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Teaching is changing. It is no longer simply about passing on knowledge to the next generation. Teachers in the 21st century, in all educational sectors, have to cope with an ever-changing cultural and technological environment. Teaching is now a design science. Like other design professionals - architects, engineers, town planners, programmers - teachers have to work out creative and evidence-based ways of improving what they do. But teaching is not treated as a design profession. Every day, teachers design and test new ways of teaching, using learning technology to help their learners. But their discoveries remain local. By representing and communicating their best ideas as structured pedagogical patterns, teachers could develop this vital professional knowledge collectively. Teacher professional development has not embedded in the teacher's everyday role the idea that they could discover something worth communicating to other teachers, or build on each others' ideas. Could the culture change? From this unique perspective on the nature of teaching, Diana Laurillard argues that a 21st century education system needs teachers who work collaboratively to design effective and innovative teaching.

In my opinion the most important thing is -given teaching will be treated as a collective design science- learning about how to apply new ways of teaching on our individual children. The newest would probably not always be the best and what worked in other schools elsewhere might not work in your own school. So let´s also stress how to individualize collective knowledge again and break it down to everyday usable teaching aid that we can evaluate.

I totally agree with your opinion about education, specially when you talk about collaborative work among teachers to help our students build knowledge .THank you

A new teaching resource containing eight light-related activities is now available to download from the ESA website. Combining science with art,

Great resources here for a variety of curricular subjects. Many are free on becoming a member and more on subscription.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have recently gained a groundswell of interest, becoming a significant research area for many scholars around the globe. One of the reasons for this surge is that nature of ICT has greatly changed the face of education. For most European countries, the use of ICT, in education and training, has become a priority during the last decade; however, very few have achieved progress. Indeed, only a small percentage of schools, in a few countries, effectively used ICT to support and change the teaching and learning process in diverse subject areas. Others are still in the early phases of adopting ICT.

Children take their first critical steps toward learning to read and write very early in life. The role of teachers in this process is of critical importance. Plain teaching can be easily enriched with a touch of online free educational tools that can make them more attractive to young learners.

Bring comics to the classroom with educational software that helps students create, share and collaborate on comics - without drawing a line. Use Bitstrips for Schools to teach reading comprehension, writing and digital literacy.

I have read good reviews about bitstrips earlier too, seems a good tool for primary students, a nice way to introduce them to writing stories. Will try it!!!!!

super heros and super powers as well as evil characters are a good way to teach values to chilren and develop storytelling, focuss ideas, etc. I find visual thinking very good for early learning and being able to make comics is great. Thanks for sharing.

I love this website!!! This will be great for when I need resources in my future clasroom.

ESL Games Plus offers interactive online games for learning and teaching English as a Second Language. Our learning games are mostly suitable for teaching ESL Kids and Teenagers. There are activities for teaching and practising English grammar, vocabulary, sentences, listening and pronunciation skills.

Are you over 6 and under 18? Do you like computers, games and coding (or are you interested in teaching yourself to code)? Then CoderDojo is perfect for you!

How can policy-makers support teachers in developing their technology- enhanced teaching competence?

this freely available course is designed for teachers, students and individuals with little or no programming experience and teaches basic Java programming concepts through developing 3-D animations in Alice 3.1. Alice is a free, educational, introductory Java development environment created at Carnegie Mellon University.

Another great source of tech tools which can be adapted to suit your teaching context

I just check the page and it is very very good!!!!Very useful!

Nil Peachey is famous for his devotion to learning technologies. His blog is a really great source of information and inspiration.

In this video, Patrick Halpin, Donabate-Portrane Educate Together National School, shows how he uses Photostory with 4th class. Working in groups, the pupils create a photostory presentation on how to create origami flowers. They will use this presentation to teach origami to junior classes.

I like working on Photostory and it's really a great software that can help in encouraging children in their story writings.

Hi Florian, we have been using Photostory with Year 3 and Year 4's (7 - 9 years olds) for a couple of years. It's such a fantastic publishing tool and so easy to use with lovely animations and music. Thanks for sharing.

Discover libraries of high quality Languages teaching resources for French, Spanish and German, created by teachers for teachers - proven in the classroom, edited for quality and consistency.

The Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) Technology in Education (formerly NCTE) promotes the integration of ICT in learning and teaching in first & second level schools in Ireland. With effect from 1st June 2012, the role and functions of the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) come under the remit of the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). Existing programmes and services are being maintained and all contact details remain the same. External Links NCTE - National Centre for Technology in Education Webwise - Webwise Internet Safety and Advice Scoilnet - Ireland's National Education Portal PDST - Professional Development Service for Teachers

i found this website with songs linked to some of the topics we teach - the kids were loving it! There are songs linked to loads of different topics.