome Eilis McGrath from the AMBER centre in Trinity College as a contributor to Anseo.net to talk about NanoWOW, who is working with teachers in the field of nanoscience, one of the fastest emerging aspects of science. In this article, Eilis tells us how teachers can get involved in the project. … Read more
For those of you who want to try film making in the classroom, you can’t go wrong with the Fís Film Project. Here is some information from the PDST Technology in Education about the project. The FÍS Film project encourages children to explore the medium of film in the primary classroom developing essential skills in … Read more
Almost everyone is interested in buying sets of tablets for their schools these days. 2014 has been the year where they are starting the gain a lot of attention with primary schools. Like the world of Interactive Whiteboards a few years ago, there are a lot of choices out there so I’ve decided to take a … Read more
Saturday was a very busy day for Anseo.net and a very tiring one for Rozz, me and our new baby. Anseo.net was featuring in two events: Féilte, the festival for teachers organised by the Teaching Council and the Blog Awards Ireland, where Anseo.net was a finalist. With the car packed with computer equipment, freshly ironed suits and half … Read more
We are delighted to reach the finals of the Blog Awards this year. Anseo.net has only got as far as the shortlist in previous years so it’s a huge honour to have made it this far. We are in excellent company this year with some familiar faces in the running. Here is the full list of … Read more
We were delighted to be featured in the Irish Times’ preview of the Féilte event tomorrow in the RDS. We’ll be showcasing 10 simple ways to use technology in the primary classroom. Here is the text from the article. Thanks to Peter McGuire for choosing to feature our work. The life of a teacher: short … Read more
Review: Cé mhéad cat? Smarty Cat Games We have been sent some very attractive and colourful games from Smarty Cat Games. They are to help with the learning of Gaeilge. There are two board games, one for Aimsir Chaite/Aimsir Fháistineach and the other for Aimisr Chaite/Láithreach. Inside the box, we have a spinner board, verb … Read more
Review:Pocket playground and ball games of the week booklets volume 1 by Jenny Mosley These booklets do exactly what they say on the tin! They fit into your pocket and they are all about games you can teach children on the playground. But, that is the simplicity of these books. They are small so can … Read more