Tag: #feilte

The team interviewed RTE broadcaster Keelin Shanley. Keelin told us about her interest in female representation in STEM and about what she has learned in her career. She also spoke about what she is learning now that her children are in our education system.

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Roisín and Chris

The team interviewed Sinead Burke who was part of a panel at #FEILTE today. Sinead is referred to as a small person and she spoke about how the challenges she has faced in her online life have got her to where she is in her life and teaching career. We asked her about her inspirations and how they’ve got her to where she is today.

Caitlin
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There were a lot of groups showcasing at #Feilte today. Here are our interviews with a few of them …

Moontour

Avila Donegan from Queen of Angels Primary School, Dublin 16

Óige Nua Education who support Early School Leavers

Donal Murray (artist)

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The Youth Media Team interviewed former Leinster Rugby Manager and current Ireland Rugby coach Joe Schmidt at #FEILTE. Joe gave a keynote presentation and we asked him some questions on his speech.  He spoke to us about his rugby career and also his teaching career and how they can be incorporated together. He spoke about the importance of teamwork, competitiveness and failure in teaching, sport and also life in general.

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Caitlin and Anna

Today we did an interview with Mary Cleary who was on the panel at Féilte. Mary is Deputy CEO of ICS Skills and shared her thoughts on Digital Literacy in Schools.

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Roisín and Lorcan

Today the Youth Media Team are at #FÉILTE in the RDS. Our first interview of the day was with Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton. Minister Bruton told us about the Action Plan for Education and how it will effect us in our schools and our education. He also spoke about the differences in our schools like new option subjects and how we will be assessed in the future. The Minister finished his interview by reminding us that education is what we remember after we forget what we’ve learned.

Lorcan and Amy
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Caitlin and Chris interviewed Keynote speaker and psychologist Dr. Maureen Gaffney. Maureen spoke about the importance of teachers connecting with their students and also how she hopes the education system will do more for the wellbeing of teachers and students.

Caitlin and Chris,

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Ireland’s Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan explained the important role of the student voice in education, especially when trying to provide the pedagogical and technological foundations for connected learning.

Youth Media Team members Adam O’Dwyer and Amy Lombard asked the Minister about Ireland systemic approach to technology-driven innovations in an era when many school students feel more comfortable with technology than their parents or teachers.

Feilte has grown to become one of the largest gatherings of teachers in Ireland and as the Minister noted in conversations with attendees, the annual event spawns conversations that reach across the country with contributions that surface during TeachMeets at regularly scheduled intervals.

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Adam and Amy

Here Eoin and Finn meet up with a couple of “characters” CAST and GaelGory, who are exhibitors here today in Dublin.

The first interview was GaelGory, who was dressed in a cloud suit of all things and a dinosaur costume. He spoke to us about GaelGory itself and threw in a bit of Gaeilge to catch us out.

The second interview was with Noel of CAST, a film festival for young people, which two members of the team, Adam and Eoin, were involved in themselves. Noel spoke about the festival and its quick growth from humble beginnings.

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Eoin and Finn.

Caitlin and Amy spoke to Damien Quinn, who runs the Seomra Ranga website, providing resources for primary school teachers. He shared details of the Signs of Autumn Twitter project.

Eoin and Finn spoke to Maria O’Sullivan, a librarian with South Dublin Libraries, about literacy, a 1916 resource pack for schools, collaborative learning and not forgetting SummerBuzz!