Young and Irish Voices
Musings about big events we’ve attended.
The team interviewed RTE broadcaster Keelin Shanley. Keelin told us about her interest in female representation in STEM and about what she has learned in her career. She also spoke about what she is learning now that her children are in our education system.
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Roisín and Chris
The team interviewed Sinead Burke who was part of a panel at #FEILTE today. Sinead is referred to as a small person and she spoke about how the challenges she has faced in her online life have got her to where she is in her life and teaching career. We asked her about her inspirations and how they’ve got her to where she is today.
Caitlin
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There were a lot of groups showcasing at #Feilte today. Here are our interviews with a few of them …
Moontour
Avila Donegan from Queen of Angels Primary School, Dublin 16
Óige Nua Education who support Early School Leavers
Donal Murray (artist)
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The Youth Media Team interviewed former Leinster Rugby Manager and current Ireland Rugby coach Joe Schmidt at #FEILTE. Joe gave a keynote presentation and we asked him some questions on his speech. He spoke to us about his rugby career and also his teaching career and how they can be incorporated together. He spoke about the importance of teamwork, competitiveness and failure in teaching, sport and also life in general.
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Caitlin and Anna
Today we did an interview with Mary Cleary who was on the panel at Féilte. Mary is Deputy CEO of ICS Skills and shared her thoughts on Digital Literacy in Schools.
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Roisín and Lorcan
Today the Youth Media Team are at #FÉILTE in the RDS. Our first interview of the day was with Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton. Minister Bruton told us about the Action Plan for Education and how it will effect us in our schools and our education. He also spoke about the differences in our schools like new option subjects and how we will be assessed in the future. The Minister finished his interview by reminding us that education is what we remember after we forget what we’ve learned.
Lorcan and Amy
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Caitlin
Dave and Chris interviewed Adam from Camara Ireland. Camara provide reconditioned laptops and computers to people who may not have access to them normally. He spoke about their LearnStorm, which was formerly known as Mathletes which use Khan Academy materials. The LearnStorm Final celebrations were held at the Excited Digital Festival today.
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Dave and Chris
Caitlin interviewed Ciarán Cannon about his talk today at the Excited Digital Learning Festival. She asked him why he felt it was necessary to co-found the digital learning movement that has evolved into what it is today. He also told us about how he sees technology advancing in our classrooms in the future and what we can do to make the necessary changes.
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Caitlin
Caitlin interviewed students from Cloghans Hill NS about their involvement today at the Learn Storm and the Excited Digital Learning Festival. They spoke about how they use Learn Storm in their school and how it has helped them in the classroom. They also spoke about how they use technology at home and how they’ve enjoyed the day so far.
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Caitlin