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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…



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…



Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25th, by admin in News. No Comments

A Merry Christmas from Anseo.net. We hope you have a lovely day and we’ll be back blogging in the next few days with our highlights from this year in education. You can expect a review of everything from Ruairi Quinn … Read on…



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…


Interactive Whiteboard usage according to Google

Posted on July 10th, by admin in IWBs. 6 comments

I believe the Interactive Whiteboard has the potential to reverse teaching back to the days of when we were in school. A quick Google search of “Interactive Whiteboard” reveals an interesting trend. Have a look at these photos that were … Read on…


Silent Slam: Google NGram Viewer

Posted on May 25th, by admin in Google, Video. 1 Comment

Google’s nGram Viewer allows you to find out how many times a certain word (or words) appears in books over the years. The video above shows a good example of this in action but the best way is to try … Read on…



Google Drive for Education

Posted on April 30th, by admin in Google, News, Video. 2 comments

Last week Google decided to turn Google Docs into Google Drive but was is merely a name change and if not, what are the implications for education? To be honest, not much has changed, yet.  Google Drive now allows users … Read on…



Silent Slam: Google Image Search

Posted on April 24th, by admin in Google, Video. 1 Comment

Spurred on by my new found love for the word slam, I have created the first video in a series I’m calling “Silent Slam.” The plan is to make a series of very short videos that can be watched without … Read on…



Parent Teacher Meetings and Google

Posted on April 17th, by admin in Google, Video. 1 Comment

I never realised the amount of work that goes into organising Parent Teacher Meetings until I became a principal. I thought it was a ten minute job where one sent out a time to each family and that was it. … Read on…



Google Teacher Academy: Reflection

Posted on April 7th, by admin in News. 9 comments

I was one of fifty lucky teachers to be accepted on Google’s Teacher Academy in London this week. Held in their offices in St. Giles’ High Street, we were treated to two days of training from some of the world’s … Read on…