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How to Mark Attendance

Your class lists to take attendance can be accessed in a number of ways.

1. Clicking the 'Take Attendance Button' for the class in question from the 'My Classes' widget on the dashboard. Classes highlighted in orange are overdue.

2. Clicking 'Hi, Your Name' at the top of the page, then clicking Timetable to the left of the screen. You can now access your class list by clicking on the relevant class on the timetable grid.

3. Typing the class name into the search bar at the top of the screen.

Below you can see a partially complete attendance screen, we can use the the 'Available attendance codes' to fill in all the blanks as required.

You usually should only have to fill in any mark that is not present, as any student left with a blank mark will auto-fill to present as soon as you click save!

You also have the option toward the top right of the screen to enter notes against your students, if you wish to record anything on their record for that class.

How can attendance be taken for another teacher's class?

With the new Users and Groups feature, a teacher would have to have the 'Access to All student profiles' permission in order to take attendance for another teacher's class, or to mark attendance for a student that is not in one of their classes.

An admin staff member is able to take attendance for any class/group/individual by default.

Steps to take attendance:

Navigate to the teaching group (search for it or find it on the teacher timetable)

Actions

Mark Attendance & Save

Adding Behaviour

To assign a behavior type to a student profile,

1: Go to a student account.

2: Click on behaviour.

3: Actions.

4: Add new behaviour

Users can remove a behaviour type from a student account by clicking on the red bin. Actions and disciplines can be added to the behaviour type and details can be amended by clicking on the pencil.

How to Enter Exam Results
Step 1
When a teacher is logged in, they simply need to visit their timetable from their profile page and select a timetabled class, which will redirect them to a class list page.
Step 2
From the class list page, select the exam button, which will only be visible during the active date range configured when creating the exam under Settings > Exams.
Step 3
Enter a numeric result. VSware automatically calculates a grade based on this value. Enter ABS if a student is absent.
Step 4
In this sample exam, teachers can leave a freeform comment or select a comment from the comment bank. If freeform comment selected, the text area becomes active for teachers to enter a comment, limited by the number of characters set for the exam. Otherwise teachers can select a predefined comment from the comment bank.
Step 5
Click 'View Previous Exam Results' to view previously entered results and comments for the previous term report, if available.

TIP: The subject level is usually already set based on the timetable, however teachers can edit the level in this screen if a student has changed their subject level.

This page automatically saves results and comments entered every 7 seconds, however there is also a save button at the bottom of the screen. Each comment has a save status which confirms if the result and comment has been saved successfully.
How to Set/Reset Password
All users (parents, teachers, secretaries, principals, all school staff) can now reset their own passwords without having to go through the school admin staff with the exception of students who must still contact the school.

To reset your password:

Go to the school's login screen, for example: schoolname.vsware.ie

Click 'Reset Password'

This brings you to the 'Reset Password' screen

Type in your username

Type the last 4 digits of your phone number

Click 'Validate'

You will then receive a text message containing the verification code. This SMS might take a minute or two to be sent.

Enter the code, type your new password into the 'New password' and 'Confirm password' fields. Make sure that your password follows the criteria listed

Click 'Change password'

You will see a message confirming that your password has been successfully updated. Once you see this click ' Go To Login'

This brings you back to the main Login screen. Type your username, your new password and click 'Sign In'

Points to note

Please note that if you request more than 3 security codes on one day, you will be blocked from generating any more until after midnight when the system resets.

If you have locked your account, the admin staff in the school can override this for you and unlock your account.

(This is done in Settings > Users & Groups > Users > drag and drop the name of the user from the 'No Access' list on the left back to their correct user role.)

If you do not have a phone number registered, you will see this message and will have to contact the school so that their mobile number can be added to their personal details (under the 'Address' tab).

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VSware Teacher Guide (read time 3 minutes)

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World Book Online is a safe, trusted, 21st-century learning environment that is FREE for pupils to use during their remote learning journey. The content spans all class levels and is available 24/7 from any device! Each resource is specifically designed for a given age group, making them the perfect tool to use independently, even at a young age.

