Niall Daly
@niallodaly.bsky.social
Post Primary - English and History. Here to keep in the loop for education related matters.
Books 📚 Music 🎶 & Running 🏃♂️ also of interest.
Books 📚 Music 🎶 & Running 🏃♂️ also of interest.
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Niall Daly
@niallodaly.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Thread for storing books I'm reading/have read - anything and everything really.
First up, a very thoughtful Kris Kindle gift from a colleague.
I'm hoping I can finish it before the year wraps up. 📚 📖 📙 📘
First up, a very thoughtful Kris Kindle gift from a colleague.
I'm hoping I can finish it before the year wraps up. 📚 📖 📙 📘
Current read. Smartphone Nation by Dr Kaitlyn Regehr.
I would recommend it for anyone and everyone even remotely concerned about how technology has become always on in our lives.
Important and relevant evidence of the problems and the solutions we can aim for.
I would recommend it for anyone and everyone even remotely concerned about how technology has become always on in our lives.
Important and relevant evidence of the problems and the solutions we can aim for.
September 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Current read. Smartphone Nation by Dr Kaitlyn Regehr.
I would recommend it for anyone and everyone even remotely concerned about how technology has become always on in our lives.
Important and relevant evidence of the problems and the solutions we can aim for.
I would recommend it for anyone and everyone even remotely concerned about how technology has become always on in our lives.
Important and relevant evidence of the problems and the solutions we can aim for.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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All English teachers in Ireland should read the new @inotenews.bsky.social 'Response to New LC English Draft Specification':
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/inote-r...
#edchatie
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/inote-r...
#edchatie
INOTE Response to New LC English Draft Specification — Julian Girdham
All English teachers in Ireland should read the response of the Irish National Organisation for Teachers of English to the recent draft curriculum specification for Leaving Certificate English.
www.juliangirdham.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
All English teachers in Ireland should read the new @inotenews.bsky.social 'Response to New LC English Draft Specification':
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/inote-r...
#edchatie
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/inote-r...
#edchatie
Read/listened to (thanks for options local library and app) A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney.
This may be one of the best and most devastating things I've read. This book has had me crying it's that powerful.
It may also be one of the most beautiful ways to share Henry's life and their story.
This may be one of the best and most devastating things I've read. This book has had me crying it's that powerful.
It may also be one of the most beautiful ways to share Henry's life and their story.
April 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Read/listened to (thanks for options local library and app) A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney.
This may be one of the best and most devastating things I've read. This book has had me crying it's that powerful.
It may also be one of the most beautiful ways to share Henry's life and their story.
This may be one of the best and most devastating things I've read. This book has had me crying it's that powerful.
It may also be one of the most beautiful ways to share Henry's life and their story.
Exactly how it goes.
Damn, Grimlock. Maybe don’t do that next time.
April 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Exactly how it goes.
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Sports clubs and a secondary school in a new Dublin suburb have appealed to the Department of Education not to prevent the development of what they say are vital sports facilities for children and teenagers in the area
Protest held over lack of sports facilities in Belmayne
Sports clubs and a secondary school in a new Dublin suburb have appealed to the Department of Education not to prevent the development of what they say are vital sports facilities for children and tee...
www.rte.ie
March 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Sports clubs and a secondary school in a new Dublin suburb have appealed to the Department of Education not to prevent the development of what they say are vital sports facilities for children and teenagers in the area
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The 4th English Meet, Thursday 8th May.
Shakespearean insults, teaching metaphor, film studies, why not to use AI, and much more.
#edchatie
Free tickets:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/english-me...
Shakespearean insults, teaching metaphor, film studies, why not to use AI, and much more.
#edchatie
Free tickets:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/english-me...
English Meet 2025
An informal evening in lovely surroundings in which secondary teachers share ideas about teaching English. This is the fourth such Meet.
www.eventbrite.ie
March 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The 4th English Meet, Thursday 8th May.
Shakespearean insults, teaching metaphor, film studies, why not to use AI, and much more.
#edchatie
Free tickets:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/english-me...
Shakespearean insults, teaching metaphor, film studies, why not to use AI, and much more.
#edchatie
Free tickets:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/english-me...
