www.cesi.ie

In this special podcast Michael Hallissy is joined by Adrienne Webb, Chairperson of the Computer in Education Society of Ireland, ahead of their special 2013 Annual Conference “CESI 4.0 – Back to Our Future”. This year’s conference marks the 40th anniversary of the founding od CESI and Adrienne explains how the annual conference is returning to Galway, where it all began in 1973. Adriienne also shares details of a jammed packed programme including keynotes by Dan Meyer and John Naughton, and plenty of opportunities to get hand on with all sorts of technologies at this year’s event.

The year’s conference begins with a CESImeet on the evening of Friday February 22nd in the Clayton Hotel with the main Conference taking place in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) all day Saturday February 23rd. For more information and online booking visit the conference homepage at www.cesi.ie/conference-2013.

www.tme.ie

In our latest podcast Michael Hallissy is joined by Ciaran McCormack of IADT to talk about the numerous educational technology projects he champions,TME and the classroom of the future.

Ciaran has been to the fore in ICT integration in Irish Education for many years, and he has written and lectured widely both and home and abroad on the subject. Among the innovative projects he discusses here are Film in Schools (www.fisfilmfestival.com), FIS Bookclub ( www.FÍSbookclub.ie ), Eurocreator, (www.eurocreator.com ) and School in a Box (www.iadtschoolinabox.com) In addition he shares his thoughts on what our technology-fuelled classrooms of future will be like and he details his latest project ‘Technology Made Easy’, an innovative review website focusing on mobile learning technologies and educational apps.

For more visit www.tme.ie.

Interview with Leanna Archambault of Arizona State University

www.leannaarchambault.com

In our latest podcast Michael Hallissy is joined by Leanna Archambault, assistant professor in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University, to talk about learning online. Leanna has studied and written extensively about online and blended learning scenarios in particular Teacher CPD. Some of the topics discussed include; the challenges that we face in online environments and the skills we need to be successful, How we can use emerging technologies to improve the teaching/learning process and outcomes for both teachers and students? and what is the nature of technological pedagogical content knowledge and how does this inform preparing teachers for 21st century classrooms?

So listen in and find out how you can better prepare for life in the classroom of the future, “a growing number of which will not have walls”

In our latest podcast Michael Hallissy is joined by Adrienne Webb, Chairperson of the Computer Education Society of Ireland, for her annual TeachNet podcast recording, this time ahead of their 2012 Annual Conference “TEACHnology: merging teaching and technology in schools”. Adrienne talks about this year’s keynote by Professor Steve Wheeler, details some of the highlights on the packed agenda for this year’s conference and explains why its an event no teacher interested in technology should miss

Founded in 1973, the Computer Education Society of Ireland supports the development of methodologies that help to marry new technologies with a sound pedagogy. Organised and driven by practitioners for practitioners, at all three levels of the educational system, CESI promotes the practical implementation of ICTs at school and classroom level.CESI represents the views of a range of professionals involved in mainstream education in Ireland.

The CESI National Conference “TEACHnology: merging teaching and technology in schools” takes place this February 24th (Heritage Hotel) and 25th in Portlaoise College, Co. Laois. For more information and online registration, visit www.cesi.ie/conference-2012 .

www.crann.tcd.ie

In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy is joined by Mary Colclough of CRANN, the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices in Trinity College, to talk about their new educational package for secondary science classrooms.

The ‘Nano in My Life’ package, for the first time, will bring nanoscience (the study of materials at very tiny dimensions, which is set to become part of the proposed new Leaving Certificate syllabi) to the Irish classroom. It will encourage students to relate science subjects to innovative careers, with exciting and challenging applications. There are seven modules, each using a range of teaching and learning approaches, including video captured at CRANN, designed to engage students and encourage active learning.

In addition to the ‘Nano in My Life’ package, Mary also details CRANN’s poster competition, currently open to senior cycle students in association with the Irish Science Teachers’ Association (ISTA).

