by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Teaching News
The Junior Spider Awards, the schools’ version of the main Spider Awards, was established in 2009 to: encourage the use of the internet to teach subjects on our curriculum; acknowledge the innovation amongst web creators in schools; provide an exciting programme...
by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Teaching News
Scratch is a visual programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art and share these creations on the web. It is a fun and interesting way to introduce software development to pupils. Originally developed by the...
by admin | Nov 22, 2012 | Competitions
Many thanks to all of the teachers and student teachers who entered our competition for some great Gaeilge resources sponsored by Smarty Cat Games. It was a great success and, in fact, was the most popular competition we have run on the site so far with 153 entries....
by admin | Nov 19, 2012 | Competitions
Smarty Cat Games is a new Gaeilge resource which consists of ten games covering each of the ten themes of Curaclam na Gaeilge (Mé Féin, Sa Bhaile, Ar Scoil, Bia, Teilifís, Siopadóireacht, Caitheamh Aimsire, Éadaí, An Aimsir, Ócáidí Speisialta). The games are packaged...
by admin | Oct 26, 2012 | Competitions
Many thanks to all of the teachers who entered our competition for a copy of the Limited Edition “Scratch From Scratch” by Seamus O’ Neill and Stephen Howell. It was a great success. Many thanks to Seamus and Stephen for sponsoring the prizes. Most people found...
