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Dee
@playfulclassroom.bsky.social
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช PhD candidate - Literacy Education
๐ŸŽ Playful Classroom
๐ŸŽถ Lover of play, music, picturebooks, tea and all things creative. ๐Ÿ‰
#SOR #EdChatIE
@suchmo83.bsky.social Look what I spotted in the library at University of Central Florida!
September 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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We are ready and waiting to welcome you to the 60th UKLA International Conference! You'll find us in the Tithebarn building, just behind the superlambanana! #thisismyukla #uklaliverpool25
June 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Rosenshineโ€™s Principles Revisited - a real deep dive into effective instruction with Tom Sherrington today. I love learning about all of this because it is relevant to all subjects. #EdChatIE #ScienceOfLearning #InAction @teacherhead.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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To watch the recording of the outstanding webinar from edWeb, Orthographic Mapping: Making Words Stick, w/ Molly Ness & Dr. Katie Pace Miles click on the link below & be sure not to miss their related book from Scholastic! I pre-ordered mine & can't wait!
Watch here:
media.edweb.net/edWebinar/?v...
May 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Coming up this Wednesday! Join @clarafiorentini.bsky.social and myself for a special webinar on lighthouses and literacy. Packed with creative, end-of-year ideas. Lots of inspiration to carry you through the last few weeks! literacy-channel.mykajabi.com/offers/nG9rC...
May 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
May 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Check out the latest edition of InTouch magazine for an article that I wrote about Irelandโ€™s achievements in literacy. As the title suggests, we are doing very well internationally, but thatโ€™s not the whole story. Read the article to find out moreโ€ฆ
(pg.45)

intouch.into.ie/html5/reader...
May 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Read this yesterday which was similar - if the point is to learn by reading/writing, it's probably worth doing the hard/long way. I find LLMs to be enormously useful in other spaces (it's actually pretty good, I think, about teaching Socratically)
claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/
I'd rather read the prompt
I have literally never seen LLM writing that actually improved my life.
claytonwramsey.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Someone asked me why I donโ€™t let AI summarize reading for me or write drafts and the answer is that either of those shortcuts would eliminate the process of thinking. And the thinking is the important part.
May 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Check out my first post โ€˜Planning for Infant Classes: Why English Shouldnโ€™t Be Sliced Into Separate Piecesโ€™ open.substack.com/pub/readwrit...
Planning for Infant Classes
Why English Shouldnโ€™t Be Sliced Into Separate Pieces
open.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Considerations regarding ethics and rigour in Educational Action Research with NEARI. #EdChatIE #ESAI2025
April 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Ireland is in serious danger of similar (or worse) levels of teacher attrition due to workload and burnout in the not-so-distant future. #EdChatIE #ESAI2025
April 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Ireland is in serious danger of similar (or worse) levels of teacher attrition due to workload and burnout in the not-so-distant future. #EdChatIE #ESAI2025
April 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Keynote from Clare Brooks of Cambridge University on ITE Practiceโ€ฆ should we look to England for guidance?
#ESAI2025 #EdChatIE
April 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
April 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
April 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Niamh Watkins on DEIS literacy initiativesโ€ฆthis one is right up my street. Anyone who knows me, knows why! #EdChatIE #ESAI25
April 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Next, Ursula Murphy on intercultural education in Junior Cycle English. Again, much work needed here, particularly in terms of diversifying the teacher workforce. #EdChatIE #ESAI25
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Lorraine Chadwick brought some fascinating insights from the voices of students undertaking CBAs in the Junior Cycle. As a parent of two teens, this was very interesting. Much work needed here! #EdChatIE #ESAI25
April 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Come along with me for day 2 of the @esai-irl.bsky.social conference and some dreadful tea in Athlone. (Hotels, please up your tea game. You could dance a donkey on this.) #EdChatIE
April 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Looking forward to this! I recognise many names on the scheduleโ€ฆ good luck all! #EdChatIE
Preparations are in full swing as #esai25 approaches this week! We look forward to 3 fantastic days ๐ŸŽ‰

Best of luck to all those involved in the 185+ papers, 7 symposia, 14 posters, 4 SIG presentations, 2 keynotes, 1 panel & our new โ€˜round table & performanceโ€™ formats! #edchatie
April 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The level of detail is phenomenal! Glad you enjoyed it.
April 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I am โœจsatโœจ and so excited @playfulclassroom.bsky.social @treasabowe.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‘
April 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM