Background The CESI•CS community of practice focusses on computing education at all levels and is a collaboration with education centres throughout Ireland through ATECI, the Association of Teachers’ / Education Centres in Ireland and supported by Google. In 2017 CESI welcomed the announcement of the intended introduction of Computer Science as a Leaving Certificate Subject. […]
This summer we are delighted to announce that we are holding two further CESI•CS national workshops. We will be in Waterford on Saturday 15th June and Monaghan on Saturday 22nd June. We will run parallel sessions: morning beginning at 10:00 with lunch at 12:30 and afternoon from 14:00, finishing at 16:30. Keep an eye on […]
On Monday 4th February from 8.30-9.30pm, @CESItweets will take over #edchatie for an online discussion about the annual Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) conference and TeachMeet. It will be a focused discussion, in which we will aim to cover four questions/topics in the one night, rather than the usual single topic. The four topics for […]
CESI was represented by Mags Amond at the recent (June 8th & 9th) double event in Newcastle [UK] hosted by Martin Bailey of Animate2Educate – an unconference evening Talk on the Tyne, followed by a day conference Tech on the Tyne TALK ON THE TYNE – Very much a classic TeachMeet, in CESImeet style – […]
February 2017 I posted a DigiTeach article encouraging anyone with an interest in technology and education to consider going to BETT 2018. If you did I hope you enjoyed it. I happily made my annual trip and would like to share some of the things that caught my eye for whatever reason. You might have […]
The annual CESI conference TeachMeet (#tmcesi) is a relaxed, informal night where we meet to share ideas that help us in our practice, and have a bit of fun while learning something new. It is a great way to meet and connect with other educators. This year’s conference TeachMeet will take place on Friday 2nd […]
The purpose of the scheme is to demonstrate the innovative use of digital technologies in teaching, learning and assessment, through clusters of schools collaborating on specific projects. Teachers will gain valuable opportunities in the area of professional development to benefit their own teaching practice, and to assist in the development of the use of digital […]
Registration for CESI Conference 2018 takes place through Eventbrite. Please use the links below to access the relevant registration. Conference 2018 Saturday 3rd March, DCU St. Patrick’s Campus Eventbrite Link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cesi-conference-2018-saturday-cesicon-tickets-41184849995 CESI TeachMeet Friday 2nd March, DCU St. Patrick’s Campus Please note: tickets for the CESI TeachMeet are limited and are sold on a ‘first […]
The 2017 Bebras Challenge will take place from 6th – 17th November, run by the ICS Foundation, the Bebras® Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking and computer science to students aged 8-18 years, by allowing them to solve interactive tasks online. It is run in over 30 countries and takes place every November, where you […]
On 16th September 2017 the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) hosted a symposium on the proposed new Leaving Certificate Computer Science course. The event took place at Maynooth University and was attended by almost one hundred and twenty interested parties. The full report for this event can be found at this link: CESI LC […]
CESI is generously supported by Teacher Professional Networks (TPN)