Studying 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' with Third Year English, so I bought... "us"... a gift. #EdChatIE

'In the Real World' — Julian Girdham All too often teachers have to listen to that condescending cliché ‘In the real world’.

All too often teachers have to listen to that condescending phrase ‘In the real world’.

www.juliangirdham.com/blog/in-the-...

Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers

16% less likely to die of "any cause". ANY cause? Seriously?
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...

This week I've been playing around with Video Activities in Google Classroom. It allows you to take a YouTube video and add questions (open-ended, MCQ, or checkboxes) for students to answer at their own pace, once assigned. Handy for pre-teaching or revision. #EdChatIE

Three Wise Flying Monkeys

From the new Private Eye, out now.

English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare Webinar Series with Professor Emma Smith

Today: our first Shakespeare webinar. Join us online, free, to work through the entire canon of plays and poems over 41 sessions. See out the 47th presidency with us 👇 www.english.ox.ac.uk/english-facu...

Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance This week will be like A-level results week for authors, but with added economic jeopardy. For a good whack of the 100,000 writers and translators…

Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin

Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey The book will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales because many find the racial slurs upsetting. That’s culture war fodder, but it shouldn’t be In years to come, we might call it the Steinbeck problem. Of Mice and Men is one of the most banned books in…

Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey

Sun rising over a snowy Carlow, photo from @blacknight.social webcam above Carlow Town.

Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive From the highest mountains to the depths of the ocean, humanity’s influence has touched every part of planet Earth. Many plants and animals…

Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans

"#EdChatie on Bluesky All sessions on Monday evenings, 8:30-9:30 PM. Jan 13th: How can Ireland address its teacher recruitment and retention crisis? Host: @humphreyjones.bsky.social Jan 27th: AI in Irish education. Host: @john-hurley.bsky.social Feb 10th: Cognitive Science in Irish education. Host: @patjburke.bsky.social Feb 24th: Supporting additional needs in Irish schools: barriers and opportunities. Host: @trinagolden.bsky.social Mar 10th: Leadership in Irish schools: challenges and opportunities. Host: @joerolston.bsky.social Mar 24th: ESD in Ireland: the role of education in helping Ireland become climate leaders. Host: @codie1cory.bsky.social April 7th: Open to offers. The text is in bold yellow and purple on a yellow background, with red emphasizing session timing."

As term starts, lots ahead for educators in Ireland to discuss in the revived #EdChatie sessions on every second Monday evening.

More details:
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Many thanks to all who are hosting, and pls repost.

"Hey supercomputer, what is the meaning of life?"
"I don't know, human, but here are ten inaccurate facts about the Beatles!"

Behind the scenes look at #WallaceAndGromit #VengeanceMostFowl for anyone looking at animation with English classes. #EdChatIE

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Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.