Using Screencastify, it is easy for teachers to create instructional videos for pupils or parents. It can be used to give instructions to use new online resources, provide help with assignments at home among other activities.

Screencastify is free (for videos under 5 minutes), easy to install and is especially useful during school closures as a way to communicate with pupils and parents at home. This session will show you how to install and use the software and provide helpful hints and tips.

A link will be sent to you prior to Webinar.

Padlet is a free online tool that is best described as an online notice board. Padlet can be used by students and teachers to post notes on a common page. The notes posted by teachers and students can contain links, videos, images and document files. When you register with Padlet, you can create as many “walls” or online notice boards as you like. These walls can set to private or public, with each wall having separate privacy settings. This can facilitate teacher collaboration in a subject department, which is not accessible by students. Private walls can be created by requiring a password to access them, or by limiting access to registered users, with specified emails. As the creator of a wall, teachers can moderate all notes before they appear and privacy settings can be adjusted at any time. Users do not need to sign up to use Padlet, though it is recommended that teachers using it in a classroom setting would do so, in order to edit a wall, moderate posts and collate all class walls into one management screen. Teachers can also choose to set a notification to receive an email whenever a student posts to the teacher’s wall.

At this challenging time in particular, with so much unexpected change and the many new
demands of remote teaching, it is now more important than ever to focus on our well-being
and resilience as teachers. If we don’t replenish and restore ourselves, we may quickly
become depleted and emotionally exhausted.

The field of Positive Psychology (the science of well-being) can provide teachers with many
skills and strategies to help us to develop the resilience we need at this time, so that we feel
strong and equipped to face current challenges.

This webinar will introduce teachers to 10 specific well-being and resilience skills from the
field of Positive Psychology.

This hour long interactive online meeting via Zoom will be faciliated by Jack Durkan a former Primary School Principal who is now an associate with both the IPPN and the PDST Leadership team. It will be an informal meeting discussing the key concerns and issues school face in the final term. It will give Principals the opportunity to share ideas and concerns amongst themselves and hopefully help them navigate the final term of the school year. 

When you register you will be sent a very short google form simply asking you to outline 3 areas of concern you may have for the final term. This will help us guide the agenda and discussion on the day.

Jack Durkan M.ED

Former Principal in Togher Boys’ Primary School; recently retired to take up a position with the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) on their Leadership Support Team. B.Ed Degree from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and holds a Master’s Degree in School Leadership and School Management from University of Hull.

Associate with PDST on the Leadership Team. Lectures and Tutors on the PGDELM (Future Leaders Programme) with NUIM (Maynooth).

Jack is a trained Relationship Counsellor and is a qualified Executive Coach and Mentor. He also works with Ireland’s Centre for School Leadership (CSL).  

Current Chairperson BOM Blarney St CBS Cork.

Learn How to Present to Camera Like a Pro -  Webinar

Do you want to present to camera in a more professional way? There has never been a better time to  to learn.

The free one webinar has been tailored specifically for facilitators and teachers to help you improve your camera presence and maximise your audience engagement. 

Judie Russell from The Vidacademy will go through some of her top tips to help you to boost your camera confidence and bring your PowerPoint slides to life. 

On top of that, Judie will address some of your key concerns and take some queries live in the session. 

About Judie Russell and The Vidacademy

Judie Russell has taught hundreds of professionals how to create and improve their video presentations and content.  

Prior to becoming a video coach, Judie worked as a broadcasting journalist in Costa Rica, and in Ireland she presented and directed a weekly magazine show that was broadcast internationally through SKY TV. 

She edited Ireland's longest running hidden camera show ‘The Fear’ & was part of the small team behind the box office hit ‘The Young Offenders’, the fastest Irish film to reach the one million euro mark at the box office in 2016. 

Judie is a qualified TV and Video Producer, a Prince2 project manager and holds a Masters in Economics. 

In 2017, Judie set up The Vidacademy to demystify the video production process and make video simple for everyone.

You will receive an email on the morning of the event to join the Zoom meeting. Click on the link below if you haven't joined a Zoom meeting before.

How to join a Zoom meeting.

Life is an imperfect journey and crisis is guaranteed. There will always be setbacks and

misfortunes. Resilience is the ability to adapt to the challenges of life. It’s about bouncing

back rather than falling apart. If you are strong in resilience you have this ‘bouncibility’

and can harness your inner strengths and coping mechanisms.

If you are low in resilience, you will focus too much on your problems and deficits and be

overwhelmed during challenges. You will be drawn towards unhealthy conclusions and

become more vulnerable instead of stronger. Becoming more resilient will not mean that

problems disappear. It does not mean that you have to become ‘as hard as nails’.

Resilience is more about learning how to cope – tapping into our own resources and

fostering inner-strengths in order to stay ‘standing’ during and after crisis.

This seminar outlines some evidence-based strategies linked to greater

outcomes during challenge and change.

THE FACILITATOR

Shane Martin C.Psychol., Ps.S.I. Shane Martin is a psychologist dedicated to teaching the very best self-help psychology to empower people to enhance the quality of their lives. His ‘Moodwatchers’ psychology course has been delivered at community venues throughout the length and breadth of Ireland. Shane has been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences on a range of topics around empowerment, recovery and happiness. A leader within the area of education, he has visited hundreds of educational institutions nationwide working with management teams, teachers/lecturers, students and parents. In February 2017 Shane addressed the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) Joint Committee on Education and Skills on the important topic of Positive Mental Health in Schools. His focus was on how schools can cultivate a culture of resilience. He has been a speaker at national educational conferences by NAHTNI, NICIE,NAPD, ACCS, CSL, IPPN, INTO, JMB and PDA.