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 MoreThoughts on the first Advice Paper on Education in Ireland, from the AI Advisory Council, February 2025.
Read MoreAll too often teachers have to listen to that condescending cliché ‘In the real world’.
Read MoreA revisiting of Thomas Newkirk’s book The Art of Slow Reading in the new AI world.
Read MoreA holding page for details of #edchatie discussions on Bluesky on Monday evenings: every two weeks in term-time for educators in Ireland.
Read MoreIrish teachers miss the #edchatie discussion days, and now that we’re moving to Bluesky, here’s a proposal.
Read MorePerhaps Daisy Christodoulou’s new book on the VAR system in football has relevance to Leaving Certificate reform in Ireland.
Read MoreThe integrity of Leaving Certificate English is being threatened by misconceived reform proposals.
Read MoreThere’s a sense that right now the world is particularly dark. We often hear the unlovely word ‘polycrisis’. At such a time, English teaching might seem almost irrelevant and ineffectual. What can we do?
Read MoreBjork and Bjork's Desirable Difficulties in Action by Jade Pearce and Isaac Moore is a snappy and helpful guide to a crucial idea in teaching and learning.
Read MoreWhere are we with the Additional Assessment Component in Leaving Certificate English in the context of AI? (illustration: typically terrible AI generated picture)
Read MoreSome notes from researchED Belfast on Saturday 28th September 2024.
Read MoreIn Teaching One-Pagers Jamie Clark presents complex educational ideas in a pleasingly succinct and jargon-free format.
Read MoreThe third edition of The Occasional, for paid subscribers of The Fortnightly, on received ideas in and clichés about Irish eduction.
Read MoreA memory of perfect classes discussing The Portrait of a Lady.
Read MoreComments on Alex Quigley’s book Why Learning Fails (and what to do about it),
Read MoreAndrew Atherton’s Experiencing English Literature: shaping authentic student response in thinking and writing provides stimulating ideas for English teachers at all stages of their careers.
Read MoreJottings on Generative AI and English teaching.
Read MoreSome thoughts on the first three years of English Meets at St Columba’s College.
Read MoreA review of Carol Atherton’s Reading Lessons: the books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter, with extended comments on English teaching.
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