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  • break stuff, make stuff, learn stuff

    Make stuff, break stuff, learn stuff. That’s what our host Hassan Dabbagh said in his welcome to the 2016 #MakerMeet at #ictedu on April 22nd. And so that is what we did. We made glowie critters with LEDs and 3v batteries, old corks, and most of the contents of a Mr Price store! We made…

  • Happy Birthday, Herr Froebel…

    …and very belated thanks to those who made the recent Froebel Teachmeet in Maynooth such a celebration of teaching and learning. It was the Head of the Froebel Dept, Prof Marie McLoughlin who reminded us that April 21st was Friedrich Froebel’s birthday. (I suspect that Herr Froebel’d have approved greatly of the playful elements that…

  • Be careful what you wish for – Digital MegaMeet booked for Dublin Castle

    Two years ago, in a panel discussion at the first Excited* Digital Learning Festival, I remarked in passing that the Dublin Castle auditorium we were using would make a perfect venue for a TeachMeet**. What had prompted the remark was the view I had from the stage – beautiful surroundings, lots of round tables, fab…

  • 24 hours at #NAACE16 and #NaaceMeet

    It was a treat and a privilege to represent CESI at the annual NAACE conference on March 24th.  This year there was a NaaceMeet held for the first time, and it proved as successful as did the first… Source: 24 hours at #NAACE16 and #NaaceMeet

  • 24 hours at #NAACE16 and #NaaceMeet

    It was a treat and a privilege to represent CESI at the annual NAACE conference on March 24th.  This year there was a NaaceMeet held for the first time, and it proved as successful as did the first CESImeet fadó fadó in Dublin. Hopefully it will become a NAACE fixture. This NaaceMeet was a relaxed…

  • finding room for steAm, under the roof

    It is very appropriate that one of the quotes on the walls of the new “Steam Room” in Lacken NS, is from the Principal Kevin Foley. Twitter teachers all over the world, esp #edchatie folk, will recognise it… This vision of Kevin’s has been translated into action by teacher Tony Riley, who has worked 24/7,…

  • Save the Date:Code Week EU 2016

    Mark your calendar now for October 15-23 2016. That will be Code Week EU. The team of volunteers Ambassadors, sponsored by the European Commission, met in Brussels this week to begin planning. It was my first meeting with this vibrant team, and it didn’t disappoint. It was a matter of great pride for me to…

  • Titled.

    You can all practice your deep bows and curtsies. (Or would that be curtseys?) Open the phone on a wet Thursday afternoon to find… 15 wonderful women working to change the face of tech … as and if that one wasn’t enough, along comes… Women Invent: 100 women in tech whose names you need to…

  • #tmMayo, inc. #tmKids – another branch on TeachMeet evolutionary tree

    What a welcome we got from organisers Hassan Dabbbagh, Caroline Harrison, and Vivian Cuddy in Mayo Education Centre on Friday evening March 4th, for TeachMeet Mayo! Thanks also to Director Paul Butler and Caretaker Kevin Kerrigan for their genial hospitality all evening. Almost 50 educators – who travelled from all four provinces, which doesn’t often happen at regional…

  • (what IS that smell?)

    How lucky to have been able to set out with Sarah Neild at (don’t ask) o’clock on a leap year Monday morning to set up in the halla of Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School. Thanks to caretaker Brendan, and to CESI’s Susan Nic Réamoinn for all the preparation experience the joy in the Monday…