Why Blogging is Best - How to use Blogs in the Primary Classroom
This presentation will showcase the blog as an ideal tool for the primary classroom. Blogs are easy to use, safe and can be used in a myriad of ways. This is why so many schools are now using them for their web site. Participants will be shown how to set up a blog in less than 5 clicks and how to fill it with photos, documents and some other magic! Best of all, all the ideas can be done for free.
Simon Lewis is a computer science graduate from UCD who decided to become a teacher after the dot com bubble burst in 2000. Since then, he has programmed several educational software packages, most notably, "Who Took the Book?" and has developed award winning school web sites. He is currently principal of Carlow Educate Together National School. When he has spare time, he runs a successful web site, www.anseo.net, which offers independent views on primary education in Ireland.