by admin | May 28, 2014 | Teaching News
The 4th Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning (GBL) will take place in Cork Institute of Technology on Friday June 6th. The symposium provides a forum for teachers, lecturers, students and researchers to disseminate research, exchange ideas and best practice on the...
by admin | May 27, 2014 | Resources Websites
Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today launched the re-vamped Scoilnet website in the Dublin West Education Centre. Originally launched in 1998, Scoilnet is the Department of Education and Skills (DES) official education portal. Managed by PDST...
by admin | May 19, 2014 | Apps
Mo Chéad Fhocail is a newly released app by Folens in conjunction with Story Toys. It is a beautifully presented app aimed at younger pupils at the early stages of literacy development. The app opens up as a 3D pop-up book which will appeal to younger pupils. The...
by admin | May 3, 2014 | Apps
Many teachers in a special education setting may be using the See & Learn reading programme for pupils with Down Syndrome, pupils with autism, non-verbal pupils or pupils with severe reading difficulties. The Special Words app for iPad, iPhone and Android,...
by admin | May 2, 2014 | Teaching News, Technology
The 10th ICT in Education Conference will take place in LIT (Limerick Institute of Technology) Tipperary on Saturday May 10th. The theme of this year’s conference is “Global Voices” and it aims to explore how the clever use of technology in education...