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 […]
EdTech
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
This post is a variation of an article I was asked to write for and published in Education Matters Yearbook 2014. I have been using computers for over 36 years. I am an advocate of the utility of ICT in education. I teach ICT modules and run a Code Club in […]
Taking Tablets: Addressing The Symptoms or The Problem?
MakeUseOf is a website I found entirely by accident while surfing the interweb looking of resources. I subscribe to it to get automatic updates. Some of the updates you get will be about competitions to win stuff. It’s never happened to me so I have no vested interest in telling […]
IT CPD for Free
I’m happy to recommend Ben Curran‘s and Neil Wetherbee‘s (joint web-site here) ‘Learning in the 21st Century: How to Connect, Collaborate, and Create‘. Learning in the 21st Century is published by GHF Press, the publishing devision of Gifted Homeschoolers Forum. Recognising that school does not suit everyone, GHF provides support […]
Must Reads – GHF Press ‘Learning in the 21st Century’
Interview with GameToLearn
Interview with Game-to-Learn
So we’re well into the start of a new school year and my Transition Year (ages 15/16) students are up and running with their blogs. Every year I set my TYs a task – to write a blog on the geography of something that interests them. It can be anything; […]
School Blogging
The 15th century seems like an unusual place to being to talk about Geography and Technology even if my Da Vinci intention is partly just to squeeze in a mention Leonardo Da Vinci. We are familiar with Da Vinci as an inventor, artist, engineer, mathematician and an undoubtedly someone who […]
Geography and Technology: Presentation to Google Geo Teachers Institute Dublin ...
What do you use ICT for when teaching? Do you use PowerPoint, Keynote, type up your own handouts, or even Twitter so that even the most shy child can answer your questions? And when you use these things, how do you use them? Are you simply using new technology to […]