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  • Thanks for the links, my Twitter PLN

    People in the educational world often look funny at you when you say you use Twitter. “You? A professional, as in, OLD, as in, not a hipster?”, the look says. Well, as a teacher I have always been on the lookout for materials from the real world that connect to the topics we are dealing…

  • IWD 2014 – hono(u)ring my (inter)national ed tech tweeps!

    As today is International Womens Day, I have been thinking of the women in my PLN (for PLN read LIFE!!) that I may not have known if it weren’t for CESI and especially Twitter. They each make such a contribution to Ed Tech in Ireland and beyond, and who help keep me afloat. A is…

  • Teachmeet BETT 2014 – bigger may not always be better?

    There’s me wearing my cool TeachMeet Bett T-shirt (love it, thanks organisers and sponsors TES – though sorry to see no TES at this BETT show). I won’t list the presenters as others have done so in great blog posts already – see super posts from Pamela O’Brien,  Helen Bullock, or Kate Murray (& Larry Leprechaun!)…

  • TEDxDublin

    For me accidental learning has always been a good thing, as it can be a great prompt to go and do even more learning. At least that is what I have found as a result of TEDxDublin this year. I attended courtesy of Stephanie O’Neill, my project manager and good friend at SFI Discover. It…

  • Scratchin’ at the (Catalan) Crossroads

    The first European Scratch Conference at Citilab, Barcelona at the end of July 2013 was a unique experience, spearheaded by Joek van Montfort (@xota). Joek had visited us in Ireland at CESI conference weekend and Dojocon, and it was his drive that attracted us to the conference. The CESI Executive dispatched myself and John Hegarty to attend. We were…

  • CESImeet Tipp 2013

    “CESI on tour” was welcomed again on Friday May 10th to the Thurles  campus of LIT by the amazing Pamela O’Brien and her team. As ever the place was sparkling for us on arrival, both aesthetically and technically! We normally don’t do party political broadcasts at CESImeets, but I had just heard (or read on…

  • Invited, ignited and inspired – that was #dojocon2013

    Last January, James Crook asked me if would speak at Dojocon in March. As James never asks for anything without a reason that’s good for everyone in the universe, I couldn’t even consider a ‘no’ answer. And March seemed such a long time away then! (The wily James even gave me a title for the talk –…

  • Phew!! Did it – moved from Posterous to WordPress and lived to type the tale…

    I finally moved house from Posterous to WordPress. I love WP and have always been happy to use it. What had attracted me to Posterous was the offer of posting via email – it was a treat to type, attach and send without having to log in. I hummed and hawed and delayed for the…

  • On a clear day you can see forever…

    …or so the song says. Last Tuesday, March 5th, on a beautifully clear day at the RDS in Dublin it really was true. The future was visibly taking shape, and it looked good. The Eircom Junior Spider Awards were taking place. It was great fun. The …

  • Edcanvas from the Clayton CESImeet

    At Friday night’s CESImeet in the Clayton Hotel, Damien Quinn of @seomraranga fame introduced us to Edcanvas, so I decided to try it out to collate the various presentations and links that were shared during the meeting. Here goes… Mmmm…well i…