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Podcast 394, Ciara Reilly with a Guide to Teaching Online (23-3-20)

Inside Education - a podcast for educators interested in teaching

Show Notes

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's podcast I speak to my colleague in Marino Institute of Education, Ciara Reilly, about ideas for teaching online and offline while schools are closed. The initial impetus for our discussion was a padlet wall that Ciara developed to support teachers and which is available here. But our conversation covered many additional topics including the following: Where to start in online teaching and learning at primary school in particular. Digital Learning Framework. The value of having children work as a group rather than individually Use a timetable with children Singapore experience Acceptable Use Policies What teachers expect from students Planning for the future and online learning Risk of children spending too much time on screen The value of children being bored Use of iPads and use of textbooks Exam preparation for post-primary students Things you can do offline Hashtag for teachers to use on Twitter: #edshareie And Ciara discusses many resources available to teachers and their students including the following:

Padlet Google Classroom Skype Classroom Zoom Google hangouts Aladdin Classdojo G-Suite for Education Microsoft Teams Google Docs Cúla4 Quiver 3D Gonoodle RTE 10 at 10 Body Coach, PE with Joe Bebras Khan Academy Epic Reading App Teach your monster to read Geoguessr Science Foundation Ireland Active School Flag and Run around Ireland challenge Seesaw Edmodo Webwise TikTok Net Nanny Apple Classroom Watchkin Twinkl CJ Fallon EdCo Folens PDST Distance Learning Resources

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