Welcome to the second issue of Exploring EdTech Ireland!
In our feature article by the highly respected educator Mark Sparvell, we looking at how social-emotional learning which is vital for the well-being of our students, can be enhanced using available edtech tools such as Teams, Flipgrid and Minecraft.
Makerspaces are collaborative spaces for making, creating, learning and sharing that uses high tech to no-tech tools, Jennifer McGarry gives an insight into makerspaces in primary school; followed by a great introduction to the BBC micro:bit by Niamh Brady. Louise Jones shows us how ThingLink creates smart visual media by augmenting images with additional information, connecting visual tags to a range of apps and tools such as Padlets, Wakelets, Flipgrids, video, and audio files. Read on for much more...
