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Improve skill and performance in the Leaving Cert PE programme with iPad 1 year into the first phase of the new Leaving Certificate PE programme, we spoke to PE teacher Shane Davey who has been using iPads to complete the digital analysis section of the programme in Castleknock Community College. Here he gives us his honest insights and tips for optimising PE skills and performance using digital technology. The Benefits of the new LCPE ProgrammeWith 50% of the LCPE course focused on the physical activity project and performance assessment, not only does it take the pressure off students to perform in one final exam, it places the focus on practical skill building and teaches students how to analyse and improve theirs and their peers performance using digital technology. How iPad helpsThe Physical Activity Project is compulsory and counts as 20% of the new PE course. This has to be completed digitally and using ipads is invaluable here as it enables students to make videos, take picture

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.

Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams is a place where you can share class files, facilitate conversations between students, signify key moments in the year with a shared calendar, create and grade student assignments...all in the one place! How to Begin To c

Women in STEM As a technology company who provide learning solutions for education, Wriggle believe passionately in encouraging creativity, innovation and inclusion of all learners, male and female within this sector. With a female director and 6 teachers

Creating an ePortfolio for TY using OneNote When I first used ePortfolios for my TY classes I was a bit apprehensive - would it work? Would the students find it difficult to use? Would the teachers find it difficult to use? What could the students share