Artificial Intelligence

Megan Chick Primary Level, Resources for Primary Teachers

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software, and there are many interesting questions around this topic. Can you program a computer to think? This workshop uses a selection of online tools such as chatbots to analyse these questions and to give students an understanding of Artificial Intelligence. Are computers intelligent or not? Looking at online tools … Read More

The White Feather

Megan Chick Primary Level, Resources for Primary Teachers

Accompanies the Theatr na nÓg production. Learn all about World War I and try out different methods for writing and breaking coded messages, and use these skills to defuse a virtual bomb. The accompanying Scratch Programs can be found here: Workshop Version: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/311922349/fullscreen/ Home Version: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/311923110/fullscreen/

Scratch

admin Primary Level, Resources for Primary Teachers

Scratch is a colourful, user friendly, free software package, designed with learning and education in mind. With Scratch, you can program your own games and animations, and share your creations with people all over the world. Scratch incorporates the basics of computer science and, more importantly, has a “fun factor” with the use of sound, imagery and editing tools. Scratch … Read More