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Looking forward to hosting the next #EdChatIE, taking place next Monday 10th March, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm, focusing on ‘Leadership in Irish schools: challenges and opportunities’ - a topic on which there is plenty to be said! Make sure to join in! @sccenglish.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Looking forward to hosting the next #EdChatIE, taking place next Monday 10th March, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm, focusing on ‘Leadership in Irish schools: challenges and opportunities’ - a topic on which there is plenty to be said! Make sure to join in! @sccenglish.bsky.social
A lot of the usual suspects. List is grand.
'Othello' for Shakespeare is a good one to see in the rotation.
Would it be a chore to give Shawshank a year off though?
#edchatie
Prescribed list for LC English 2025 to 2027
gov.ie/pdf/?file=http…
'Othello' for Shakespeare is a good one to see in the rotation.
Would it be a chore to give Shawshank a year off though?
#edchatie
Prescribed list for LC English 2025 to 2027
gov.ie/pdf/?file=http…
https://gov.ie/pdf/?file=http…
February 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A lot of the usual suspects. List is grand.
'Othello' for Shakespeare is a good one to see in the rotation.
Would it be a chore to give Shawshank a year off though?
#edchatie
Prescribed list for LC English 2025 to 2027
gov.ie/pdf/?file=http…
'Othello' for Shakespeare is a good one to see in the rotation.
Would it be a chore to give Shawshank a year off though?
#edchatie
Prescribed list for LC English 2025 to 2027
gov.ie/pdf/?file=http…
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I was on the Claire Byrne show earlier talking about audio books.
open.spotify.com/episode/2Yp0...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Yp0...
Do children prefer audio to reading?
Today with Claire Byrne · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I was on the Claire Byrne show earlier talking about audio books.
open.spotify.com/episode/2Yp0...
open.spotify.com/episode/2Yp0...
One of my favourite podcasts. @99pi.org
It's sad to see so many physical spaces in shopping centres close up. The loss of jobs and even central community spaces is a sad trend.
But is there a way to adjust and adapt the spaces left behind?
99percentinvisible.org/episode/meet...
It's sad to see so many physical spaces in shopping centres close up. The loss of jobs and even central community spaces is a sad trend.
But is there a way to adjust and adapt the spaces left behind?
99percentinvisible.org/episode/meet...
Meet Us by the Fountain - 99% Invisible
Like it or not, no teenager in America in the 1980s could avoid the gravitational pull of the mall, not even author Alexandra Lange. In her new book, Meet Me by the Fountain, Lange writes about how ma...
99percentinvisible.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
One of my favourite podcasts. @99pi.org
It's sad to see so many physical spaces in shopping centres close up. The loss of jobs and even central community spaces is a sad trend.
But is there a way to adjust and adapt the spaces left behind?
99percentinvisible.org/episode/meet...
It's sad to see so many physical spaces in shopping centres close up. The loss of jobs and even central community spaces is a sad trend.
But is there a way to adjust and adapt the spaces left behind?
99percentinvisible.org/episode/meet...
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Oide Digital Technologies Team is hosting a Safer Internet Day Webinar: Resources and Activities for Post-Primary Schools on Tuesday, 21st January at 4:15pm.
If you wish to attend this webinar, please register via oide.ie/teachers/ and search: safer.
If you wish to attend this webinar, please register via oide.ie/teachers/ and search: safer.
January 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Oide Digital Technologies Team is hosting a Safer Internet Day Webinar: Resources and Activities for Post-Primary Schools on Tuesday, 21st January at 4:15pm.
If you wish to attend this webinar, please register via oide.ie/teachers/ and search: safer.
If you wish to attend this webinar, please register via oide.ie/teachers/ and search: safer.
Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole. RIP David Lynch
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole. RIP David Lynch
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Films and plays for the new Drama, Film and Theatre course.
January 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Films and plays for the new Drama, Film and Theatre course.
Hi, Niall here, English and History teacher from North Dublin. Thanks @humphreyjones.bsky.social for hosting tonight's #edchatIE session.
January 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hi, Niall here, English and History teacher from North Dublin. Thanks @humphreyjones.bsky.social for hosting tonight's #edchatIE session.
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Welcome! Tonight topic for #edchatIE is "how can Ireland address its teacher recruitment and retention crisis?". If you're taking part, please introduce yourself first and don't forget to use the hashtag #edchatIE. We'll start with an open discussion and I'll prompt later is necessary.
