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Interview with Joanne O’Riordan at #Feilte

Roisin and Cara interviewed Joanne O’Riordan today at #Feilte. Joanne was giving the capstone speech and also took part in a panel discussion during the day. Joanne spoke about the impact of technology in her life and her favourite piece of technology. She also shared her thoughts on what she thinks the Irish government can do to help support Irish people with disabilities. Joanne also spoke about inclusive education and the role her friends played in not making her feel any different. She gave her advice to young people on everybody having a voice.

Roisin and Cara

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Interview with Clive Byrne, NAPD at Féilte

Amy and Anna interviewed Clive Byrne at Féilte 2017. He talked about his involvement in NAPD. The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals ( NAPD) is the professional association for second level school leaders in Ireland. He spoke about why inclusion is important in education and his initial inspiration to get involved in education. He talked about his hopes for education in the future.

Amy and Anna
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Interview with showcases at #Feilte

Members of the team spoke to some people on the showcase stands at Feilte.

Computing at Schools

The Power of Reading Aloud

SciFest

Roisin, Jack, Elena, Denis, Loracn and Cara
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Interview with Erin from Physics Busking

The team interviewed Erin from Physics Busking at #FEILTE.  She spoke about what they were doing and how people have reacted to their showcase. She shared their experience at the conference today.

Roisin and Amy
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Interview with Chris Reina

The team interviewed Chris Reina at #FEILTE. Chris spoke at Teachmeet Ireland and we asked him about his views on #FEILTE. He told us that one of the things he likes about the conference is diversity and about how teachers are incorporating this in our education system.

Anna and Amy

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Interview with Miriam Bergin

The team interviewed secondary school teacher Miriam Bergin about the panel she was involved with at #FEILTE today.  Miriam spoke about how important sharing is in education and also about how important technology is in.  She told us about how she uses technology in her classroom and her school.

Caitlin

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Workshops at #Feilte

Anna went to some of the workshops at #Feilte and interviewed some the presenters afterwards, including Sean Flanagan from Cyber-Bullying Ireland (@CyberBullyingIr)

Connect RP

Make, Create, Innovate

Cog and Axle

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Interview with Karl Henry and Dr. Ciara Kelly

The team interviewed Karl Henry and Dr. Ciara Kelly about the panel they were involved in at #Feilte. They spoke about the importance of physical education in our lives and how technology can help us to get more active, but that technology cannot replace it. We also spoke about Dr. Kelly’s new radio programme which will be going live tomorrow.

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Interview with Cormac Cahill

Cormac Cahill is a primary teacher with Carrigaline Educate Together National School. Cormac was part of the Digital Education panel at #Feilte.

He spoke to us about digital literacy and how technology can be used in schools.

Youth Media Team
Lorcan and Anna