Remote Learning Lesson Ideas

The World Book Online platform has four areas to choose from. We have created some sample home-schooling ideas for each area. Choose from Early Learning, Kids, Students, and Advanced by selecting the tab below.

Early-Learning

Kids

Student

Advanced

Timelines

eBooks

The Early Learning environment within World Book Online could be used by pupils in Infant and Senior Infant Classes.

Pupils who cannot read are able to self-navigate through the learning environment by tactfully utilising the
read-aloud capabilities embedded within the learning environment. You will be amazed at how quickly pupils adapt to learning independently when they use the Early Learning environment within World Book Online.

The Kids learning environment within World Book Online could be used with pupils in First to Third Class.

The interactive, image-based navigation within the Kids learning environment helps young learners find information quickly and develop necessary digital literacy skills.

Every article in the Kids learning environment within World Book Online can be read-aloud. Pupils will see each word highlighted as the text is narrated. Pupils can change the read-aloud settings, such as the gender, speed, and accent of the voice, to best meet their needs.

New words? No problem! Pupils can double-click on it and the dictionary definition will pop right up!

English Language Learners can translate any article into over 100 languages!

The Student learning environment within World Book Online could be used by pupils in Fourth to Sixth Class.

Students can use an advanced search option to filter results by reading level, content set, key word or phase. A text-to-speech feature translates text into human-sounding speech and 100+ languages. You can also adjust the text size, view citations, highlight a search term, translate, or define a word.

Additionally, there are videos and 360-degree photographs to allow for virtual field trips. There are maths and science games for students to test their knowledge.

The Student environment also allows collaboration with Google Drive, Google Classroom, and Microsoft OneDrive.

The Advanced learning environment within World Book Online could be used by students in Junior Cycle, TY and Senior Cycle.

Advanced has many features designed to enhance the research process and enhance global awareness and critical thinking:

Pathfinders of pre-generated content sets aid in research and subject matter understanding.

A translation feature offers article content in over 100 languages with the click of a button.

World Newspapers of more than 400 periodicals from around the globe.

The citation builder creates flawless citations in MLA, APA, and Harvard formats.

Age-appropriate webquests provide exploratory opportunities on advanced topics.

Dive in to history with Timelines! Timelines offer hundreds of pre-generate timelines across eight broad topics. Students can also create their own timelines from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.

Continents, countries, and regions

Literature

Notable people

Science and technology

Sports and games

Systems and institutions

The Arts

World history

Access the library from your living room!

With access to over 2,500 titles, eBooks are great for all ages and are available 24/7. Students get unlimited, simultaneous access so everyone can read the same book at once.

There are ready-made activities to accompany some of the World Book Online eBooks. Click here to view and download the eBook activities.

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Scoilnet has a number of home usage supports for teachers and students to benefit from. All of the supports below are FREE and do not require registration or sign-in.

These tools include:

1. Scoilnet Website - Students and teachers can access over 20,000 resources shared by Primary and Post-Primary teachers anytime, anywhere. Search materials by class/year group, subject, strand, and learning outcomes.

2. World Book Online - All students in the Republic of Ireland have open and free home access to World Book Online. World Book is a trusted encyclopedia containing thousands of informational articles with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, research help, and activities.
World Book Online has created a guide to distance learning resources on World Book Online for parents and educators.

3. Irish Newspaper Archive - The Archive is now accessible from home through a Scoilnet Account. Teachers can get unrivalled access to over 60 national and regional newspapers, some dating back to the late 18th century.

4. Scoilnet Dedicated Subject Pages - The Scoilnet Team are working hard to bring teachers and students dedicated Post-Primary subject pages where they will find teacher-shared collections, collections by organisations, and what's in demand or popular on Scoilnet right now for their subject area.
Choose from: Maths, Science, Irish, English, History, Modern Foreign Languages, Geography, Politics and Society.

