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A chat with Leigh Graves Wolf of University College Dublin interviewed by Richard Millwood on Wednesday 5 March 2025. In the conversation, Leigh talks about her inspiration to be involved with educational technology, her views that it is most effective when seamless and that we promote diversity rather than 'best practice'. She adds that collaboration and engagement are some of the most effective…
Margaret (Mags) is an Assistant Professor in Inclusive Education for the Education Department in Maynooth University. Her experience in inclusive and special education includes teaching, teacher professional learning design and delivery, policy development and curriculum design. As a Fulbright Scholar, in 2021 Margaret worked with Lynch School of Education and Humanities at Boston College and CAST…
Paddy Bates is a Primary Teacher Involved in IT from early 80s. He's a long time member of CESI and was President in 2002. He's a Coordinator of Culture Dept of European Virtual School. He's been Involved with IT projects with INTO, Dept of Education Pilot Project 84-86 , Laois Edcentre etc. He's created a Course on Authoring Software that was delivered to Trinity College Masters class. Primary…
First and foremost Conor is a "Digital Journeyman" He Lectures & teaches green & sustainable education, public policy, technology in education, and research methods programmes at UCD. His Interests include sustainable development, policy networks, professional knowledge, and the impact of new and emergent technology on learning and society. Research at the moment is taking place under the Jean…
Developed some interest in the idea of computers in my schooldays – notably around the beginning of the 1960s. Faraday lecture on “Transistors and all that”; talk to my class – we all had to give one if I recall correctly – on “the binary system (not in the maths curriculum then) and computers” [anecdote on my parents’ different reactions] Did my degree in Maths in Trinity in the early 1960s.…
Adrienne Webb taught Mathematics, Geography and ICT at St. Michael’s Holy Faith Secondary School, Finglas for more than 30 years. Recently she stepped down from her role as Chair of CESI, which she held for over eleven years. She has a Masters Degree in Education (Digital Learning) DCU. As part of IT 2000, she was both Project Officer and National Coordinator of the Schools Integration Project…
Michael is a former primary school teacher who has over 25 years’ experience working in the field of digital education. He developed his interest in digital education in the early 1980s as an undergraduate student teacher in Coláiste Mhuire, Marino by playing with the college’s newly acquired Apple Macintosh computer. His first research project focused on the use of a BBC Micro in Irish primary…
We are very lucky to get Pam on the CESI Staffroom, to say that she's busy is a huge understatment, Pam is a lecturer in the Information Technology Department on the Thurles campus of the Technological University of the Shannon. She is the organiser of the annual ICT in Education conference and has been a mentor in CoderDojo since 2011. She has also mentored the Youth Media Team since their…
The Recap: Russel Tarr, Kate Kogge, Ewan McIntosh, Kate Molloy and Joe Dale all featured on Season2 of the CESI staffroom. All these episodes are available where ever you download your podcast from, just type CESI Staffroom. The email address for the Staffroom is : Staffroom@cesi.ie My Email Address : hdabbagh@cesi.ie The email address for the YouTube Channel : CESIvideos@gmail.com We would love…