tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40148642012-02-09T16:46:18.688ZJohn HeffernanJohnnoreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-60577313736119983522011-09-07T13:04:00.001+01:002011-09-07T13:04:40.759+01:00Test postMust delete some of the content on this siteJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-84657144237950412502008-01-28T04:41:00.000Z2008-01-28T16:42:51.816ZCESI conference I am presenting at CESI on FIS which is a primary Film in schools porject.www.cesi.iewww.fis.ieJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-12144307832746040752006-09-28T04:44:00.000+01:002008-01-28T16:46:17.246ZNew Job againI am now workingfor the NCTE (National centre for Technology in Education). so goodbye to the Chalkboard for a while. Pity I was looking forward to podcasting with my students this year. but a job is a job is ajobJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1140470239160174992006-02-20T21:12:00.000Z2007-02-01T17:10:51.796ZLong time no postHave not bothered to write as often as I like to. Like most things it is a habit that you have to get into and keep going. I have got a job since the last time that I posted. I am saving a post on the new job at a later stage. I have been reading far more blogs recently and a video blog that I have come across www.rocketboom.com is a good laugh at times. I hope that it keeps Johnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1129504994683019402005-10-17T00:05:00.000+01:002008-01-28T16:43:54.111ZFootballs for BrainsToday I attended two soccer matches and it done me good. The first game was my own club versus the best team in Mayo and current FAI Junior Cup champions Westport United. We lost the game 1-0 but we gave as good as we got although Westport created better chances it was a bit heart breaking to concede the goal in the last 5 minutes. If we can play like that week in week out theJohnnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1127222798867276502005-09-20T14:24:00.000+01:002005-09-20T14:26:38.876+01:00First team sport2nd Year history teachers might find this fun teaching AZtec culture http://www.ballgame.org/main.aspFlash Game is quite good. I would have a crack at really playing the game if I was teaching in an all boys school.Johnnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1127992476437140002005-09-20T12:11:00.000+01:002005-09-29T12:14:36.443+01:00New education related blogI have created a new education related blog on edublogs. Intially I was just testing a new blog but I decided to hive the education posts to this blog and keep this for more personal related stuff. http://educationalskunkworks.edublogs.org plan to go live with it in a few daysJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1126873722101448592005-09-16T13:26:00.000+01:002005-09-16T13:37:27.470+01:00Passing note or Pissing notehttp://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/006896.htmlHe should raise his hand and cross his legs.Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1120982000902712152005-07-10T08:39:00.000+01:002005-07-10T08:53:21.116+01:00Hero for a dayOnce I was asked in primary school which historical figure would you most like to have been.At the time, you would pick the greatest general or the most recent historial figure that you would have been in contact with. Probably now twenty years later and with a history degree, my historical hero's have changed. Gone are the warrior hero's types, the Davy crocketts and the Gengsis Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1115140857277038262005-05-03T18:20:00.000+01:002005-05-03T18:36:05.033+01:00Words of advice from Douglas Adams"I love deadlines - I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by"5 things From THHGTTG that applies to MITE1. You cant get a decent cup of tea in the Hamilton.2. You might not be happy with the answers you get (no the meaning of life is not 42)3. Over reliance on Computers to get you where you want to go4. Ideas are like slaps on the head!!5. After weeks ofJohnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1114978235213209402005-05-01T21:10:00.000+01:002005-05-03T18:46:43.700+01:00If I had a vote in the UK election, The Internet tells me I should vote see belowI got the same result hereWho should I vote for? v2Your expected outcome:Liberal DemocratYour actual outcome: Labour 25Conservative -23 Liberal Democrat 63UKIP -19 Green 43You should vote: Liberal DemocratThe LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1114950704358990462005-05-01T13:22:00.000+01:002005-05-01T13:31:44.360+01:00How to advertise for a job and save everyones time.My former Boss in Proyplon (on his blog) has put up an interesting job specification ad. How often have you applied for the job based on the ad, thinking that this is going to be your dream job and it does not turn out to be it.A different way could be this..Propylon are looking for a couple of highly experienced, XML/Publishing/Workflow/CMS Johnnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1114391989754281452005-04-25T02:15:00.000+01:002005-04-25T02:19:49.756+01:00Lloyd Building we have a problem.....Working on my Lit review trying to ensure my chapter is under 2500, it reminds me so much of the scene in Apollo 13 where Gary Sinse is going through all the check lists to ensure that the sequence does not trip the voltage (or amps). Same sort of thing when you add a sentence, check it for length , too long it gets dumped.Probably just me....Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1113664617222512592005-04-16T16:08:00.000+01:002005-04-16T16:16:57.223+01:00Future TY History projects1. Use a wiki for the creation of a digital textbook see here 2. Try and get student using Quandary software from Halfbaked software to create historical "Quandarys" to help their learning (e.g Outbreak of war in 1939 etc.)3. Try and get a postgrads/lecturersin history dept in a third level college to assume historical roles and use IM to "converse" with students Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1111751319918173382005-03-25T11:45:00.000Z2005-03-25T11:48:39.920ZI want this for Christmashttp://web.media.mit.edu/~nanda/projects/clocky.htmlDue to my tendency to be tired due to school and this B"££$%$% thesis my sleeping patterns are banjaxed and I wake most mornings more tired than when I went to bed. Normally I am a night person but I am in bed before 11 each night and try an get 8 hours.Maybe clocky is what I need to get up in the morningJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1110393727128632182005-03-09T18:31:00.000Z2005-03-09T18:42:07.133ZRate my teacherThe TUI have come out on two radio shows that I have listened to in the past 24 hours Newsbeat & the Last word condeming the new www.ratemyteacher.ie. I have to laugh really when you think about what it is. The TUI believe that this is a serious attempt to quantify the teaching capability of teachers. All it is really is a way of students letting steam off about their teachers. Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1107456433358235992005-02-03T18:46:00.000Z2005-02-03T18:47:13.356ZA link for all business teachers
http://www.disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb2/index.html?Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1102797346443086942004-12-11T20:28:00.000Z2004-12-11T20:37:10.863ZBehold, thou shalt be kicked by an incontinent camel, O ye lying Girgashite!
Anyone who was a fan of Guybrush Threepwood of the Curse of Monkey Island series should enjoy this offering from Shipoffools http://www.shipoffools.com/Features/Curses/
You never know where a biblical curse could come in handy
Behold, thou shalt be as welcome as a fart in the queen's bedchamber, O ye whose name is butJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1102443683885530142004-12-07T18:18:00.000Z2004-12-11T20:37:33.423ZWords from Herman Wouk, author of "Caine Munity"
"The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you're not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one. All the shortcuts and economies and common-sense changes that your native intelligence suggests to you are mistakes. Learn to quash them. Constantly ask yourself, 'How Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1102094309049013292004-12-03T17:10:00.000Z2004-12-03T17:18:29.050ZNote to self:
John, if you are you having a bad day at the Chalkface, please remind yourself of what you left behind.
Every IT job I worked had some elements of this :-{
This is from the wife of a Electronic games developer
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/
(viaJoelonsoftware)
Some more on this can be found on slashdot
Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1102009321559118602004-12-02T17:42:00.000Z2004-12-02T17:42:01.560ZSchools need a velvet revolution
I am already jangling my car keys!!!!!
SiliconRepublic
Philip J Bond, US under-secretary of Commerce and Technology
He believed that there was much more work to be done on how pedagogy and technology could be integrated effectively. To address the challenge, he had established a think tank to explore new ways of teaching with ICT as a tool, drawing on Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1101839015928745402004-11-30T18:23:00.000Z2004-11-30T18:23:35.926Z100 scientifically oriented thing to do before you die
Slashdot | Things To Do Before You Die
Taken this from Slashdot 100 scientifically oriented thing to do before you die. Some interesting some cool some yuck!!.......
Useless blog link of the weekJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1101639590876821482004-11-28T10:50:00.000Z2004-11-28T10:59:50.876ZWhy Teaching is Important
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=4321&hl=
Interesting reading for newbiw teachers. take time to read it all as the best advice is at the bottom of the page and ignore the petty squabble.