5. Scoilnet Themepages - Primary school teachers and students can access subject-based themed pages. Each themepage presents a set of links and resources on a particular topic.

6. Scoilnet Learning Paths - A Learning Path is a feature on Scoilnet that enables teachers to select and organise resources from the Scoilnet site into a sequence or collection and quickly share it with their peers or pupils.

7. Scoilnet Threads - Assign an oral History project and watch as your students submit their projects online through the Threads online space.

8. Dictionary of Irish Biography - Provided by the Royal Irish Academy and Cambridge University Press, the Dictionary is the definitive record of Irish biographies. It was previously available only through schools but access has now been extended to home usage. This is an invaluable resource to anyone studying Senior Cycle History.

9. CensusAtSchool - Get your class to participate in the CensusAtSchool national online questionnaire. The class data is then collated and made available to class teachers, so that students can see the real-life relevance of statistics.

10. News Article - Scoilnet has reached out online to teachers and organisations to share their support and resources with one another. Scoilnet would like to highlight a number of these supports or teacher recommendations through this online space.

11. Tools to Support Digital Assessment -Some sample online digital tools that teachers and students could use to assess student's process.

12. ePortfolios - A quick overview on a sample of some platforms for e-learning.

Irish teachers are excellent at coming together to support one another. If you have a resource or website that you can recommend other teachers or students to use get in contact with Scoilnet through the Contact Us facility or by sharing a resource through Scoilnet website using your Scoilnet Account.

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A Scoilnet account will allow you to upload your resources or weblinks to Scoilnet as well as enabling you to share and add resources to a favourites listing. Users who have a Scoilnet Account will also be able to fully access Scoilnet Maps and Census@School from home.

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In The Spotlight

Irish Newspaper Archives

Access to primary source documents through national and local newspapers covering hundreds of years of Irish history.

Scoilnet Maps

OSi's large scale maps, aerial photography, historic maps and Discovery series maps for the Republic of Ireland.

Dictionary of Irish Biography

A biographical reference work for Ireland. Free to access Spring 2020. Sample activities inside.

Packed full of amazing resources, great for teachers, parents and students at any time of the year. There are hundreds of videos, activity sheets and ideas for lesson plans and more in Irish and in English.

Find out what's coming up in the school calendar

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Good Practice

Short videos illustrating ways in which digital technologies can be integrated into teaching, learning and assessment.
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Digital Learning Framework

DLplanning.ie provides a lens for how digital technologies can be used to support teaching, learning and assessment.
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Online Courses

Free online courses for teachers with a focus on integrating digital technology in teaching, learning and assessment.
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We hope these resources may be of some use to you and your students. An overview of many of these resources was described in detail during our recent webinar. We've selected materials which we think are most useful and have added in some videos and materials which may help you when planning for supporting your students in their learning. As teachers, you're in the best place to judge which materials are most useful for your students and the design of activities around these resources.

If you have any questions about the best use of these resources or if you would like to arrange for an advisor to speak to you please email us at postprimarymaths@pdst.ie.

Key Messages

Blended learning can help with the current Covid-19 related challenges in teaching maths in our schools. In the longer term we should develop sustainable good practice in this area of our teaching.

Blended learning facilitates the use of rich tasks to support and extend all our students.

We've picked materials from projectmaths.ie which we think are most useful and have added in some videos and materials from other sites which may help you when planning for supporting your students in their learning. As teachers you're in the best place to judge which materials are most useful for your students and the design of activities around these resources.

If you have any questions email us at postprimarymaths@pdst.ie.

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Beyond the Classroom

Beyond the Classroom resources can be used by teachers to help engage parents in their child's physical literacy journey. Learning undertaken within physical education class can be consolidated and enhanced outside of school. This resource is arranged into 15 sections - one for each of the fundamental movement skills. Children are encouraged to practise what they have learned in the PE lesson at school by completing the corresponding activities at home. Each activity is accompanied by a video clip and contains a warm-up, an opportunity to practise the fundamental movement skill, a home challenge and a task to complete in the child's PE journal. This resource is available in both English and Irish

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This is the number one app for anyone with a visual impairment using an iOS device.

