“It is with unspeakable shock and profound sadness that I write to let our CESI community know of the sudden and most premature death of Bianca Ní Ghrógáin, our executive member and so, so much more. Our heartfelt sympathies go to her devastated family at this extremely difficult […]
Seven students from the Rainbow Bricks team in Letterfrack National School scooped the title of SAP FIRST LEGO League Champions 2015 at the live national final in Galway. Just under 300 students from 10 counties around Ireland travelled to the west to take part in the final which ran all day yesterday in the Radisson […]
EdmodoCon 2014 will take place on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from 12.00 – 23.00 (Irish time). EdmodoCon is a virtual conference, so you can participate anywhere you have an internet connection. Sign up for EdmodoCon today to enjoy the following: Free, live, online participation Keynotes from educators across grade levels and subject areas A certificate of participation […]
The www.coolkidsstudio.com website was created by Lauren Boyle, who is 9 years old, as a fun interactive way of teaching life skills to children up to the age of 12 years. The site teaches children life skills through games, suggestions, role playing ideas, and links. The site is divided into three age categories: age 3-6, […]
The EXCITED Learning Festival (http://www.excited.ie) will take place next Friday and Saturday (May 30th and 31st) in Dublin Castle. This significant event marks the first important step in a movement to unite students, teachers, industry, parents, academics, technology enthusiasts, policy makers and others in shaping the future of the digital landscape for teaching and learning […]
May is now well and truly upon us and it is going to be a busy month for Ed Tech enthusiasts in Ireland, with no less than three conferences taking place, two TeachMeets, and the opening days of the month seeing the conclusion of Tech Week 2014 and Digital Art Week 2014. We will preview […]
Today (Monday 28th April) marks the start of Digital Art Week 2014. Now in its fourth year, this initiative gives primary school children around Ireland the opportunity to share their art with other children around the country and complete some fun visual arts activities. During the course of the week, schools will use digital tools […]
On Friday May 9th a “TeachMeet CESI” will take place in advance of the 2014 “ICT in Education” conference on Saturday May 10th. This TeachMeet will take place at the LIT Tipperary Thurles campus and will run from 7pm to 9pm. Tickets cost €10 and you can register to attend at this link. The “TeachMeet […]
On Thursday March 20th 2014 the Microsoft Ireland Educators Summit will take place at Microsoft Ireland. This event will focus on key issues facing educators in the primary and secondary school sector today. During the day attendees will have an opportunity to plan for the future whilst listening to relevant content on topics such as assessments, […]
I attended two days of BETT in January and it was the usual whirlwind of sales pitches, product demonstrations, workshops, seminars, networking and queues for coffee. The highlight of my two days this year was the Friday night TeachMeet. I missed this event last year so I was glad to make it this time around. […]
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