Inside View

The Writer's Box

by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel I GOT A WALNUT Writer's Box as a combination Christmas Birthday present and now am mesmerised by the thought that I have a tool that my Irish ancestors might have used as they integrated into America in t...

Developing criticality #edtechie22

I SPENT PART of the 2022 Irish Learning Technology Conference listening to colleagues share their research findings. One of the sessions I attended offered a quick view of Brendan Ryan's action research into the realm of teaching for c...

Trying to reset fasting as a habit

SUMMER WEATHER is trying to warm up Ireland and with those warmer temperatures I'm starting to notice animals acting more actively as they search our back garden for food. Perhaps some of these animals have come out of hibernation. I w...

Told to Get a COVID Test

THE REPORTING OF more than 600 daily cases of Covid-19 for the first time since late April was a “cause of concern”, the chief medical officer warned today, the same day we were notified by a close contact that she had COVID. A few hou...

Second Brain Ideas #roamcult h/t @gillianbarry

I GET MANY of my best ideas from creative thinkers such as Gillian Barry who works in the Hartnett Acceleration Centre on the main campus of the Limerick Institute of Technology. Today, I thought it would be worthwhile to quickly blog ...

When Contactless Enters Academia

IRELAND HAS TAKEN CONTACTLESS to a whole new level by effectively locking down venues such as community swimming pools, libraries and cultural centres. The Corona Virus Strategy also means changing my teaching style from hands-on lab s...

Watching primary school students enter mixed reality #HoloLens

Dylan (5) listens to John Savage explain the Hololens in The Workbench. I WATCHED our two primary school children explore a realm of mixed reality in The Workbench of Limerick during a three hour hands-on event sponsored by Bank of Irel...

Sneak Peek at @Socrative Gasta #ILTA2016

I'VE REDUCED my 30 months of experience with Socrative to five minutes for a very short talk at the annual Irish Learning Technology Association Conference in Dublin tomorrow. If you want to participate in this hands-on experience, you s...

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Appreciating evidence-based case studies with Instagram

NEXT WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH, the hallways and studio space on the Clonmel campus of the Limerick Institute of Technology come alive with samples of creative work during the annual Pen & Pixel exhibition. I'm deeply interested in following ...

Amazon Videos on Surface Pro

WE'RE OBSERVING an event worthy of mention on our family timeline today: both kids know how to open the Surface Pro's browsers to access TV shows and videos on Amazon Prime. The Surface Pro 4 is much lighter than the first generation iPa...