Seeing AI can recognize and speak text detected by the smartphone camera. It can read bar codes on grocery and other product labels, offer up the product name, and usually additional information, such as nutrition labelling, cooking and other instructions.
Using Seeing AI you can snap pictures of your friends and family members, and later use the app to tell you who's nearby.

Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Website SeeingAI.com for more details

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ChatterPix is a fun app that can be used to support home learning while having lots of fun! You can create silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. And best of all, it's FREE! See our guide as to how to use this app here (insert link to uploaded doc).

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EasyReader is a FREE accessible reading app for readers with dyslexia, low vision or blindness. Browse & download from the collection of talking book and newspaper libraries. Open your own DAISY, EPub or textbooks. Or copy text from anywhere on your phone & hear EasyReader read it back to you.

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Stars appear as you draw your finger along the screen, tap a star and it flies away, shake the tablet and all stars fly away to clear the skies. Musical sounds enhance the experience. Practise spellings, letter shapes, or relax with the sensory experience.

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This app allows you to create a page of text through speech. Pages is the word processing app from Apple. You can plan an oral summary using a mind map/key word/pictures) and then go to the app, choose a blank document and use the microphone key (on the right of the space bar) to speak and the text appears on the screen. For punctuation just say "full stop", "new Line", "question mark", etc. Functionality can depend on the quality of the broadband where it is being used.

For a step by step guide see our How to Guide in this week's Theme of the Week section.

Free

This app helps with learning sight words, their context and usage with the Endless monsters.

Each word features an interactive word puzzle with letters that come alive, and then a sentence puzzle with words that become what they describe.

Other apps in the series "Endless Alphabet" and "Endless Number"

Free (when you click on "Take the Tour")

Games to practise blending, rhyming, phoneme deletion and substitution.
"Take the Tour" option allows users to have 3 levels of ability (low, medium, high)
The app is free but there are additional charges for more levels of difficulty.
Very interactive and lots of fun for home learning!
Great support for all students especially those with dyslexia and reading difficulties.

Free

Humanware Buddy App - This offers comprehensive training and resource materials for all Humanware products for visual impairment, e.g., Connect 12, Braille Note.
Our visiting teachers who support students with a visual impairment often use this app to support students their parents and their teachers.

Free - but note there are in app purchases

Create a puppet show, record and play the video back! Practise interactions, greetings, questions etc in a puppet theatre style background. Great way to practise oral language at home!
Choice of 6 puppets in Free version with in-app purchase to buy more, if required.

Free

This app is designed to teach young people simple mindfulness and relaxation skills. During this time of uncertainty it may be a useful support. It can be used to help mindfulness practice when playing the Mindful Gnats desktop game (see www.peskygnats.com for details) or as a stand alone aid to mindful practice.

Free

This app makes it easy for the user to create picture books with voice and/or text. Links directly to the photos taken with the tablet. It's very easy to use and the story books can be saved in the app or shared through email. Our advisors recommend this app to class and SET teachers in all school settings. It is useful for developing literacy and communication skills.

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Free This is the number one app for anyone with a visual impairment using an iOS device. Seeing AI can recognize and speak text detected by the smartphone camera. It can read bar codes on grocery and other product labels, offer up the product name, and usually additional information, such as nutrition labelling, cooking and other instructions.

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REGISTRATION & CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - 27th FEAPDA Conference

Diversity in deaf education: Exploring the diversity of deaf learners in their many lives: implications for our knowledge and practice.

26-27 April 2024 in The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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14/11/2023

FEAPDA
REGISTRATION & CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - 27th FEAPDA Conference

Diversity in deaf education: Exploring the diversity of deaf learners in their many lives: implications for our knowledge and practice.

26-27 April 2024 in The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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