The CESI (Computers in Education Society of Ireland) Conference 2016 has been announced. It will be held in DCU on Saturday, February 27th, the first time the conference has been held in a major university. The annual CESI Teachmeet which takes place the night before will be in the Regency Hotel, Drumcondra on the 26th. Spread the word!
This week’s maths puzzle is a bit musical. There are a bunch of musical instruments available to buy in the catalogue this week and, in particular, this page. Given a budget of €100, how many types of instruments could you get? (By types I mean: percussion, string, woodwind and brass) #ss
Ask most teachers who the best education minister was and you’ll most likely hear the name, Donogh O’Malley. He has gone down in education folklore most notably for announcing free secondary education in Ireland. The timing of the announcement coincided with Ireland’s 50 year commemoration of 1916 and O’Malley is quoted as saying that the … Read more
Rozz and I have been going to and participating in Teachmeets for a number of years and always enjoy them. The informal nature of these events where teachers get together to share ideas in a show and tell format is not only great fun but we always leave learning something new. When Fionnuala from Educate … Read more
I think I’ve finally found the greatest thing to show on a projected screen. It’s a Maths manipulative toolkit with almost every single virtual concrete object I can think of.
Design a gift for €50 for your friend #ss
The government have finally published its circular on the new language curriculum, which will be starting this year. There doesn’t seem to be a huge amount of change and Jan O’Sullivan’s attempts to hype it up as a big deal are a little bit desperate.
Often teachers are asked what they think the classroom of the future looks like. My answer usually starts with the assertion that today’s classroom is not very different to the classroom of one hundred years ago. In most classrooms I visit, there are still the same basics: teacher’s desk, children’s desks and chairs and some sort … Read more
Which shelf costs the most / least? What is the most amount of books you can get for €20? #ss
Every week, I write a post based on ClassDojo’s regular Twitter chat on Wednesday evenings. This week the moderator was Nigel Lane (@NL_84) and the topic was Collaborative Learning. Q1. Tell us what collaborative learning means to you. Is it just a fancy word for group work? Simply put, collaborative learning means learning together, in my … Read more