Amy and Anna interviewed Leanne Lynch.  Leanne teaches in St. Mary’s Convent Primary school in Nenagh.   She spoke about the technology she uses in her classroomm such as Kahoot and Makey Makey.

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Anna and Amy did an interview with Susan Nic Reamoinn . Susan spoke about how she is a teacher at Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School. She is here at the Digital MegaMeet to talk about the technology she uses in her classroom at school. She uses Bee Bots, Blue Bots, Little Bits and Dash and Dot

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Roisin and Anna interviewed Adrienne Webb. Adrienne is a Maths teacher in Dublin. She explained about CESI, the Computers in Education Society of Ireland, and its growing success. Adrienne also talked about Teach Meet and how enjoyable and exciting it is.

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Roisin and Anna interviewed Mary Jo Bell at the Excited conference today. Mary Jo is a primary school teacher of a senior infants class in St. Anne’s NS in Shankill. She spoke about the presentation she made with Ciara Brennan. Mary Jo proceeded to tell us about the websites she and her class use. Their favourite website is http://www.voki.com/.

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Roisin and Amy interviewed Tony Riley. Tony is an art teacher who is originally from New Zealand but is now working in Ireland. Tony spoke about his involvement in STEAM. He explained that STEAM derived from STEM but because of his great interest in art he developed a #steamroom in Lacken National School. The School is here today showcasing as a Digital School of Distinction.

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Anna and Amy interviewed Michael Carey, who has been involved in a pilot initiative to broaden the variety of subjects at Junior Cert. He spoke about a Junior Cert short course on Coding and also about how schools can now develop their own courses to fulfil their students needs.

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Anna and Roisin interviewed Tomas McLoughlin. Tomas is a teacher in Rosegreen National School near Cashle in Tipperary. At the Digital Megameet today Tomas shared a Digital Portfolio app called Seesaw which he has used as a Learning Support tool. This app helps the social development of students.

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Amy and Roisin interviewed Fred Boss of #edchatie fame. Fred established this online community of educators across Ireland and facilitates a weekly online chat on a Monday evening from 8:30 to 9:30. Fred is an Arts teacher who is now working as Education Officer with the NCCA.

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Chris and Dave interviewed Digital School Champion Borrisokane C.C . In this interview that boys informed us of their digital software which helped fellow students study for their Junior Certificate state exams. Their software helps students to share study notes for exams.

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Chris and Dave interviewed Ben and Oisin with MediBands. They created a silicone band that takes you to a website with the wearers medical history, allergies etc. when a photo is taken of it. it shws how something as small as a band could potentially save lives.

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