Gifted in Force at Irish Education Festival

 Irish Teaching and Learning Festival

Dazzled and Frazzled
The much anticipated Irish Teaching and Learning Festival is over. Dazzled and Frazzled made their public speaking debut and survived! Many thanks to all our old friends who came to support us and to all the new ones we made.

Leslie Graves

It was remarkable to see so much reference made to gifted students at an Irish education conference. Leslie Graves (@Leslinks), Theo Lynn (@TheoLynn), Margaret Keane (@Giftedkidsie) & James Corbett (@Daynuv) and of course Karen McCarthy (@Dazzlld) & Catherine Riordan (@Frazzlld) all spoke specifically about gifted students. This is progress indeed, in a very short space of time.

Also present were Colm O’Reilly, Catriona Fitzgerald and Eleanor Cooke of CTYI (@CTYI2) and other regular participants at #gtchat. Anyone notice a pattern?

It seems that Twitter is bringing us all together. As you can see, even Deborah Mersino made an appearance! Following our presentation which included a step-by-step guide to Twitter and #gtchat, we hope that we will see even more Irish participants at #gtchat in the coming weeks. Watch out world!

And hopefully next Friday at midnight, Dazzled and I won’t be all dressed up with no #gtchat to go to!

Irish Teaching and Learning Festival

        Citywest Conference Centre

    Friday 15^th and Saturday 16^th October

"The Irish Teaching and Learning Festival is Ireland’s first interactive conference and exhibition focused on the future of education in Ireland.

This exhibition will deliver a unique opportunity for teachers, principals, policy makers, boards of management and parents from all over the country. The conference will feature keynote speakers such as Lord David Puttnam. There will be practical workshops and live teaching and learning demonstrations.

The exhibition will feature over 80 exhibitors showcasing a wide range of teaching and learning resources for the 21^st Century. There will be a festival guide and festival bag filled with information and resources for every delegate attending the festival.

The festival is free to all who register to attend and delegates will have an unrivalled opportunity to bring back to their school, new ideas and new educational developments."

Amongst several interesting sessions, there will be three devoted to gifted students, which you may like to register for:

• Using Social Media to Support Gifted Learners in Ireland: Karen McCarthy & Catherine Riordan
• Giftedkids.ie/Daynuv Virtual World Primary Project: Margaret Keane & James Corbett
• Challenging Times and Meeting the Needs of Exceptionally Able Students: Leslie Graves                 
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To find out more, visit the ITLFestival website

To view the programme, click here.

For a registration form, click here.

For more detail on Dazzled and Frazzled's presentation, hold tight for the part 2.....