The New Dawn of Education in Ireland
In a world where success means academic achievement and financial gain, are we letting our children miss out on something that could make them happy, and that could result in Read more
GirlTrek – what’s it all about?
“It’s more than a walk! It’s a health revival. A stress protest. A community resurrection. An opportunity to meet a new friend, work up a sweat, and have someone cheer Read more
Raising Awareness about Accessiblity with Wheelmap Mapping Events
“I’m not disabled by my Wheelchair but by stairs” says Rahul Krauthausen, the founder of Sozialhelden, a social enterprise that invented the “Wheelmap”. Wheelmap is a mobile App that crowdsources Read more
Finding the best ideas for local communities to reduce their carbon footprint
There are 10 days left until world leaders, NGOs and environmental experts come together in Paris for the Climate Summit to get to an agreement on how each country can Read more
Five social innovations that can help cultivate empathy in children
Is it possible to teach empathy? Empathy is a very complex range of emotional states including caring for other people and having a desire to help them; experiencing emotions that Read more
The 7 Biggest Challenges to Daily Classroom Innovation
… and lots of ways one simple solution addresses them. March 6th 2014, a wet, gloomy evening in the Dublin mountains. Inside the bright, colourful Rachel Murphy Hall of St. Read more
Play matters to Paul, so he made sure to make the most of it in his school
Try to remember: What kind of games did you play and love when you were a child? Paul’s answer to this question comes quickly: Chasing games, like tag and tip Read more
5 lessons for schools about Autism that not only educators should learn
When Adam describes what Autism is – and he has been explaining it a lot since he started AsIAm to raise awareness about the condition – he usually compares it Read more