Visualisers
How to spend the ICT Grant
One of the best grants out there is the ICT grant that the Department of Education give for new classrooms. It’s worth €5,000 for new permanent rooms so new prefabs don’t count. A few people have asked me how they … Read on…
Do you really need to spend loads of money on Visualisers?
A visualiser is a handy teaching tool to show children small things on a big screen. It can also be used to show a page of a book or a sample piece of work. They come in all shapes and … Read on…
The Dangers of Visualisers
Let me ask you two questions. The first one is easy. How do you, as a teacher, use a visualiser? I’d imagine one might offer that it’s a great way to show the page of a school textbook or if … Read on…
Review: Genee Vision 6100 Visualiser
Visualisers are all the rage amongst teachers these days and I was asked to review the Genee Vision Visualiser, which is one of the rigid-armed visualisers as opposed to the bendy gooseneck visualisers. Rigid-armed visualisers tend to take up more … Read on…
A Simple Guide to Visualisers
This year’s must-have fashion accessory for the primary classroom appears to be the visualiser. Although they’ve been tinkering around at education exhibitions for the last few years, 2010-11 could be the year where they really take off. In this article … Read on…
Visualisers vs Interactive Whiteboards
Somebody asked for advice on the Irish Principals’ Forum about getting a visualiser for their classrooms when they already had IWBs. They were wondering was there any point in investing in the visualiser at all. I thought it might be … Read on…










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