On Saturday 21st March I attended Power Up 2015, the first Power Up presented in collaboration between Excited, the PDST and CESI. In this free-to-attend professional development opportunity, five workshops were on offer; Using social media for professional learning Finding and selecting information Capturing and using images on mobile devices […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
News comes that Finland has decided to do away with what are, in schools, traditionally called ‘subjects’. In other settings, subjects were referred to as ‘disciplines’. There is a world of meaning in the difference. A discipline is a knowledge and skill base acquired after in-depth study. It speaks to […]
Finnish Education – Subject to Conditions
The Centre for Talented Youth Ireland based in Dublin City University, Ireland today launched ‘Gifted Education in Ireland and the United States‘ in collaboration with the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA. Edited by Dr. Jennifer H. Robbins, this book is to my […]
New Book – Gifted Education in Ireland and the United ...
Ciaran Cannon TD is an advocate of the needs of gifted children and of the importance of technology in education. On Saturday, a new book on gifted education both here and in the United States will be launched in DCU. Ciaran launched the first comprehensive report on gifted education in […]
Ciaran Cannon TD on Gifted Education and on Technology
Ciaran Cannon TD is an advocate of the needs of gifted children and of the importance of technology in education. On Saturday, a new book on gifted education both here and in the United States will be launched in DCU. Ciaran launched the first comprehensive report on gifted education in […]
Ciaran Cannon TD on Gifted Education and on Technology
Presentation to AGTI Conference 2014 on Assessment for Learning