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Passionate about learning | Tiomanta don fhoghlaim | ☘️📚 #edutwitter #anghaeilge

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[JK @sceitinn133]

Agree. Any class I have ever taught enjoy being read to, whatever age 📕

[Mary Myatt @MaryMyatt]

A headteacher said something to me this week that I’ve been thinking about since.

Her teachers enjoy reading to their classes.

They value it.

They know pupils enjoy it too.

But they do not always see it as the best use of their time.

[JK @sceitinn133]

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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Visual for kids to make better understand delayed gratification.

[JK @sceitinn133]

Laoch ar lár 🎶

[NASA @NASA]

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

[JK @sceitinn133]

@chrisadonnelly Looks fantastic 👍🏻

[Ihtesham Ali @ihtesham2005]

A Harvard neuroscience professor who teaches at Harvard Summer School said something that completely changed how I think about memory.

She wasn't talking to journalists. She was answering a student question about why smart people still forget everything they study.

Her name is Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, and she has spent decades researching how the brain actually encodes and retrieves information.

Here's what she said: "The ultimate litmus test of learning is using the information in a new context, not just remembering it for a test."

That one sentence exposes why most people's study habits are completely broken.

Here's the actual system she teaches Harvard students to retain what they learn.

The first thing she kills immediately is the myth that you have one learning style. The idea that you're a "visual learner" or an "auditory learner" is not supported by modern neuroscience. Your brain wants to learn through as many senses as possible at once, because each sense creates a separate neural pathway to the same knowledge. More pathways means faster and stronger recall.

The second technique is spaced repetition, but she explains the mechanism in a way most people never hear. Every time you retrieve a memory, you physically thicken the myelin sheath around that neural connection, which makes the electrical signal travel faster. You aren't just reviewing information you are literally rewiring your brain to access it more quickly.

The third technique floored me. She tells students to teach what they just learned to someone else within 24 hours, because teaching forces you to find the gaps in your own understanding before the exam does it for you.

The fourth is what she calls "feed-forward" instead of feedback. When you get something wrong, don't treat it as a failure. Ask only one question: what would I do differently next time? That reframe keeps the brain in a learning state instead of a defensive one.

But the most underrated insight she shared was this: the single biggest factor in long-term retention is whether you can make the material personally meaningful to your own life. Your brain prioritizes storing things that feel relevant and discards things that feel abstract.

The students who remember everything aren't studying harder. They're studying in a way that the brain was actually designed to absorb.

[JK @sceitinn133]

Definitely agree. Handwriting something creates more connections than typing it, IMO. ✔️

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Deas @OirnaGaeilge a fheiceáil i mBéal Feirste i mbliana. #oireachtasnasamhna

[Belfast City Council @belfastcc]

NUACHT: A gcéad pholasaí Gaeilge riamh faofa ag Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste – https://t.co/LoewLS21nj

NEWS: Belfast City Council approves first ever Irish language policy – https://t.co/zwVeiQehaw

[JK @sceitinn133]

Iontach deas 👌🏻

[Annie McGinley @annie_mcginley]

Connie Mhaire Mhici from Rannafast giving us his beautiful rendition of Danny Boy as gaeilge translated by Briany Byrne from Loughanure.
Especially for @johncreedon as a wee thank you for all the wonderful music he shares with us.

Sorry it's cut short, blame X

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

You are your own little plant. Water yourself, speak to yourself nicely and bloom 🪴

Image: https://t.co/lv1aVl8Ewd

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Education is Relationship Centered.

[JK @sceitinn133]

RIP Pope Francis 🙏🏻

[JK @sceitinn133]

Easter Sunday ~ Domhnach na Cásca ⛰️ 🌊 🚗 #cushendun #cushendall #torrhead #murloughbay #glinntíaontroma 🟡⚪️

[JK @sceitinn133]

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[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Success is not linear:

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[👩‍🏫 Education Support 👨‍🏫 @EdSupportUK]

Who broke up for the half term break today?! 🙌 Or who is counting down until next week?

Whenever you break up, remember to relax, rest and recharge 💙 your wellbeing matters.

We're here for everyone working in education. Call us, any time.

📞: 08000 562 561

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[JK @sceitinn133]

Bliain úr mhaith 🌅 #éirínagréine #cavehill #beannmhadagain #jan2025

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@thomasniblock @BBCSPORTNI @BBCNewsNI Suaimhneas síoraí dó 🙏🏻😞

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@ThompsonMaire Congratulations Maire 🙂