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CESI Keynote Speakers

Posted on February 28th, by admin in Opinion. 5 comments

Here are two videos well worth watching if you didn’t get to CESI’s 40th anniversary conference. In fact, even if you did get to the conference and saw these speakers, it’s well worth watching the videos below again. Both Dan … Read on…


CESI 40 reflection

Posted on February 24th, by admin in News. 6 comments

The Computers in Education Society of Ireland, (CESI), had their 40th anniversary at their annual conference and I was delighted to be able to head to Galway to share in their celebrations. Over the last few years, the format of … Read on…



Five to Follow on Friday

Posted on February 22nd, by admin in Twitter. No Comments

Last week, I listed 5 Twitter users from the CESI executive. Tonight is the first night of #CESI40, CESI’s 40th anniversary and annual conference. As there are so many more fantastic tweeters on the CESI executive, they also deserved to … Read on…



Don’t Forget CESI 4.0

Posted on February 19th, by admin in News. 1 Comment

Just a very short post today in case you haven’t registered for the CESI conference on Saturday. Go to the CESI conference site and book your place!… Read on…



Monday Mash

Posted on February 18th, by admin in Mash. No Comments

There isn’t much to think about when choosing this week’s theme of the week – World Thinking Day is on 22nd February! It also marks CESI’s 40th anniversary and conference. If you don’t fancy that, there’s two countries you can … Read on…



Five to Follow on Friday

Posted on February 8th, by admin in Twitter. 3 comments

This week’s five to follow are educators with successful blogs. Some of them have even won a few awards for their efforts! While many teachers have classroom blogs or school blogs, these are teachers that have their own blogs outside … Read on…



CESI Conference 2013

Posted on February 1st, by admin in News. 2 comments

The annual conference of the Computers in Education Society of Ireland will take place in Galway on February 22nd and 23rd, 2013. The theme for this year’s conference is CESI 4.0: Back to our Future. This is a … Read on…



Edtech News from IPPN Conference

Posted on January 31st, by admin in News. No Comments

The IPPN conference hosts Ireland’s biggest Education Expo and it’s only open to principals. Each year I report back on some of the more interesting companies that have been exhibiting at the conference. This year was interesting for a number … Read on…



IPPN Conference 2013

Posted on January 27th, by admin in News. 3 comments

The annual Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) conference came to an end this weekend with the theme, “The Future is Now.” As always, there was an excellent mix of speakers including Michael D Higgins, the president of Ireland, and James … Read on…



Five to Follow on Friday

Posted on January 25th, by admin in Twitter. 1 Comment

As we near the annual BETT conference in London, (#BETT13), the biggest educational technology conference in the world, I thought I’d list 5 British Twitter users who are highly influential in the UK. I’ll be returning to this theme again … Read on…