by admin | Nov 27, 2014 | Apps
Last weekend, I presented at the inaugural Donegal Teachmeet, organised by four excellent local educators. This resource is the presentation I delivered on apps suitable for working with SEN pupils. The focus was on iPad apps as it is iPads that we have in our ASD...
by admin | Nov 20, 2014 | Apps
Fuaim-U and Fuaim-C are Irish phonics apps that follows a phonic programme for children learning to read and spell in Irish. They begin with basic CVC words and progress to longer words, multisyllabic words, words with aspiration and lenition, broad and slender words...
by admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Teaching News
This is the eleventh year of the international Edublog Awards whose aim is to “promote and demonstrate the educational values” of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. Nominations are now being sought for this year’s awards. Having won the...
by admin | Nov 9, 2014 | Teaching News
The 19th annual National Science Week kicks off today with a host of fun and exciting science events, seminars, demonstrations and tours taking place across the country. Over 800 events will take place in Dublin, Donegal, Galway, Sligo, Mayo, Waterford, Cork, Limerick...
by admin | Oct 18, 2014 | Technology
Servicing a laptop may seem a daunting task and beyond the reach of most people. However, Hassan Dabbagh has put together these tips for servicing a laptop for the novice: 1) Power up laptop. 1.5) BACK UP the files you want to keep!! Don’t mistake this for...
