We here at the Youth Media Team usually just report on education based events, but since we’re a Tipperary based group and Tipperary happened to be in the All Ireland, we decided to put together a video documenting the Tipp teams journey to Croke Park.
Katie and Bridin’s interview with American teacher Barbara Ledford.
We sat in on Barbara Ledford’s and Dan Priest’s interesting session called ‘Viva La Video’. Dan had featured in another post so we caught up with Barbara. She spoke in her session about her home made videos that she uses to teach her student’s concepts that they often find difficult such as inequalities in maths. She finds the use of these videos beneficial in the class room.
We grabbed her afterwards for an interview and she spoke about the benefits of technology in a classroom and why it proves successful in her classroom. She stated that technology was a great platform to help children be creative. She says she finds the internet helpful because of the amount of resources available.She began to make her own videos last year and she is currently teaching her own students how to make videos. She says she didn’t always want to be a teacher,until she was 18 she wanted to be a coroner! Barbara also talked about flippedclassroom and how this resource aids in her teaching.
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Bridin and Katie
Interview with Alison Cottrell
Katie and Caitlin interviewed Alison Cottrell; one of the speakers at the Being Proactive with Cyber Bullying session. During the session Alison and Blair (the other presenter) informed the attendees on how to approach cyber bullying in schools. They recommended monitoring the use of social media in schools by using a sign-in sheet, by being professional and to inform parents of what they are implementing with their cyber bullying policy in school. They also encouraged open discussion within the group to share ideas on how they deal with the issue. In the interview Alison spoke about how she believes teachers should be trained to deal with cyber bullying and what she learned from the session and speaking with others.
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Katie and Caitlin
Interview with Dan Priest
Jack and Caitlin interviewed Dan Priest about his experiences in Ireland. He spoke about his students and his teaching. We also spoke about technology in his life and in his school. He is a high school teacher who comes from a family where each member has a degree in teaching yet he is the only one to become a teacher. He teaches eleventh graders English and History. When we asked him about his technology he made a joke about the way he liked Irish plugs more than the ones in the US, “it’s funny how people react when you talk about technology!”. Dan is very much a Windows man and even has the phone to prove it !!
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Jack and Caitlin
Interview with Leigh Graves Wolf
Here Bridin and Finn interview Leigh about her teaching experiences as a , her opinions about technology. She talked to us about here impressions of Ireland what technology she uses on a day to day basis. Surprisingly she admiration for Jim Henson [creator of the muppets]. She also shared her thoughts on Irish music that she has heard throughout the streets of Galway ,she also admitted to being a disc jockey in her hay day. Leigh also stated that her camera is her most precious piece of technology.
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Bridin and Finn
Interview with Joe Dale
Jack and Finn spoke to Joe Dale about Digital Storytelling, how he integrates technology into the Modern Foreign Languauge classroom and his thoughts on the ‘Spark the Imagination’ conference.
Interview with Paudie Scanlon
Dave, Finn and Jack interviewed Paudie Scanlon about the why he came to CESI and what he wanted to take away from it.
Interview with CESI Chair Adrienne Webb
Finn and Jack spoke to Adrienne Webb, chairperson of CESI to hear about their “Spark the Imagination” conference. She speaks about her long term involvement with CESI and the work that they do to support teachers to integrate technology in their classrooms.
Interview with Pat Donohue
Here Finn and Jack interview Pat Donohue on the #youngITLG event as he mentored the winning team(CastleTroy College)
The winning team at Young Innovators
Jack and Finn interviewed the winning team from Castletroy College at the Young Innovators event at Shannon Airport today.
We also interviewed Pat Donohue, their mentor.