Good Practice Videos
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Uirlisí Measúnú Dhigiteacha i mBunscoil
A 4th class teacher describes how she uses the quiz game Kahoot to assess learning in English, Irish and Maths. The children use a laptop to input questions and answers. Children partake in these quizzes using iPads. This provides the teacher with useful data about what the children have learnt.
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ICT in Lucan Community National School
A school principal outlines how ICT is used in a purposeful way throughout the school. She provides a full overview from the ICT vision in the school to accessing resources to whole school planning.
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Worldbook Arlíne i nGaelscoil
A 5th class teacher describes how she uses the Irish version of Worldbook Online with her class to conduct a history project. Worldbook Online is available via the Scoilnet website and can be translated to Gaeilge (Select cc button in video playbar for English subtitles).
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Getting Involved in Safer Internet Day
Roisin Johnston, Holy Cross Mercy School, talks about the importance of staying safe and being kind online, and the activities her classes took part in for Safer Internet Day, including wearing Webwise wristbands, a poster competition, student-led workshops, presentations and an internet safety song.
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Usáid Suíomh Leighleat le haghaidh Fónaic
Two infant teachers describe how they use online resources and iPads to teach phonics and mathematics. Phonics lessons are taught using the website www.Leighleat.com, which is based on the phonics programme and can be used by all schools. C.J. Fallon digital books are used for mathematics activities.
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Scratch for Literacy and Numeracy
A class teacher talks about the use of Scratch to support literacy and numeracy. She describes how using Scratch across the curriculum helps develop pupils' skills in many areas, including problem solving, and also how it supports assessment, in particular self and peer assessment.
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Teachers sharing practice and our vision for ePortfolios
A school principal explains how ICT integration works in his school. The school has a laptop trolley to share among classes, and an IWB in each classroom. The school uses Google Apps to share between teachers. ePortfolios also facilitate teacher and peer assessment.
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Scoilnet Learning Paths in the Primary Classroom
Mark Boggins, Holy Family National School, outlines how to create learning paths using Scoilnet. A learning path is a collection of online resources that share a specific topic e.g. the Famine. The teacher compiles the learning path, which pupils can access at school or at home.
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Scratch for Reading
A 5th and 6th class teacher describes integrating Scratch into a literacy lesson. In Scratch, the pupils create a quiz, a news report, a character description and a prediction based on the class novel. The video also demonstrates how Scratch can support self assessment and peer assessment.
