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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jul 28

I taught a member of the team when she was 12! I’m so so excited.

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jul 24

As a parent and a teacher, I know these things will do nothing to protect children.

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jul 21

The latter three are in short supply though

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jul 19

Secondary in Ireland is 11 weeks

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ego is the start and and end of his character.

No.

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jul 19

This is the inherent problem with teaching. The talks were created are there to *develop those skills*.

If we, as a society, value critical thinking, then students Need space to *learn* that skill.

Anyone can learn to prompt later.

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 30

Smooth talking

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 24

Good summary here of all the issues that surround Leaving certificate reform.

#edchatie

www.rte.ie/news/educati...

What impact will the changes to Senior Cycle have?

Plans to overhaul how Leaving Certificate students are assessed will be discussed by the leadership of the ASTI teachers' union at a two-day meeting in Killarney which begins this afternoon.

www.rte.ie

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 16

Excellent article with lots of links for #bloomsday

RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Jun 16

What happened on the very first #Bloomsday in 1954? Dublin's annual celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses may be a big event now, but its debut outing was rather inauspicious, as @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social explains www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

What happened on the very first Bloomsday in 1954?

Dublin's annual celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses may be a big event now, but its debut outing was rather inauspicious

www.rte.ie

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 16

I’ve really enjoyed this whole series and it’s been a joy to see Colm.

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.ie · Jun 12

You asked for it...

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Get ready to revolutionise your yard duty management 🌟

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 10

Not common. But I often use nonsense sentences to embed grammar structures as students find them funny and engaging 😆

The main thing is that students get the relationships between words, especially singular/plural and verb agreement.

Nonsense can be fun!

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 7

V good explanation of issues to do with AI and AACs in new Leaving Certificate.

ASTI members have voted to reject proposals.

#edchatie

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 6

Very interesting Development

#edchatie

www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

ASTI members reject Leaving Cert reform proposals

ASTI members have voted to reject proposals aimed at enabling Leaving Cert reforms, and have also endorsed industrial action.

www.rte.ie

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 5

I try really hard to tune out of ads but obviously outs difficult to avoid completely.

Local petrol station plays an ad which claims ‘less emissions’.

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 5

Agree with this.

Language is about use and it changes all the time, even if we don’t like it.

I find the misunderstanding of less and fewer really tricky though. It just jars.

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · Jun 2

Just feel like if I know the people and their voice already, it just jars.

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · May 31

Is this a case of AI bias?!

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · May 27

I’m very surprised (and disappointed) at the union response to all of this.

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · May 26

I don’t know why the screenshot is so blurry.

But this is big news. At least some acknowledgment that this is rushed and ill thought through.

#edchatie

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · May 26

#edchatie

Good work INOTE

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Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · May 26

#edchatie

Good work INOTE

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · May 20

What do we think of the department of education suddenly being interested in attendance?

About time. Or maybe long overdue.

I don’t understand why I have to take attendance every single lesson if that data isn’t looked at.

#edchatie

Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social · May 13

‘It would be a tragic irony if reforms that are supposed to encourage individual development and independent thinking were to be undermined by a technology that bypasses exactly those human qualities.’

#edchatie

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · May 13

The Irish Times view on Leaving Cert reforms: AI must be taken seriously

A thriving market has sprung up for software that makes detection impossible

www.irishtimes.com

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