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Interview with Former Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh at #TYExpo

Maria Walsh is a former Rose of Tralee who was at TY Expo with the Thomas Meagher Foundation. This organisation encourages citizenship by focusing on the Irish flag and what it means for young people. We spoke to Maria about her experiences and the work of the Thomas Meagher Foundation, and learned about her life post-Rose of Tralee.  

Lorcan and Elena
Youth Media Team

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Interview with Zeminar at #TYExpo 2017

Zeminar are a wellbeing and education movement for Generation Z and focus on 15-20 year olds. They were at TY Expo to promote Zeminar, which takes place in October in the RDS coinciding with global mental health week and features a huge range of influential speakers.

Lorcan and Elena
Youth Media Team

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Data Summit 2017 with Lorcan and Anna

Data Summit 2017 , Dublin.

The Youth Media Team went to the Data Summit in Dublin. Two of our members ,  Anna and Lorcan, told us about this event .

They talked about the event , who they interviewed , what they enjoyed and if there was anything they had wanted to be different.

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The Youth Media Team

Anna P, Anna Nic D , Lorcan

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Interview with Roisin and Amy about Brussels trip

Jack and Cara interviewed Roisin and Amy about their trip to Brussels as members of the Youth Media Team. Roisin and Amy both spoke about their experiences in Brussels and the people they met along the way. They also explained why they made the trip and what the Youth Media Team did while in Brussels.

Amy, Cara, Jack and Roisin

Youth Media Team

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Behind the scenes in our interview with Lorcan Tuohy

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Mia  did an interview with Lorcan Tuohy at the YMT workshop in Thurles. Denis recorded the interview as a backup for the Ricoh Theta which is a fish eye 360 degrees camera. The backup camera he used is a JVC Everio camcorder mounted on a manfrotto tripod. Bernie also recorded the interview using the Anchor audio app on his phone. During the interview Pam took pictures on her phone.  One of the things we are learning in today’s workshop is the importance of having backups for our work.

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Youth Media Team

Amy and Denis

 

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Learning in the Youth Media Team in comparison to schools

Learning in the Youth Media Team greatly differs from how we learn in the  school environment.

From our discussion we have come to the conclusion that Behaviourist, Cognitivist and Constructivist are the main learning styles facilitated in school. In the Youth Media Team we tend to use Social and Contextual and Experiential forms of learning. (1)

In the Youth Media we learn by doing interviews, blog posts and doing research online. We also learn from older, more experienced people on the team. This differs from traditional classrooms   because ….

  • We learn from a teacher not each other in a classroom
  • We learn  in more than one way in YMT
  • We use technology such as Audioboom, iPads, microphones and laptops.
  • We change things on the fly in YMT
  • In a classroom the teacher must work to  a syllabus where as the Youth Media team doesn’t have to

(1)http://www.bioteams.com/2012/11/05/the_five_major.html

 

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The Youth Media Team

Anna P, Anna Nic D and Cara

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Genetics Banter

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