Interview with Mary Colclough of CRANN (The Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices), Trinity College. www.crann.tcd.ie In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy is joined by Mary Colclough of CRANN, the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices in Trinity College, to talk about their new educational package for secondary science classrooms. The ‘Nano in My Life’ package, for the first time, will bring nanoscience (the study…

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Interview with Dr Joan Henderson of educational charity Sólas

www.schoolpodcast.org & www.tonnta.org

In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Joan Henderson of Sólas, an educational charity based in Northern Ireland, to talk about a powerful new podcasting service they recently developed for primary and secondary students both North & South.

School podcast is a new safe web facility which allows children to plan, research and create podcasts on any aspect of the curriculum, edit, and upload these podcasts to their dedicated school page on www.schoolpodcast.org. Currently the School Podcast service is available for £300 per school, (depending on the size of the school), and this yearly fee includes set up, licence, one full days training on photostory and audacity as well as training on uploading podcasts to the site and back up support. An Irish language version of School podcast is also available at www.tonnta.org

Tune in to learn more about this innovative new service for schools and check out www.schoolpodcast.org for some great examples of how children can use podcasting right across the curriculum.

If you are interested in signing up please visit www.schoolpodcast.org/Home/Join or contact, [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]

Interview with Dr Joan Henderson of educational charity Sólas www.schoolpodcast.org & www.tonnta.org In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Joan Henderson of Sólas, an educational charity based in Northern Ireland, to talk about a powerful new podcasting service they recently developed for primary and secondary students both North & South. School podcast is a new safe web facility which allows children to plan, research and create podcasts…

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Interview with primary teacher & blogger Joanne Gilmartin

In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Joanne Gilmartin teacher at Leckaun National School, Co. Leitrim, to talk about the power of blogging in the primary classroom. Joanne is one of the guest contributors in the recently published Enhancing Literacy and Numeracy with ICTs publication which will soon be distributed to every school in country. During the interview Joanne details the collaborative journey her third class pupils undertook in creating their award winning class blog, one that is the subject of her contribution in the new ICT handbook in a chapter entitled ‘B is for Blog’.

Currently the Scoilnet Blog Hosting service offers a WordPress blog to every school as part of the free Web-hosting service provided NCTE as part of the Schools Broadband programme. So why not get blogging?

Interview with primary teacher & blogger Joanne Gilmartin In our latest podcast, host Michael Hallissy speaks with Joanne Gilmartin teacher at Leckaun National School, Co. Leitrim, to talk about the power of blogging in the primary classroom. Joanne is one of the guest contributors in the recently published Enhancing Literacy and Numeracy with ICTs publication which will soon be distributed to every school in country. During the interview Joanne details…

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Interview with Michael Hallissy & Eamon Codd www.teachnet.ie

In our latest podcast, host Clifford Brown is joined by Michael Hallissy of TeachNet and teacher Eamon Codd to talk about Tmail, TeachNet’s free email & online tools for teachers and schools, powered by Windows Live. During this short podcast Michael explains the rationale behind the services whilst Eamon details his own experience on the ground in one of the pilot schools.

TeachNet’s Free Online Tools for Teachers include web based email, online storage and Office Online. After free registration teachers can…

– Choose their own TeachNet email address: [email protected] with 10GB of storage. – View, edit and share Office documents such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel for free with Web Apps. – Store documents and resources in a safe place using our SkyDrive with 25GB of free online storage. – Coordinate schedules with colleagues and friends using the shared calendars. – Add people to your network and stay in touch more easily. – Sync all of the above with any web-enabled mobile device.

TeachNet can provide these services for your whole staff so they can use these free tools for administration, communication and collaboration across the school. If you would like to set up a school account, click here.

Interview with Michael Hallissy & Eamon Codd www.teachnet.ie In our latest podcast, host Clifford Brown is joined by Michael Hallissy of TeachNet and teacher Eamon Codd to talk about Tmail, TeachNet’s free email & online tools for teachers and schools, powered by Windows Live. During this short podcast Michael explains the rationale behind the services whilst Eamon details his own experience on the ground in one of the pilot schools.…

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Interview with co-founders James Corbett & Margaret Keane

www.missionv.ie

In our latest podcast, Michael Hallissy is joined by James Corbett and Margaret Keane, co-founders of Mission V, to talk about their cutting edge iniative, specialising in the use of game based learning and virtual worlds technology with primary school pupils.

MissionV is a cloud based virtual world for schools. Likened to a digital ‘sandbox’ the underlying platform provides a secure, creative and collaborative online space which facilitates an immersive, game based learning environment. Mission V is very much focussed on 21st century skills and designed to make children original digital creators.

Listen in to learn more and find out how to get involved…

Interview with co-founders James Corbett & Margaret Keane www.missionv.ie In our latest podcast, Michael Hallissy is joined by James Corbett and Margaret Keane, co-founders of Mission V, to talk about their cutting edge iniative, specialising in the use of game based learning and virtual worlds technology with primary school pupils. MissionV is a cloud based virtual world for schools. Likened to a digital ‘sandbox’ the underlying platform provides a secure,…

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Interview with Michael Hallissy & John Hurley of TeachNet Ireland

www.teachnet.ie

With the summer course season nearly upon us for 2011, host Clifford Brown is joined by Michael Hallissy & John Hurley of TeachNet Ireland, to talk about TeachNet’s expanding online summer course programme. For Summer 2011, TeachNet are offering17 EPV day approved CPD courses for primary teachers who want to make the most of ICT in their classrooms.

TeachNet’s online courses bring together the expertise of St. Patrick’s College and the practical approach of course authors who believe in “by teachers, for teachers”. All courses utilise the latest e-learning technology including video tutorials and podcasts, to enhance interaction and make the courses more appealing and meaningful for participants.

So listen in to find out more and please visit our Current Courses page for additional info and enrolment details.