Young and Irish Voices
Caitlin and Amy interviewed Colm Gorey from Silicon Republic. Colm told us that he was at #cesicon in order to make connections and meet with the people he has seen on Twitter. He also spoke about his role in Silicon Republic and the event they are running again this year Inspirefest.
Caitlin and Amy
Youth Media Team
Photo of YMTfm workshop snapped during CESICON 2016.
Perhaps the most interesting fact to emerge during hands-on workshops conducted at CESIcon by the members of the Youth Media Team (YMT) is how the philosophy of design thinking underpins the entire production process. Continue reading “The Underlying Design Thinking of YMTfm”
Finn interviewed Gary Lowe, MD of Whizzkids Ireland, during the Youth Media Team’s first workshop held at #cesicon. Finn interviewed Gary while walking him through the YMTfm interview process from start to finish. Finn talked to Gary about Whizzkids who educate 15-18 year old students on a wide variety of I.T. skills from audio to videography.
Roisin interviewed Seamus O’Neill at #Cesicon. Seamus is a retired primary school teacher and author of Mathemagic 1-6. He spoke about his new project ‘Ready Steady Code’ and how he wants this implemented in primary school maths classes. Seamus runs courses in Navan Education Centre and he told us more about these.
The tables have turned as Chris is interviewed by attendees of the ‘Learn with the Youth Media Team’ workshop at Cesicon2016. As they were given instructions of how the youth media team run, they then decided to interview Chris, a member of the Youth Media Team.
They were interested in how the Youth Media Team made an impact on his life and wondered why he still goes to events with the team.
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Today at the Cesi Conference in DCU, Leanne Salmon and Frieda Creaghan had an interview with Ricardo and Catherine during a Youth Media Team workshop.
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Tony and I interviewed Chris and Amy. We were struck by their enthusiasm for using technology for learning in formal educational settings.
We both got lots of ideas about how their skills and interests in technology may be fused with practice.
We learned about their differences in experiences moving from primary education to secondary education and how there now appears to be a more integrated approach to technology in education.
Tony and Dermot
The tables were turned this week at #cesicon when Mags amond and Thomas Boyle interviewed Caitlin and Roisin from the Youth Media Team. They spoke about how the Youth Media Team has changed their school lives and personal development. They also spoke about how simple the work of the Youth Media Team is and how they have learned so much from the conferences they have attended.
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Photo of the YMT.fm crew by @topgold.
Starting with the gazebo at the entrance to the main venue at the annual CESI Conference, the Youth Media Team has started covering the main event. You can follow the flow on the YMT.fm blog and hear the interviews on Audioboom.
Evelyn O’Connor and Donal O’Mahony spoke about Junior Cycle for Teachers, a support service for schools in the context of the implementation of the Junior Cycle Framework. Their also shared what enticed them out of the classroom.
Youth Media Team