Young and Irish Voices
Adam and Chris chat to the National Parents Council representatives of primary and secondary schools in Ireland. In their panel discussion earlier in the day Áine and Don expressed how vital it is for parents to teach their children in the home as they are the primary educators. In the interview they discussed the role of the Parents Council and the role of parents in their children’s education.
Youth Media Team,
Adam O’Dwyer & Chris Fennelly.
Maggie Green, a primary school teacher and Lego Robotics enthusiast, shared ideas on how to integrate clever games and projects into school curriculums. Maggie is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in game creation. Her major project involves developing a computer game for children with speech and language impairment.
In The School Door, a Halloween workshop, “the mad scientist is getting ready to take part in some terrifying tales”. Maggie’s “spooky literacy workshop” runs inside Facebook (The School Door) and her website offers equally intriguing ideas that mash up hands-on learning that helps to link maths and science to the real world with problem solving based on deep and creative thought.
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Amy
Caitlin Donnelly, Chris Fennelly, and Amy Lombard roamed the floor of Feilte 2015, learning more about innovative education from various showcase presenters.
Presenters from SBP Radio broadcast via WiFi in Scoil Bhride, Portlaoise, every Friday from 9am to 9:30 throughout the school. Programmes often feature interviews with teachers, accompanied by popular music.
Physics Busking team members used simple materials to create really cool science projects. One of the projects involved lifting Amy off the conference floor purely with the power of friction. (See photo below.)
The Second Level Transfer Education Programme gives Sixth Class students an opportunity to prepare for second level education.
Brendan Colleran, secondary school teacher in Limerick, explained Castletroy College’s e-Twinning project. More than 300,000 teachers are involved in e-twinning throughout Europe.
More than 80 different showcases were on display in the RDS during Feilte 2015 with dozens of teachers providing first-hand descriptions of innovative education in Ireland.
Amy and Caitlin interviewed Ciara Mc Cardle. We chatted about her article in which she spoke about the negatives associated with technology. She shared her thoughts on being part of the panel discussion ‘Technology In Education’ which allowed her to learn more about the positive aspects of using technology.
Caitlin and Amy,
YMT.
Amy and Caitlin interviewed Cathy Hynes,Eve Casey and Kathleen O’Brien from Kinsale Community School. The girls are BT Young Scientist winners 2014 and spoke about the hard work and dedication that goes into presenting and creating an award winning project. They also spoke about their opinions on ‘Technology In Education’-the panel discussion they participated in.
Youth Media Team,
Amy and Caitlin.
RTE Presenter Keelin Shanley shared her science background and her passion for the media during a short four minute interview with the Youth Media Team in Dublin. Explaining that her journey started with her study of Science in third level, Keelin offered her perspective on the importance of “being STEM-aware” as well as her measured assessment of the level of success enjoyed by women in mainstream media.
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Caitlin and Amy
Here Eoin and Finn interviewed Mark Pollock after his keynote address here at this years #FEILTE. In his keynote Mark spoke about the various challenges he had to overcome to be the person that he is today. Speaking about his life, Mark shared his experiences with his various challenges throughout his life such as his loss of sight and paralysis.
We asked Mark about his ability to cope with such severe hindrances, and what drives him each day in his quest to walk again.
Here’s the interview
Youth Media Team,
Eoin Corbett and Finn Briody
Matt Cooper is an Irish journalist, author, television presenter and radio presenter of The Last Word on Today FM. He is a former editor of the Sunday Tribune, as well as a former business editor of the Irish Independent. The author of two books ‘Who Really Runs Ireland?’ (2010) and ‘How Ireland Really Went Bust’ (2011), Cooper has thoroughly examined Irish businessmen and politicians.
In our interview Matt shared his motivation for being at Feilte as well as his thoughts on the education system in Ireland. As a father of five children in primary and secondary education he is involved in both the Parent Teacher Association and the Board of Management in his children’s primary school. He shared his thoughts on technology in education among other things.
Éadaoin and Eoin
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One of the panel discussions at Féilte was on the topic of ‘Keeping the fires alive’ involving Marie Thérése Kilmartin, Beth Cooney and Anne White. Marie Thérése is principal of the Presentation Secondary Secondary School in Clondalkin, Beth is a French and History teacher in St Mary’s Secondary School in Nenagh and Anne is a primary teacher in Malahide. During our chat Marie Thérése, Beth and Anne shared their ideas on how they achieve this and their thoughts on Féilte.
Caitlin and Dave
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During the course of the day at Féilte we had a chat with some of the exhibitors at Feilte
Caitlin, Finn, Dave, Éadaoin & Eoin
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