January 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Fortnightly 180: Tim Winton's 'Juice' | 'King Lear' | @oldfortunatus.bsky.social & Todd Borlik on 'As You Like It' | Hanne Ørstavik | Tom Newkirk | AI thinkers for English | #edchatie | @profbeckyallen.bsky.social & @johntomsett.bsky.social on teaching
juliangirdham.substack.com/p/180-the-on...
juliangirdham.substack.com/p/180-the-on...
180: The only sheep in town.
Tim Winton, AI and English, Hanne Ørstavik, 'King Lear', Emma Smith and Todd Borlik, Tom Newkirk, #edchatie and lots more.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Fortnightly 180: Tim Winton's 'Juice' | 'King Lear' | @oldfortunatus.bsky.social & Todd Borlik on 'As You Like It' | Hanne Ørstavik | Tom Newkirk | AI thinkers for English | #edchatie | @profbeckyallen.bsky.social & @johntomsett.bsky.social on teaching
juliangirdham.substack.com/p/180-the-on...
juliangirdham.substack.com/p/180-the-on...
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It was my turn at work to do Thought For The Day and normally I think of my own but today I just read out every word of this banger of a blog from Tom Starkey
stackofmarking.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/q...
stackofmarking.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/q...
Quiet
Hayden is kicking off again. With a clockwork regularity he’s decided he’s not going to do his work and instead is shouting across the room to a boy he likes to shout at when he doesn&#…
stackofmarking.wordpress.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It was my turn at work to do Thought For The Day and normally I think of my own but today I just read out every word of this banger of a blog from Tom Starkey
stackofmarking.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/q...
stackofmarking.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/q...
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As term starts, lots ahead for educators in Ireland to discuss in the revived #EdChatie sessions on every second Monday evening.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
January 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As term starts, lots ahead for educators in Ireland to discuss in the revived #EdChatie sessions on every second Monday evening.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
More details:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.
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Wild to say that Eat The Ones You Love comes out this year. This year that we’re in. The road has been long but it’s time to get real weird about flowers and coworkers
January 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Wild to say that Eat The Ones You Love comes out this year. This year that we’re in. The road has been long but it’s time to get real weird about flowers and coworkers
New Year resolution was to run a 5k. 🏃♂️
Job done.✅️
2025 completed.✅️
The pressure is off now. Guess I'll try to go faster next time? 😅
Everything else is a bonus. 💪🏆
Job done.✅️
2025 completed.✅️
The pressure is off now. Guess I'll try to go faster next time? 😅
Everything else is a bonus. 💪🏆
January 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
New Year resolution was to run a 5k. 🏃♂️
Job done.✅️
2025 completed.✅️
The pressure is off now. Guess I'll try to go faster next time? 😅
Everything else is a bonus. 💪🏆
Job done.✅️
2025 completed.✅️
The pressure is off now. Guess I'll try to go faster next time? 😅
Everything else is a bonus. 💪🏆
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here’s my lemon pig poem. i wrote it a couple of years ago in a tiny hotel room in brooklyn & post it every new years. we made it! one more swing around the sun!
🍋🐖✨
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December 31, 2024 at 2:03 PM
here’s my lemon pig poem. i wrote it a couple of years ago in a tiny hotel room in brooklyn & post it every new years. we made it! one more swing around the sun!
🍋🐖✨
🍋🐖✨
It's so important to have a variety of places to socialise and interact with others.
Not everything needs to revolve solely around alcohol.
Would have loved more places like this when I was younger.
Not everything needs to revolve solely around alcohol.
Would have loved more places like this when I was younger.
‘Kids now don’t want to drink’: Dublin’s dry(ish) pub, one year on
Board’s clientele come for its big array of drinks – no longer all alcohol-free – and even bigger array of games
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:42 PM
It's so important to have a variety of places to socialise and interact with others.
Not everything needs to revolve solely around alcohol.
Would have loved more places like this when I was younger.
Not everything needs to revolve solely around alcohol.
Would have loved more places like this when I was younger.
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So many top comic lines in this latest column from our very own precious gem @patrickfreyne.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...
Patrick Freyne: I joined a gym this year. Here’s how working out is working out
I’m not entirely sedentary these days. I walk a lot. But recently I was talking to my GP and she suggested that I should also use my arms sometimes
www.irishtimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 11:18 AM
So many top comic lines in this latest column from our very own precious gem @patrickfreyne.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...
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The struggle is real
November 30, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The struggle is real