#dojoChatEU: Fostering Positive Relationships
Every week I answer the questions posed in ClassDojo’s weekly chat, #dojoChatEU. It happens every Wednesday from 8:30pm and it brings together teachers from around Europe. This week’s topic is fostering positive relationships. Q1. Which famous person would you like to be friends with? I know it’s probably a cliché to say that I’ve never really […]
The power of online petitions
Rage Against the Machine were the first non X-Factor Christmas number one in the UK charts for years thanks to an online petition on Facebook. Millions of people are being petitioned to help the victims of the Haitian disaster this week through the use of social media. In a much smaller and local way, an […]
Responses from my post about saying “no” to strike action
This is copied and pasted from the responses I received regarding the reasons I will not give the INTO my mandate for strike action. There were 3 pages of responses within 2 days, during our holidays. Wow… didn’t expect so many responses so quickly. I’d like to respond to them if I may because I […]
Why I’m voting “no” to strike action
Everyone knows that we’re in the middle of a recession: everyone, that is, except for the INTO, the union representing Irish primary school teachers. The McCarthy report outlined several ways that the government could save some cash in the education sector. None of the recommendations included a pay cut. However, the INTO are convincing its […]
Would you prefer to lose your job or take a paycut?
Hi everyone! I don’t know if anyone has attended their union meetings this week but the word “strike” is being bandied around, to me it seems like if the government cut our pay or our pensions, then the union will put a ballot to the members and if we agree to strike, that is it!