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Good Practice Videos

  • Using Online Tools for the Writing Process

    A 6th class teacher explains how he uses Google Classroom, Google Drive and Google documents to enhance writing lessons in a multi-grade setting. Pupils work is saved, thus creating a detailed ePortfolio which can be used for assessment.

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Assessment/Assessment Tools, Digital Portfolios, Multi-grade

  • Using Tablets in SESE

    A 1st class teacher describes how his class uses digital resources in SESE for project work. Pupils use Book Creator for procedural writing and Scratch Jnr to code the results of their Science experiment. ICT is used for content creation in the classroom and is a key assessment tool.

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Coding, Content Creation

  • Digital Video for Gaeilge

    A multigrade class teacher describes how she integrated digital video into a Gaeilge lesson. The pupils use Stop Motion animation to retell a story from their Gaeilge textbook. The teacher used Oide FÍS lessons to support her teaching. Pupils used drawings, paintings and Lego to recreate the story.

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Assessment/Assessment Tools, Digital Video, Multi-grade

  • ICT in a Multiclass Setting (Cloghans Hill National School)

    A teaching principal outlines how she uses ICT to best support teaching and learning in a one teacher school. She gives an overview of her planning, the school's Bring Your Own Device policy, as well as explaining the ways ICT helps her to integrate, differentiate and assess learning.

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Assessment/Assessment Tools, Collaboration, Multi-grade

  • Scratch for Music

    A multi-grade class teacher explains how she uses Scratch to support teaching and learning in from Junior to Senior levels. Her senior pupils translate music notation into Scratch code to play songs in the software. This tasks supports differentiation as all pupils can work to their own level.

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Coding, Multi-grade

  • Tablets in 3rd & 4th Class PE

    A 3rd and 4th class teacher describes using tablets in a PE lesson, focused on Dance. The pupils use an app called Sworkit for their warm up. They use the video function on the tablet to carry out self and peer assessment of FMS (Fundamental Movement Skills).

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Assessment/Assessment Tools, Multi-grade

  • Using World Book in a Primary Classroom

    A 5th class teacher shows how she uses World Book Online for a history project. Using the differentiated levels of content the children use World Book's Timeline, Webquests and Compare Countries functions to create their project. World Book Online is available via www.scoilnet.ie.

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Online Resources, Scoilnet

  • Digital Storytelling for a Global Goals Project

    A 6th class teacher describes how her class created video projects using Adobe Spark. Pupils learned about copyright and created a short digital story using royalty free image websites: www.pixabay.com and www.photosforclass.com. Projects were saved to Google Drive as an assessment record.

    Teaching & Learning, Primary, Assessment/Assessment Tools, Digital Portfolios, Digital Video

  • Computational Thinking in Attymass National School

    A school Principal describes his school's approach to computational thinking from infants to sixth class. This includes the use of Beebots, Scratch, Lego Wedo and engaging in computational thinking challenges, such as Bebras. Reference is made to a JRC report. Accessible here: https://tinyurl.com/4a79nm2b

    Leadership & Management, Primary, Coding, Computational Thinking

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