Check out our interviews wih some of the exhibitors at today’s conference.
Interviews with exhibitors at #CESICon
Interview with Eyrecourt News
Eyrecourt News is a newspaper produced by a primary school in Galway. In our interview we heard from some of the team about how they went about producing their newspaper.
Jack and Christopher
Youth Media Team
Interview with Tim Rylands and Sarah Nield
In our interview with Tim Ryland and Sarah Nield, we talked about the importance of blending analog and digital in the learning environment. They also shared their thoughts on why the word teacher can sometimes be too one sided and also why the best teachers are the ones with bite marks on their tongues.
Jack and Christopher
Youth Media Team
Interview with Sabine McKenna
Jack and Christopher interviewed Sabine McKenna , a minecraft expert. We discussed the importance of technology in classrooms. Sabine told us about the possibilities when using minecraft in classrooms. You can use Minecraft for Maths, English and History and so much more. She believes programming is a necessity in Ireland because it is the future.
Jack and Christopher
Youth Media Team
Interview with Conor Power – #cesicon
At #cesicon Conor Power gave a workshop on the Google suite of “classroom” and how he was using the new Google service in his own classroom. Finn and David also talked to him about his first year being on the CESI excecutive and also discussed his long history with the CESI group and the conference itself.
Youth Media Team,
David and Finn.
Interview with John Davitt
John Davitt shared his views with us on alternative formats for learning environments. He also spoke about moving away from Twitter and towards blogging.
Dave and Finn
Youth Media Team
Interview with Pat Seaver
Pat Seaver is the Director of the Blackrock Education Centre. In this interview he shared some of the ways in which the Centre supports teachers.
Dave and Finn
Youth Media Team
Interview with Frank Walsh
Dr Frank Walsh is the Director of the Athlone Education Centre. He shared his thoughts on how Education Centres can support teachers with us.
Dave and Finn
Youth Media Team
Interview with Matt Cooper
Matt Cooper is an Irish journalist, author, television presenter and radio presenter of The Last Word on Today FM. He is a former editor of the Sunday Tribune, as well as a former business editor of the Irish Independent. The author of two books ‘Who Really Runs Ireland?’ (2010) and ‘How Ireland Really Went Bust’ (2011), Cooper has thoroughly examined Irish businessmen and politicians.
In our interview Matt shared his motivation for being at Feilte as well as his thoughts on the education system in Ireland. As a father of five children in primary and secondary education he is involved in both the Parent Teacher Association and the Board of Management in his children’s primary school. He shared his thoughts on technology in education among other things.
Éadaoin and Eoin
Youth Media Team
Keeping the fires alive
One of the panel discussions at Féilte was on the topic of ‘Keeping the fires alive’ involving Marie Thérése Kilmartin, Beth Cooney and Anne White. Marie Thérése is principal of the Presentation Secondary Secondary School in Clondalkin, Beth is a French and History teacher in St Mary’s Secondary School in Nenagh and Anne is a primary teacher in Malahide. During our chat Marie Thérése, Beth and Anne shared their ideas on how they achieve this and their thoughts on Féilte.
Caitlin and Dave
Youth Media Team