The Computer Clubhouse provides a creative and safe after-school learning environment for young people from the under-served communities of the south west inner city area of Dublin. The young members work with adult mentors to explore their own ideas, develop skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology. The model of learning was developed by [...]]]>

Another Tipp Tech Tip came from the “Web 2.0 a practical guide for teachers” handout.

It is a social network for children www.imbee.com.

It claims to be “the first social network for young people”.

John Hurley and Clifford Brown hosted a workshop entitled “Web 2.0.

A Practical guide for teachers” at the “Internet Experience in Education Conference 2008″ in the Tipperary Institute  today.

The star of the show was the stand alone release of WildVoice.

This is a FREE downloadable [...]]]>

John Hurley and Clifford Brown hosted a workshop entitled “Web 2.0.

A Practical guide for teachers” at the “Internet Experience in Education Conference 2008″ in the Tipperary Institute  today.

The star of the show was the stand alone release of WildVoice.

This is a FREE downloadable version.

Registered users can download WildVoice Studio to their PCs, record various items at different times and save and reload the projects similar to other applications.

Very popular sound effects include a toilet flushing and various body noises.

Podcasts can be uploaded to the WildVoice site or inserted into the school website.

This is a far cry from the early days of the online version. 

http://dublincesi.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/wildvoice/

The primary school year ends tomorrow and along with it the official one year run of our eTwinning project “Once Upon A Blog.”

This project has received international recognition on a worldwide basis and many teachers have told me that the project has had a positive influence on their teaching [...]]]>  

The primary school year ends tomorrow and along with it the official one year run of our eTwinning project “Once Upon A Blog.”

This project has received international recognition on a worldwide basis and many teachers have told me that the project has had a positive influence on their teaching styles.

I received 11 links from educators in Europe, 4 from the USA and 2 from Australia all of whom have embarked on a similar media streaming journey as a result of viewing “Once Upon A Blog.” Unfortunately without exception, everyone of the sites carried unpredictable advertising and were subsequently blocked by Fortinet, HEAnet’s schools’ broadband contracted content filtering service.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the 1394 people who emailed podmaster@slua.com in the past academic year. It is a pity you did not comment on the site or give permission for your emails to be published. I realise teachers, in particular, are slow to put their thoughts in writing especially in a second or third language.

The project will continue though I do not know whether its eTwinning life can be extended. I will have to discuss it with my colleague in Malta who is very busy at present.

In the meantime take a look at this video. It is a bit long and the music could be a bit more upbeat but take it for what it is worth. The digital natives are growing restless!

since we have just returned from our Easter holidays, we thought to do a legend related to the passion of Christ for our next podcast.  it is a legend which is told in many primary schools in Malta, and it is found in a school Maltese reading textbook.

We hope you enjoy [...]]]> Dear friends at St. Attracta’s,

since we have just returned from our Easter holidays, we thought to do a legend related to the passion of Christ for our next podcast.  it is a legend which is told in many primary schools in Malta, and it is found in a school Maltese reading textbook.

We hope you enjoy it.

Grade 2

Paola Malta

The original video was on the stolen laptop so here is a video of the video at the awards’ ceremony. Enjoy!

The Winning Project was  “Gingerbread House” A project between a school in SLOVAKIA – Základná škola Omšenie and a school [...]]]> The team (teachers, pupils and  parents) of Once Upon A Blog were proclaimed runners-up in the 4 – 11 year old category at the 2nd Annual eTwinning Awards ceremony held in Brussels on Friday 23rd, 2007.

The Winning Project was  “Gingerbread House”
A project between a school in SLOVAKIA – Základná škola Omšenie and a school in the CZECH REPUBLIC – Základní škola a mateÅ™ská škola Sivice.

Congratulations and well done to all

Here is our monthly appointment to share our islands’ legends!!  We hope you’ll enjoy it!!