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It was a surprise and a delight to be part of a residency hosted by Faberllull in Olot, Catalunya. The RobOlot residency is a personal and intensive meetup to allow participants time and space to rethink the teaching and purpose of computer science, aim to connect the physical and virtual worlds by seeking better integration Read More
every oak tree was a little acorn once, and so it happens that TeachMeet was a wee blog post once this day 20 years ago Ewan McIntosh published an edublog inviting teachers to an informal discussion session in the pub on May 24. That blog post grew and fractalised into something wide and strong Read More
At a school called LETSS*,We’d a TeachMeet for CESI guests,Our number was twenty,There was learning a-plenty,And the craic that we had was the best So our Limerick weekend just flew past,Thanks to all of the CESIcon cast,Volunteers every one,Who get the job done,With each other and long may that last! Our annual CESI Read More
[couldn t resist, when in Limerick, etc., ah shur the limerick just wrote itself] At a school called LETSS*,We d a TeachMeet for CESI guests,Our number was twenty,There was learning a-plenty,And the craic that we had was the best. *LETSS is Limerick Educate Together Secondary School, a truly wonderful place to walk in to. Thanks to Read More
Every year for the past 70 years all over Ireland we are treated to local drama festivals. In early winter there is One Act Drama and in late winter / spring there is Three Act Drama. Amateur in name only professional in approach and delivery, and well attended by local communities. Right now there Read More
In Sept 2024, I wrote about a workshop at the Johnston Central Library at which we were invited to stitch a circle for a Brigid s cloak project. Last week I went to see the finished cloak on display in the Cavan County Museum in Ballyjamesduff*. It was lovely to see everybody s contribution put together with Read More
This weekend three weeks ago, families were turning up to spend the day at the Junior track at FOSDEM, an annual two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software . This is the third year that the Mathijssen team of Peter and Bart have organised two days of Read More
reflecting on the TeachMeet at #BETT26 this year it is now the only reason I go to BETT; carbon-footprint wise it might be something I will need to phase out soon. The TeachMeet at Olympia BETT in January 2009 was the second one I attended and it copperfastened the feeling I had at Read More
This little piece of Tatreez work design started on Culture Night last Sept 20th, but our lovely Palestinian teacher over-estimated our speed and we took them home to finish. (Reminder here) Then my right thumb became temporarily unavailable for fine motor skills while some surgery was undergone and recovered from. Finally, this week saw it Read More
Being diagnosed with Sjögren’s Disease brings along with it a whole new set of acronyms. SjD the recently adopted short hand for what can be an unpronounceable condition. SjD is an autoimmune disease that causes the patient’s white blood cells to attack the body’s mucous membranes; it manifests in up to 1% of the Read More