Scoilnet

What is Scoilnet?

Scoilnet is the Department of Education's official portal for Irish education. Originally launched in 1998, the website is managed by PDST Technology in Education on behalf of the Department of Education. Scoilnet collaborates with practising teachers to maintain and manage the content on the website.

Scoilnet contains a database of over 20,000+ online resources including websites, quizzes, lesson plans, notes, video/audio, games and other multimedia. You can access resources that are mapped to the Irish curriculum from the search box at the top of every page, or use the 'Browse Resources' search option to access subject and topic specific resources. This online repository has been developed as a support for teachers at both primary and post-primary levels.

The video below provides a general overview of Scoilnet.

Searching on Scoilnet

This video provides a short explanation of how to search for resources for your subject and topic on Scoilnet.

This video explains how to search for video resources for your subject and topic on Scoilnet.

Sharing resources and content on Scoilnet

Teachers can also share and upload their own teaching and learning resources to Scoilnet for other teachers and students to access, providing they have a Scoilnet account. Any teacher with a Teaching Council registration number can create a Scoilnet account by registering here.

The video on the left shows the process involved in both creating an account and uploading a resource.

Scoilnet Learning Paths

Once you have signed in with your Scoilnet account you can also create a ‘Learning Path’. A learning path is a collection of resources from the site that can be shared with learners so that they can access safe and reliable sources of information at home or in class. In this manner, you can assign project work, consolidate a previously taught topic and/or promote independent inquiry for distant learning. You can find out how to create and share a Learning Path by watching the video on the right.

Scoilnet Threads

Threads is an initiative that provides an online space for schools to store and share their student’s oral history projects. Threads is all about encouraging students to become active ‘oral historians’ and to engage in the collection of stories and history about their locality and to gather living people’s testimony about their own experiences and memories.

The name for the project comes from the concept that the study of history is built around a set of events, people, and places spanning time and space - the threads of history. These threads, are woven together, interpreted, and analysed to build a fabric of historical understanding. Watch the video on the left to learn more.

Collections

Collections features carefully chosen resources by teachers or national organisations in a range of subjects. Teachers and students can freely browse collections by clicking on the image on the right.