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Gaeilge le bheith ina teanga oibre san Áras le linn téarma Uachtaránachta Catherine Connolly Is é seo an coimitmint a thug Catherine Connolly agus í ag tabhairt freagra ar cheistneoir Gaelvóta ó Chonradh na Gaeilge.

Bhí #Gaeilge chun tosaigh i bhfeachtas Catherine Connolly - agus beidh sí lárnach le linn a hUachtaránacht, thug sí le fios le linn a h-oráid aréir agus i gceistneoir #Gaelvóta
@cnag
jrnl.ie/6856278t

Final result of #aras25:

Electorate: 3,614,450
Votes cast: 1,656,436 (45.8%)

Spoilt: 213,738 (12.9%)
Valid poll: 1,442,698

Connolly: 914,143 (63.3%)
Humphreys: 424,987 (29.5%)
Gavin: 103,568 (7.2%)

Catherine Connolly is elected the tenth President of Ireland.

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#FrenchTeachers #LangSky There are now 9 chat mats (and 200 other resources!) shared on AATF's Resource Depot. This sharing site is accessible to & free for all. Please consider adding a resource with keywords/themes during the break: it's quick & easy! resources.frenchteachers.org/shared-resou...

On Professional Development for Teachers in Irish Schools — Julian Girdham Some considerations on CPD in post-primary schools in Ireland.

For bookmarking, and later reading if interested. Wrote this two years ago and much chimes with points being made tonight at #edchatie - key point being whether such opportunities are sustainable long-term.

www.juliangirdham.com/blog/on-prof...

Revealed: How easy it is to create high-quality Leaving Cert projects using AI 'Imagine what this technology will be like in two years' time when the first batch of sixth years are doing additional assessment components.'

Must-read article @irishexaminer.bsky.social
re AI use in Leaving Cert projects-excellent points by @humphreyjones.bsky.social

“now a huge burden on teachers to verify work students do for AACs, some of which will be at home or outside the classroom” #edchatie
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

We have had a great response to our survey on Teacher Mental Health....please feel free to repost to continue to spread the word! Many thanks @donenda.bsky.social @alangorman.bsky.social @mbrowndcu.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social

#edchatie on Bluesky — Julian Girdham Irish teachers miss the #edchatie discussion days, and now that we’re moving to Bluesky, here’s a proposal.

First revived #edchatie discussion on Monday evening, 7.30-8.30pm, is on what we want in education from the next government.

Irish educators: pls repost this today.

Looking for future hosts: drop a PM if you're volunteering!

Meanwhile, this time:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...

#français #French #FLE 🇫🇷

#French #Teachers in #Ireland
N'oubliez pas de participer à notre Concours vidéo pour les élèves de 4th, 5th & 6th Year.
Concours soutenu par le Ministre d'État irlandais chargé de la Santé publique et du Bien-être et par l'ambassade de France en Irlande :
aiplf-ireland.com/2024/11/12/4...

It’s back!

In one week’s time #edchatie discusses education under a new government.

Tune in at 7.30 on Mon 2nd December.

a man in a green elf costume is screaming while standing in a hallway . ALT: a man in a green elf costume is screaming while standing in a hallway .

Mí amháin eile🎅🎄🍫🎉

The Best Irish Novels From the Past 15 Years Which works by Sally Rooney, Colm Toibin, and Claire Keegan among others, reign supreme?

Right #irishbooksky, have your say …

"A Modern Irish Canon - We asked critics for the best Irish novels published in the past 15 years."
www.vulture.com/article/best...

In almost 40 years of teaching, I have yet to find a teacher who prepares Leaving Cert students by ‘rote learning’ There are grounds to criticise the English exam, but it can only be successfully tackled with critical thinking

Following a recent article about the Leaving Certificate, worth restating that -

👉spreading assessment will increase, not mitigate, stress.
👉None of the proposals are for 'continuous assessment'.
👉English Leaving Cert is not a test of rote learning.
#edchatie
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

These comments from Norma Foley at the INTO’s education debate are beginning to cause a stir in teacher circles.

Is the abject shortage of teachers - where it’s almost impossible to get a substitute teacher - a ‘crisis’?

The minister would prefer to label it an “opportunity”…

Simon's post here is a good way to look at Irish voting.

Even if you don't have a preferred #1,2,3 preference, sometimes PR-STV means thinking about who you absolutely don't want to get in and working backwards from there.

#GE24

Kudos to all the @bsky.app team for (a) creating this space and (b) somehow keeping up with the pace of expansion in users. Well done and thank you!

Opinion: 'Teacher bashing' is a global phenomenon, absolving governments of their failed policies DCU’s Dr Alan Gorman says teacher bashing is happening everywhere, and it suits the political and corporate class to scapegoat the profession.

Sharing a piece I wrote this week for @thejournal.ie examining how ‘teacher bashing’ in media narratives shapes public perception, influences policies, and diverts attention from education reform @dcuioe.bsky.social

www.thejournal.ie/readme/micha...

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Lovely idea! Could you add me please? 🙏

Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.

Election 2024: Education — 'Forget phone pouches. Leaving Cert projects are a bigger problem' Teacher Conor Murphy says the rollout of Leaving Cert projects should be paused for two reasons: It will further disadvantage less privileged students, and AI will make nonsense of the results

I was interviewed by Jess Casey at The Irish Examiner to discuss what I considered was the major education issue of the election.
I spoke about Leaving Cert Redevelopment.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Love this. ‘Queue’ is from the French word with the same spelling (but pronounced as ‘kuh’) meaning an animal’s long tail.

In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.

INOTE survey infographic showing responses to Leaving Cert English reform proposals

On misconceived plans for Leaving Certificate English redevelopment in Ireland, as shown by an
@inotenews.bsky.social survey.

juliangirdham.com/blog/leaving...

Trump announces RFK Jr as his pick to lead US health department A scion of Democratic dynasty, RFK Jr is known for embrace of anti-vaccine beliefs and other conspiracy theories

If you're new to RFK Jr studies, you may know about the vaccine & fluoride denial, but not that he's another pro-Kremlin voice in the incoming Trump administration. In business, I believe this is called a takeover.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Surrealing in the Years: Has everyone in this country forgotten how to run for election? I’m voting for the big newt.

"Going after teachers really only makes sense if your electorate is comprised solely of Bart Simpson and those frightfully drawn children from The Beano."

It's this week's column! Which I'm now sharing here, on Bluesky, because it seems like this place is actually kind of working out!

Screenshot from TES. Top half has an image of the Tenses Mat resource. Description: French knowledge organiser demonstrating how to form 8 important tenses in French (past, present, future, and imperfect, conditional, simple future, present continuous, pluperfect) Explanations and endings for all persons of the verb, plus an example in English. Ideal for GCSE and A level

French Tenses Mat resource - FREE www.tes.com/teaching-res... #MFLBluesky

Dubliners! A public consultation is afoot! The pre-design for Dame Street/College Green pedestrianisation project is seeking feedback:

www.dublincity.ie/residential/...

Primary languages people: the next deadline for Write Away! magazine is 5th December. www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/writeaway.htm Secondary people - have a look at what primary children do in their language lessons.

The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German Axel Scheffler says he hopes Wuschel auf der Erde will encourage more children to learn his first language

The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
via theguardian.com
#languagelarning #German #langsky