Teachnet's Learning Blog
‘By teachers, for teachers’
TeachNet Ireland supports primary and post-primary teachers in publishing interactive curriculum content on the web. Now in its eighth year, there are over 250 teacher created resources published onsite. Teachers are given access to curriculum resources, technical support, ICT advice and technical specialists, grants and a support network where they can further develop their skills.
This year Web 2.0 tools have become a major focus of the TeachNet project. With the support of a team of innovative educators a new Learning Blog has been developed, focusing on practical ICT resources for teachers. Currently we publish two new blog posts weekly and broadcast a podcast every two weeks. The TeachNet site is now attracting visitors from all over the world creating a growing community of 21st century learners. This session will demonstrate how TeachNet is using blogs and podcasts to open up new opportunities for teachers.
Find out more @ blog.teachnet.ie.
John Hurley is a founding partner with H2 Learning (www.h2.ie) since 2002. H2 assists organisations to design and implement innovative curriculum based projects that utilise ICT, e-learning and digital media effectively. Through his work with H2, John is involved in a number of projects with Discover Science and Engineering including Discover Sensors (www.discoversensors.ie) which promotes an investigative approach in science teaching and Projectblogger (www.projectblogger.ie), a new blogging facility for science students. John currently holds the post as Co-Director of Learning for The Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA), delivering a range of education and training programmes that focus on the learning and training needs of the Liberties community, schools and the digital media sector. John also has considerable teacher professional development experience through TeachNet (www.teachnet.ie) which designs and delivers cutting edge training for practising teachers on the use of the Internet in Irish schools. Prior to H2 Learning, John spent four years as National Coordinator for ScoilNet with the NCTE where he pioneered the provision of Internet for Irish schools and the development of ScoilNet.
Pat Brennan is on career break from Sacred Heart SNS, Killinarden, where he is ICT Coordinator and Assistant Principal. For several years he has been delivering courses on all aspects of technology use in education for INTO, St. Patrick’s College of Education and Froebel College. He has also worked with NCTE, assisting in website design course development and with Dublin West Education Centre on redeveloping their own website and co-developed tallaght4kids.ie, an interactive website for children in Tallaght, sponsored by the centre. Currently Pat works for H2 Learning in the Digital Hub and is project manager of TeachNet Ireland.