Two Line Tuesday
Michael Noonan wants to give all children an iPad each as part of his election manifesto. Noonan is clearly either trying not to get re-elected or he’s trying to annoy Microsoft, Google and all the other companies who make tablets.
Month: September 2015
#AnShop Supermarket Maths
How cheaply could you paint the wall of your classroom? How much more would it be to paint the wall more quickly? How would you know? #ss
ClassDojo Chat: Work/Life Balance
Every week, ClassDojo have a chat on Twitter under the hashtag #dojochateu. The chat is on every Wednesday evening from 8:30pm for an hour and is usually led by a ClassDojo leader. This week it was led by Irish teacher, Ciara Brennan, who goes under the Twitter name @PrimedTeacher and the topic was work life balance. … Read more
Should we be Celebrating the 1916 Rising?
Earlier this week, two army officials came to my school to present us with a copy of the Proclamation of Independence and an Irish Flag, which we will have to raise on March 15th 2016. This is all part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the 1916 Rising. However, should we be celebrating the 1916 … Read more
#AnShop Supermarket Maths
This week’s supplement is from Clickandgo and my maths question is all about Christmas market breaks. Pick a holiday destination and find out the cheapest way to stay there for 3 nights. #ss
Twitter organising #EducationDay
I received an email today from someone called Shona who works for Twitter. The press release is as follows: Education is a hot topic for young people on Twitter. Students and school are using Twitter to show what they have been learning and use the platform as their voice. This offers a huge opportunity for … Read more
An Alternative to Droichead
Following my blog post on Droichead last week, I thought I might expand on my thoughts regarding an alternative solution to teacher probation. I want to first reiterate that I do believe the Teaching Council are correct in changing from the current model of inspectorate to a more internal mechanism and I have been involved in the … Read more
#AnShop Supplement Maths
This weekend’s supplement is from Samuel Windsor. My questions would be along the lines of how much would it cost to buy: all the black shoes or all the slip on shoes or all the Oxford shoes. Any other ideas? #ss
Droichead: A bridge too far
Droichead is a new model of induction and probation for newly qualified teachers, which has been introduced by the Teaching Council, and is currently in a pilot phase. The model will replace the current probation process where Department of Education inspectors evaluate all newly qualified teachers and deem them satisfactory or not to be a … Read more
Two Line Tuesday
I got some great tips from teachers about admin principals visiting classes. Suggestions including reading a story to a class, try out team teaching, or simply pop in for a chat!