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Irish Teachers’ Blogs rebranded

Posted on March 26th, by admin in Blogging. 3 comments

School holidays give teachers like us the chance to give our web sites a bit of a spring clean and a makeover. Nigel Lane from Irish Teachers’ Blogs has spent his first few days of his break rebranding the super … Read on…



Seas Suas wins Best Group Blog Award

Posted on October 14th, by admin in Blogging, News. 2 comments

 

Seas Suas is a blog that myself and Nigel Lane (@NL_84) from Irish Teacher Blogs set up a few months ago in order to showcase the amazing work being done in primary schools around the country. Last … Read on…



Versatile Blogger Nominations

Posted on August 1st, by admin in Blogging. 4 comments

A very big thank you to Emer at ”A Crucial Week for an NQT” for nominating me for a versatile blogger award. Part of the process of being nominated and awarded is that you must do the following:

  1. Thank

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Tools to Design a School Web Site

Posted on July 16th, by admin in Blogging. 2 comments

About 4 years ago I wrote an article about the various tools that were available to make a school web site. Back then there were a limited number of options and the idea of having a school blog wasn’t … Read on…


Silent Slam: Mobile Blogging using Instagram and Tumblr

Posted on June 24th, by admin in Blogging, Video. 1 Comment

I didn’t think I’d see the benefit of using Instagram when it finally came to Android. On the fly image editing seems like such a simple thing. One of the problems I’ve had using Tumblr on my phone was that … Read on…



The Blog Awards Ireland are Back!

Posted on June 17th, by admin in Blogging, News. 2 comments

Last year Damien Mulley announced that he was ending the Irish Blog Awards just in time for me to pluck up the confidence to enter Anseo.net so I was delighted when I heard that my friends in the KLCK Bloggers’ Read on…



What are you doing this February 29th?

Posted on February 20th, by admin in Blogging, News. No Comments

What are you doing this February 29th? Proposing to your future husband? If not, you should try out blogging. Feb29th.net is a global blogging project that is the brainchild of UK teacher, David Mitchell.  The web site hopes to … Read on…



Primary Blogs to Look Out for in 2012

Posted on January 7th, by admin in Blogging, News. 7 comments

I think that 2012 will see a continuation in the rise of Irish primary teachers blogging.  There are a growing number of schools who are ditching their old web sites and taking up blogs and teachers are beginning to start … Read on…



The Year of the Teacher Blog

Posted on September 2nd, by admin in Blogging, News. 10 comments

Last week I was quoted in the Irish Examiner saying that this would be the year of the teacher blog.  In the last year, I have noticed that there has been a steady increase in the number of teachers who … Read on…



6 Quick Ways for Schools to Blog

Posted on July 9th, by admin in Blogging, News. 10 comments

Most schools have web sites nowadays with ever changing information. The problem with this is that content disappears from the front page very quickly.

In my school, we set a challenge for our teachers – upload at least one article … Read on…