For H. Dip teachers should check out http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showforum=21
Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1101321524206308072004-11-24T18:38:00.000Z2004-11-24T18:38:44.206ZTechlearning > > Top 10 Returns On Investment > November 15, 2004
useful for those who worry about these things
Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1101155176214501142004-11-22T20:26:00.000Z2004-11-22T20:26:16.213ZGPS outside of the classroom door
One-Trick CyberPony: GPS In & Out of the Classroom
Might of interest to Niamh
Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1100964169794947652004-11-20T15:22:00.000Z2004-11-20T15:22:49.793Zwmte,IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE'02)
Anita take a look
. 163 A Concept Mapping Tool for Pocket PC Computers
Tony Chan, Mike Sharples Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1100204992998325292004-11-11T20:29:00.000Z2004-11-11T20:29:52.996ZInteresting maps of the US presidential election
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1098021213676429402004-10-17T13:52:00.000+01:002004-11-28T11:04:11.446ZDoes the word discipline in schools need to be changed?
I bought Patton on Leadership for my brother a couple of Christmas ago and I recently was flicking through it and one or two articles caught my attention. Patton for those who don't know him was regarded of one of the better generals of the WW2, a strict disciplinarian and tactical genius who was noted for saying the wrong thing at the Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1097421828800974062004-10-10T16:22:00.000+01:002004-10-10T16:23:48.800+01:00Ways to use weblogs in education You might like to create a reflective, journal type blog to...
Must not forget this link
http://anvil.gsu.edu/EduBlogInsights/2004/10/05#a668
Johnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1097420889146864532004-10-10T15:47:00.000+01:002004-10-10T16:08:09.146+01:00Good Teachers + Small Classes = Quality Education
My current gripe with the education sector is with the excess teaching capacity at second level and soon to be in primary level and no jobs for these teachers in the short term. Why not put the resources into Education give all new teachers a 5 year contracts to see if they are suited to the profession and to allieviate the large class numbers Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1094294207667153392004-09-04T11:32:00.000+01:002004-09-04T11:36:47.666+01:00Came across this on the BBC news website.
ASTI are you listening.........
'Give new teachers jobs' call
Teachers have to complete an induction year
Wales' largest teaching union is calling on the assembly's education minister to guarantee all newly-qualified teachers in Wales a job.
NUT Cymru says the lack of permanent posts in Wales means many new teachers feel demoralised and even Johnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1088694939345213952004-07-01T16:13:00.001+01:002004-07-01T16:15:39.346+01:00Is Soccer more American than Baseball?
http://slate.msn.com/id/2103170/fr/ifr/
some interesting points....Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1088694873403165282004-07-01T16:13:00.000+01:002004-07-01T16:14:33.403+01:00Is Soccer more American than Baseball?
http://slate.msn.com/id/2103170/fr/ifr/
some interesting points....Johnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1082649006204341942004-04-22T16:47:00.000+01:002004-04-22T16:54:06.840+01:00Reading an article in Leask,M "Issues in teaching ICT", one of the contributors, Christine Preston (P190 for those interested) writes that teachers are not guided in the management of change. Papert in one of his books describes a hypothetical situation where a group of surgeons and a group of teachers are transported from the 1900's to the present day. The modern day operating theatre is alien Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1082649071223312492004-04-15T16:50:00.000+01:002004-04-22T16:55:16.186+01:00The return of Roy
Guess who is back, back again?
Roy Keane is due to make a return to the Irish squad. Should he be allowed to return or should he be banished for good?
The Irish soccer civil war is set to occur again.
I reckon Kerr is capable of handling Keane. Kerr knows how to deal with players and get the most out of them. Kerr is the professional manager that Keane wants. I wonder has Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1082651012955399482004-01-08T16:54:00.000Z2004-04-22T17:28:12.000+01:00I hate/love Lego....
One of the more interesting assignments on the Mite course is the Lego Mindstorm project. It has also been one of the more infuriating assignments I think I ever had to do.
It did not start too good.
5pm Christmas Day- Kitchen table cleared. Box emptied. The three Heffernan boys start... and take a break to watch telly.
My mother warned that if she found any Lego pieces Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1070968053033570272003-10-27T11:07:00.000Z2003-12-09T11:09:33.060ZStudents on the MITE course came from a range of different backgrounds, very few teachers from primary and secondary schools. Wide range of age and experience even a couple of erasmus students I think. Cant believe that I went back to college again, I swore that after the dip I was not going to put myself through that amount of work again. The good thing is that there is no exams. Whopeee......
Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1070967952994188862003-10-18T11:05:00.000+01:002003-12-09T11:07:22.233ZWas on the 11 bus into work this morning, sitting at the back of the bus upstairs surrounded by students from Muckross, Gonzaga and Sandford park. One of the young lads was stiitng across from me reading Hamlet and one of the girls behind him was messing with him by pushing his head etc. I turned around and I had to bite my tongue to stop myself reprimanding her. Not my school, not my job anymoreJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1070967768628883382003-10-10T07:00:00.000+01:002004-04-22T16:57:38.543+01:00New job in a new area for me. Online learning college Hibernia College. Headed by a Mayo man, I will be working on Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Education. Helping H. Dips in UCD will come in handy. I would have loved to have worked part time for Propylon when I done my H.Dip as taking the year out between fees, expenses and loss of salary would have costed me nearly E30,000, there has to be a Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1082807522460160052003-09-25T12:51:00.000+01:002004-04-24T12:56:06.310+01:00Had a great weekend in Galway. The National Venturer Forum had organised a n activity weekend based in the Renmore Scout Den. They had organised bouncy castle, Treasure hunt anda trip to the cinema. Ray (the movie extra) was in charge of the beach activities.
It is great from a Leaders point of view, all we had to do was turn up, sit down and eat. No organising, no keeping people in line etc asJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1070967692826830592003-09-11T11:01:00.000+01:002003-12-09T11:05:12.826ZIt has really hit me on the Sept 1st that I am not teaching as I saw the students coming out of Moyne College and Murdeachs at lunch time. All wearing brand new uniforms as they take their first lunch break. Looking forward to going back to college first time as a part time student. The course I am doing is M.Sc IT in Education see http://www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/mscitedu/index.htm
currently Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1070967595609499512003-09-09T10:58:00.000+01:002003-12-09T11:00:58.340ZHere are my photos from Poland. Enjoy. http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/crossmolinajohn/album?.dir=/Poland+2003
Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1070967627985189332003-09-04T11:00:00.000+01:002003-12-09T11:05:51.013ZSeptember comes as an afterthought of summer. There is still good weather but as the kids go back to school, the cycle of the year continues. Once you leave a job with only 4 weeks holidays and start teaching, you look forward to holidays with the same enthusiasm as a 10 year old. Also the same foreboding occurs as the copybook ads start to appear on the TV in August. Still no job.
Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-1059653330226122462003-07-31T13:08:00.000+01:002003-07-31T13:08:50.226+01:00I have come back from a month abroad, two weeks in Poland and two weeks in Spain. I have found out that the Poles have a longer school day than we have. Their classes last 50 mins but they have a 10 recess/break between each class. Their day start at 7:30/8:00 and finish at 3:30/4:00 depending on the school. THis method does have some merit so anyone who is trying to explain something in class asJohnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-956347332003-06-13T17:55:00.000+01:002003-06-13T17:55:59.520+01:00So school is out for summer. You would have to pity the poor Leaving Certs and the pressure that they are under. Is the pressure that we put them under worthwhile. Do really many LCs really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives at the age of 17. I am a hell of a lot older than those LCs and I don't know what I want to be. The concept of a job for life is gone yet in secondary Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-956346902003-06-13T17:54:00.000+01:002003-06-13T17:54:29.210+01:00So school is out for summer. You would have to pity the poor Leaving Certs and the pressure that they are under. Is the pressure that we put them under worthwhile. Do really many LCs really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives at the age of 17. I am a hell of a lot older than those LCs and I don't know what I want to be. The concept of a job for life is gone yet in secondary Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-905173712003-03-11T12:17:00.000Z2003-03-11T12:17:16.000ZWeblogs are fast becoming a cool trend world wide now. Many of the people I have worked within the past few years have one now. I an looking at a way to see if there is a way to use this in an educational environment. Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-858949512002-12-12T14:47:00.000Z2002-12-12T14:47:38.490ZChristmas tests are just like Christmas shopping. A lot of stress, effort in presentation, pushing in queues (esp for the photocopier ) and 'your gift' not appriecated by those who receive it.
James Beirne is finishing up his stint on OLG and the girls are quite disappointed in his leaving as evident in the 2nd year petition to keep him. The Leaving Certs were very quiet in this matter. hmmm
I Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014864.post-858380242002-12-11T14:20:00.000Z2002-12-11T14:20:05.890ZWelcome to my part of cyberspace where you will be able to see what my brain is churning out soon on a range of matters such as football irish education system and IT in education Johnnoreply@blogger.com0