Young and Irish Voices
Musings about big events we’ve attended.
Cara and Anna interviewed Liam Browne at #MegaDojo 2017. Liam is the Vice-President for Research, Enterprise and Development in LIT. He talked about LIT and their work . He also talked about his department and he gave pointers on how to get through college and his experience in LIT.
Cara and Anna
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Today in Breifne College Pam worked with a group of TY students who became part of the Youth Media Team.
Kate and Katie interviewed Balazs, Jamie and Marta about the sports activities in TY.
Sean and Sinead interviewed Cailin and Darina about their LGBT project.
Shannon and Melissa interviewd Darragh, Munasib and Laura about their trip to the Giant’s Causeway and the Carrick a Rede rope bridge (and surfing :)).
Robyn and Vera interviewed Laura, Sarah and Stefanie about thir trip to Butler’s Chocolate Factory.
TY Trends,
TY class in Briefne College
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Jim Mullin is the Executive Director of Leargas. He has worked in Leargas to try to encourage teenagers to become more politically-active and culturally aware. Susan and Heather had the chance to interview him. He talked about the mission of Leargas and their strategies for it’s future.
Listen to “Interview with Jim Mullin, Leargas Executive Director” on Spreaker.
Susan and Heather
Youth Media Team
Heather and Hannah interviewed Senator Aodhan O Riordain about his involvement with leargas and this event. In the interview he told us his views on the importance of young people being being more cultraly aware. Listen to the podcast for more.
Listen to “Interview with Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin” on Spreaker.
Heather and Hannah
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Ms Barbara Nolan was until recently the Director of the European Commission Representation in Dublin. An Irish woman, she now works as the co-ordinater of the Erasmus+ Programme Unit in Brussels. This is a senior and very challenging job in the EC structure.
Just before we spoke, Barbara gave the LEARGAS Forum Keynote talk; it was about the future of Erasmus+ and European unity. She spoke about getting teenagers involved in European politics and about how beneficial the Erasmus program is for partcipating students. We particularly liked her points about language opening up opportunities in the world.
Listen to “Interview with Barbara Nolan – Co-ordinator of Erasmus Programme” on Spreaker.
Susan and Vicky
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The Youth Media Team is at Dublin Castle today for the Leargas Forum 2017. It’s the 30th Anniversary of ERASMUS, so it is a big event. The full details of this exciting event are here.
The Forum opened with a performace from Peter Hussey’s Crooked House Theatre Company; it was really thought provoking. Una Halligan the journalist will be chairing a panel later in the morning on ‘European Citizenship, 30 years on.’ And the keynote talk is from Barbara NOLAN who is with the co-ordinating unit or ERASMUS+ at teh European Commission. Plus there are loads of workshops and a Project Showcase for schools that have been working with Léargas over teh last year or so.
It will be a busy and interesting day!
Today’s reports are brought to you by Hannah, Susan, Jack, Heather, Vicki & Wictoria.
Cat Herders: Ms Carey and Ms Revyakina.
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Cara and Amy interviewed Leanne Lynch, a teacher in St. Mary’s Convent Primary School in Nenagh, the organiser of the Clare TeachMeet. Leanne gave us her thoughts on the TeachMeet format of Continuous Professional Development and the importance of having TeachMeets in places like Ennis.
Cara and Amy
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Amy and Cara interviewed Pat Hanrahan, Director of the Clare Education Center after the Teach Meet in Clare. Pat shared how the Education Centres support teachers through providing Continuous Professional Development among other things. Tonight was Pat’s first time at a TeachMeet, a format that he really loved. He is looking forward to hosting future TeachMeets at Clare Education Centre.
Amy and Cara
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Amy and Cara (or is it Cara and Amy:)) spoke to Bryn Llewellyn at the TeachMeet in Clare. Bryn spoke about the workshop he did with the girls in Amy’s former primary school in Nenagh yesterday. He also shared the work he is doing with Tagtiv8 on Active Learning in Maths and English.
Find out more about Tagtiv8 at the following links
• Research into active learning by Leeds Beckett University.
• Recent feature on ITV News.
• An article following an Activity Day & CPD with a London school
• An article about the TAGTIV8 ethos
Cara and Amy
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On the day of Tim Rylands memorial service, Mags Amond spoke to Cara and Amy about the amazing person and educator that Tim was and the impact he had on so many people.
Cara and Amy
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