Open AI in Irish Schools
OpenAI has set its eye on Irish secondary schools.
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence, Real Literacy
Artificial Intelligence: real literacy is a short book by Paul Matthews and Jason Gulya that is blessedly free from nonsensical hype, and gives some practical and sensible suggestions for classroom teachers.
Read MoreIrish Advisory Council: AI in Education
Thoughts on the first Advice Paper on Education in Ireland, from the AI Advisory Council, February 2025.
Read MoreNeil Postman's 'Technopoly'
Thoughts on Neil Postman’s wise and prescient 1992 book Technopoly.
Read MoreAI thinkers for English teachers
Links to thinkers about artificial intelligence, whose writings I find helpful in navigating its implications for English.
Read MoreFortnightly 177
Fortnightly 177 features football’s Video Assistant Referee system, and how it relates to … Leaving Certificate reform.
Read MoreVAR and Leaving Certificate English
Perhaps Daisy Christodoulou’s new book on the VAR system in football has relevance to Leaving Certificate reform in Ireland.
Read MoreAdditional Assessment Components: English and AI
Where are we with the Additional Assessment Component in Leaving Certificate English in the context of AI? (illustration: typically terrible AI generated picture)
Read MoreEnglish, AI and the thermostatic principle
Jottings on Generative AI and English teaching.
Read MoreOn Jonathan Haidt's 'The Anxious Generation'
Thoughts of a teacher on one of the books of the moment, Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation.
Read MoreTechnology for Teaching: a personal history
From the Banda to the blackboard to the overhead projector. As a gadget and technology fan, I’ve seen a few generations of technology in the classroom.
Read MoreTeaching in the Online Classroom
Teaching in the Online Classroom: surviving and thriving in the new normal by Doug Lemov and the Teach Like a Champion Team offers lots of guidance and reassurance for teachers right now in the ‘remote space’.
Read MoreUsing a Visualiser in the English Classroom
Visualisers have been around a while. They’re making a comeback in the ‘pandemic classroom’. Here are some ideas for English teachers.
Read MoreTeachers vs Tech?
it is particularly welcome that at this time one of the sharpest minds in education, Daisy Christodoulou, should turn her attention to the relationship between teaching and technology. Here are some thoughts on her third book, Teachers vs Tech? the case for an ed tech revolution.
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