Keeping the classroom open, even when the school is closedWith so many schools using the secure, cloud based Office 365 apps to upload and assess assignments and improve communication between teachers and students, teaching and learning is no longer confined to within the four walls of the classroom. Having years of experience using Office 365 and digital learning platforms to enhance teaching and learning, several of our partner schools tell us about the benefits they’ve found from integrating technology into their day-to-day workflow and the value of learning anytime, anywhere.Deputy principal of Old Bawn Community School, Sarah Gibbons, explains.“As a school, we are eager to safeguard our students’ learning should unforeseen circumstances such as school closures occur and we are confident that our digital progress has created the foundations for this. We moved to a digital platform for planning, recording and submitting student’s work, assignments and CBAs an

Are you trying to find an easy way to assess students' skills and performance in Leaving Cert PE? Looking for the best way to record their physical activity project and store these files safely and securely?On Thursday 26th March at 7.30pm, our on-staff teachers along with experienced Post-primary PE teacher, Jimmy Kiernan, hosted a FREE webinar showing step by step how to do just that!We went through:- Tips and advice on the best apps to enhance your PE teaching and your students learning in Junior Cycle PE, Senior Cycle PE and LCPE.- Setting up and using a digital learning portfolio for your students- How to enable your students to analyse and improve their learning outcomes in LCPEMissed out on our LCPE Webinar? Simply click the link and register your name to watch this fantastic FREE training session: bit.ly/LCPEWebinarRegister Now

Welcome to my Digital Classroom - Teacher Feature. As business studies teacher in Malahide Community School, with 1200 students each with their own iPad for learning, Bernie Foley uses iPad throughout her lessons to help enhance her students’ learning using digital technology. Here she tells us what it’s like to work in a 1:1 iPad school and how it enables her to be better able to meet her students’ needs. Building Key Skills with iPadI’ve been working in Malahide Community School for 5 years now and I honestly couldn’t imagine teaching without the iPad. I use it in all my lessons along with more traditional methods of teaching and I find that students tend to be a lot more creative when they have the iPad. They have choice, so when I give an activity, they can produce a written piece, record an audio piece, use Clips to create a video or Pic Collage to visually represent it.

Are you trying to find an easy way to assess and share your students written CBAs? Looking for the best way to store these files safely and securely?On Thursday 3rd October at 7.30pm, our on-staff teachers hosted a FREE webinar showing step by step how to do just that!But don't worry if you missed out, you can view the full webinar by clicking this link and registering your name to avail of this fantastic FREE training session.In the webinar our teachers will take you through:- Creating a simple workflow for CBAs in Teams- Securely storing written CBAs- Giving students feedback - How to collate results quickly and easily We also answer all the commonly asked questions about creating, storing and assessing your students' written CBAs. Sign now for to view this great FREE training!

Check out our Calendar of Upcoming Events! The Wriggle team have a busy year ahead with carnivals, conferences and Learning Festivals. Check out our calendar of events, spread the word, come along and and learn how to transform your classroom for 21st Century Learning!To find our more about any of our events above, Contact Us