So listen in to find out more and for additional information contact nanoinmylife@tcd.ie or visit the Project website here.

www.schoolpodcast.org & www.tonnta.org

In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Joan Henderson of Sólas, an educational charity based in Northern Ireland, to talk about a powerful new podcasting service they recently developed for primary and secondary students both North & South.

School podcast is a new safe web facility which allows children to plan, research and create podcasts on any aspect of the curriculum, edit, and upload these podcasts to their dedicated school page on www.schoolpodcast.org. Currently the School Podcast service is available for £300 per school, (depending on the size of the school), and this yearly fee includes set up, licence, one full days training on photostory and audacity as well as training on uploading podcasts to the site and back up support. An Irish language version of School podcast is also available at www.tonnta.org

Tune in to learn more about this innovative new service for schools and check out www.schoolpodcast.org for some great examples of how children can use podcasting right across the curriculum.

If you are interested in signing up please visit www.schoolpodcast.org/Home/Join or contact, joan@tonnta.org, mary@schoolpodcast.org or info@schoolpodcast.org

In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Joanne Gilmartin teacher at Leckaun National School, Co. Leitrim, to talk about the power of blogging in the primary classroom. Joanne is one of the guest contributors in the recently published Enhancing Literacy and Numeracy with ICTs publication which will soon be distributed to every school in country. During the interview Joanne details the collaborative journey her third class pupils undertook in creating their award winning class blog, one that is the subject of her contribution in the new ICT handbook in a chapter entitled ‘B is for Blog’.

Currently the Scoilnet Blog Hosting service offers a WordPress blog to every school as part of the free Web-hosting service provided NCTE as part of the Schools Broadband programme. So why not get blogging?

In our latest podcast, host Clifford Brown is joined by Michael Hallissy of TeachNet and teacher Eamon Codd to talk about Tmail, TeachNet’s free email & online tools for teachers and schools, powered by Windows Live. During this short podcast Michael explains the rationale behind the services whilst Eamon details his own experience on the ground in one of the pilot schools.

TeachNet’s Free Online Tools for Teachers include web based email, online storage and Office Online.
After free registration teachers can…

- Choose their own TeachNet email address: yourname@tmail.ie with 10GB of storage.
- View, edit and share Office documents such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel for free with Web Apps.
- Store documents and resources in a safe place using our SkyDrive with 25GB of free online storage.
- Coordinate schedules with colleagues and friends using the shared calendars.
- Add people to your network and stay in touch more easily.
- Sync all of the above with any web-enabled mobile device.

TeachNet can provide these services for your whole staff so they can use these free tools for administration, communication and collaboration across the school. If you would like to set up a school account, click here.

www.missionv.ie

In our latest podcast, Michael Hallissy is joined by James Corbett and Margaret Keane, co-founders of Mission V, to talk about their cutting edge iniative, specialising in the use of game based learning and virtual worlds technology with primary school pupils.

MissionV is a cloud based virtual world for schools. Likened to a digital ‘sandbox’ the underlying platform provides a secure, creative and collaborative online space which facilitates an immersive, game based learning environment. Mission V is very much focussed on 21st century skills and designed to make children original digital creators.

Listen in to learn more and find out how to get involved…

www.teachnet.ie

With the summer course season nearly upon us for 2011, host Clifford Brown is joined by Michael Hallissy & John Hurley of TeachNet Ireland, to talk about TeachNet’s expanding online summer course programme. For Summer 2011, TeachNet are offering17 EPV day approved CPD courses for primary teachers who want to make the most of ICT in their classrooms.

TeachNet’s online courses bring together the expertise of St. Patrick’s College and the practical approach of course authors who believe in “by teachers, for teachers”. All courses utilise the latest e-learning technology including video tutorials and podcasts, to enhance interaction and make the courses more appealing and meaningful for participants.

So listen in to find out more and please visit our Current Courses page for additional info and enrolment details.