Amy McLoughlin

#edchatie

Norovirus, sinus, and a kidney infection later... I'm back.

En route to Holyhead after a whistle-stop tour of Liverpool and Manchester with 87 students. Let's hope less than 70 students vomit on today's rough sailing 😖🙏

Yes please 🙌

"#EDCHATIE: In education, what do you want from a new government? Date: Monday 2nd December 2024 Time: 19:30–20:30 Platform: BlueSky Hashtag: #edchatie Host: @sccenglish.bsky.social A stick-figure bird is shown typing on a desktop computer, symbolizing online engagement. At the bottom, there’s a note inviting volunteers to propose ideas and host future chats, mentioning that the event happens every two weeks during term-time."

For everyone in Irish education: a proposal to revive #edchatie Monday evening discussions on Bluesky. Every two weeks in term-time.

First session details on the graphic.

More:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...

Please repost within Ireland as much as poss & spread the word elsewhere.

Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people

No, the student is very interested in Greek mythology and would have a much better knowledge than I would! I was looking for something that explores the significance or mythology in Shakespeare

I love this, such a great variety of text! So often, students arrive in post-primary having read 1 of 3 books, selected from the Junior Cycle recommended reading list.

Final tweaks ahead of tomorrow evening's webinar on effective use of novels in the senior primary classroom. Packed with lots of great text recommendations- and as always, plenty by Irish authors & illustrators! #discoveririshkidsbooks
Free registration: westcorkeducationcentre.ie/webinar/2823...

A fabulous student stayed back after class today to point out all the references to Greek mythology they'd noted in Macbeth. Other than stating the obvious, that Shakespeare was influenced by Greek myths, I didn't know where to direct them to further reading... any ideas? #edchatie

Heart-warming? That's what a book should be!! The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne is my favourite book of all time.

Is #booksky a thing? If not, can it be? 📚

Today's lunchtime protest doesn't seem to have made any headlines... selective coverage as we head towards elections? Teacher and student voices need to be listened to, before Senior Cycle reform is rushed, at the cost of our students' success #edchatie

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A bunch of #literacy focused #EdChatIE folk have started appearing on BlueSky.

A Starter Pack for this interesting intersection:
go.bsky.app/QtfSG3e

I've surely missed some new joiners - and will hopefully welcome many more very soon!

#WeknowourABCs

Being a teacher means deciding between watching the election debate, I'm a Celeb, or succumbing to an early night because you've dealt with 15283637 problems already today 😵

I would politely suggest that officialdom in Irish Education (particularly the support services!) migrate their material and updates from X to here. It is so unfair that teachers are forced to engage with that platform in an effort to be informed. #edchatie

Best of luck with this, sorry to be missing it!

Happening tomorrow!
Join us for the launch of the new @dcuioe.bsky.social Literacy Centre and a discussion on the research we have/ the research we need.
Registration below👇
#edchatie #edusky

We've had a great response to our survey so far but would appreciate help to spread the word to teachers in the UK. Please feel free share with interested colleagues ➡️ bit.ly/3CcD3Fu Many thanks for the reposts.💐