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Interview with BEO

Here David and Finn interview BEO.

BEO was founded by transition year students from Coláiste Ailigh , St. Eunan’s College, Loreto Convent and Errigal College. All of these schools are located in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.

beoBEO aims to get young people interested in music by encouraging them to organise a series of concerts in their local area. Students are in charge of every aspect of the organisational process – booking the acts, promotion of events, filming of concerts etc. This encourages an interest in live music, while helping students develop a wide range of organisational and communication skills.

This project also puts a firm emphasis on the Irish language and seeks to encompass it in the organisational process – “Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste, ná Bearla cliste”.

Check out www.beoireland.com for more details.

 

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Interview with Bridge 21 at FEILTE

20131005-125347Here Finn and David caught up with Bridge 21 and asked them about their new learning model that they use in their centre in Trinity College Dublin. They’re planning to spread this model of active learning into more Irish secondary schools.

Here are some pictures of their workshop:

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Here’s our interview


Interviewing Bridge21

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Student Voices – Catherine Cronin

Catherine Cronin was also talking at the conference in L.I.T Thurles about “student voices”, how teachers should help and listen to students and learning experiences that stayed with you. She also talked about teaching and learning over social media and how to try and integrate it into the classroom.  She also covered the importance for teachers to listen to students and work with them using technology.

Catherine Cronin

Youth Media Team

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Catherine, Dave and Finn