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Classroom scene with lecturer and students, overlaid with digital effects. Text: ATEE Annual Conference 2025, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, 26–29 August.

Critical Thinking and AI – What might it look like?

The Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) held their annual conference in Marino Institute of Education. The conference was entitled, The Making of Authentic Teachers in Ages of Artificiality?, and it had a dedicated strand of papers on the theme of Teaching, Learning and Artificial Intelligence. I attended many of these papers and regularly […]

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The Email That Shook Silicon Valley and Why it Should Shake Irish Education Too

On April 8th, Micha Kaufman sent an email to his staff that literally broke the internet. You’ve probably never heard of Kaufman, but his brutal wake-up call about AI and jobs contains lessons every Irish teacher needs to hear right now. Kaufman runs Fiverr, the $2.9 billion platform that revolutionised freelance work globally. When the

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Peer Tutoring: A Win-Win for Digital Learning in Schools

One of the biggest challenges schools face when it comes to embedding digital tools in the classroom is ensuring that both students and teachers feel supported. Teachers today are navigating increasing curriculum demands, diverse student needs and ever-evolving technologies. It’s no surprise that many feel overwhelmed. But there’s one simple, low-cost strategy that can make

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Creating Presentations with AI: Canva, SlideSpeak, Gamma and Copilot Compared

Any educators out there who do not need to create slide presentations? I doubt it! Historically, I have delivered presentations which were content focussed over visually appealing (or unfortunately accessible!). Times have changed, and generative AI is one of these changes.  Can generative AI help us get the right structure, help us write clear content,

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