Evelyn O’Connor and Donal O’Mahony spoke about Junior Cycle for Teachers, a support service for schools in the context of the implementation of the Junior Cycle Framework. Their also shared what enticed them out of the classroom.
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Evelyn O’Connor and Donal O’Mahony spoke about Junior Cycle for Teachers, a support service for schools in the context of the implementation of the Junior Cycle Framework. Their also shared what enticed them out of the classroom.
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Here David and Finn interviewed Dughall McCormick at the end of #cesicon. We talked to him about the English CESI equivalent NAACE, where teachers and their families come together over a weekend or long weekend . Along with sharing their thoughts and ideas they also have family based activities such as ; treasure hunts, music making and camp fires, creating an inclusive and interactive atmosphere.
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Cormac Cahill shared his use of Book Creator on the iPad to create Social Stories to help students with Autism.
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Check out our interviews wih some of the exhibitors at today’s conference.
Eyrecourt News is a newspaper produced by a primary school in Galway. In our interview we heard from some of the team about how they went about producing their newspaper.
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In our interview with Tim Ryland and Sarah Nield, we talked about the importance of blending analog and digital in the learning environment. They also shared their thoughts on why the word teacher can sometimes be too one sided and also why the best teachers are the ones with bite marks on their tongues.
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Jack and Christopher interviewed Sabine McKenna , a minecraft expert. We discussed the importance of technology in classrooms. Sabine told us about the possibilities when using minecraft in classrooms. You can use Minecraft for Maths, English and History and so much more. She believes programming is a necessity in Ireland because it is the future.
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At #cesicon Conor Power gave a workshop on the Google suite of “classroom” and how he was using the new Google service in his own classroom. Finn and David also talked to him about his first year being on the CESI excecutive and also discussed his long history with the CESI group and the conference itself.
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John Davitt shared his views with us on alternative formats for learning environments. He also spoke about moving away from Twitter and towards blogging.
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Pat Seaver is the Director of the Blackrock Education Centre. In this interview he shared some of the ways in which the Centre supports teachers.
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