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The Kinia Podcast is made for educators who want to enhance their practice using technology. We'll provide practical tips and have conversations (with Kinia staff and other guests) about how you can get the most out of technology in your classroom, youth club or school. We'll also look at areas like STEAM, Computer Science, Digital Skills and much more! Kinia (formerly Camara Education Ireland) is an education focused non-profit, charity and social enterprise, and we want to make sure future ...
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This week we talk to the first guest of the podcast, Camara's very own Miriam Harte! Miriam works on the TechSpace programme running and delivering STEAM and STEM projects. We chat about what is STEAM is, how you can get started in the area in the classroom (regardless of what subjects you teach!) and Miriam gives an overview of the project they've…
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In this episode, James & Orna discuss some ways that teachers and schools can finish the year well and prepare for September. They chat about CPD, organising and archiving digital resources and having conversations as a staff team about what to take forward from the past year. As part of this, we have created a survey to get insight into CPD needs …
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In this episode, James & Orna discuss some ways that technology can step in to help with end of year celebrations. They chat briefly about assessment before moving onto more fun areas like online and digital yearbooks, showcasing student work and experiences throughout the year and also how to turn use video to replace whole-school assemblies or aw…
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This week James and Orna talk about student wellbeing and technology. They give some tips and suggestions of how technology can feed into student wellbeing in the classroom, including ideas around mindfulness. Get in touch with us via email at podcast@camara.ie or message us on Twitter @CamaraIreland. Whether you have any questions or comments on t…
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Episode 8 - Transitioning back to the classroom...what next? Part 3 - Digital Skills with Students
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This week James and Orna finish their conversation about digital skills, looking this time at using and integrating digital skills into the classroom. They mention a few resources which are listed below and talk in some detail about the idea of an ePortfolio, an example of which can also be found below. Get in touch with us via email at podcast@cam…
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Episode 7 - Transitioning back to the classroom...what next? Part 2 - Using Digital Technologies as a school staff
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In Part 2 of our transitioning back to the classroom conversations we look at some practical and beneficial ways that digital technologies can be used as a staff team. We recommend some ideas including an internal staff website, collaborative documents and online forms. Get in touch with us via email at podcast@camara.ie or message us on Twitter @C…
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This episode is part one of three in which James and Orna will look at transitioning to the physical classroom and how teachers and students can keep using and improving on the digital skills they’ve picked up and used this last year. In this first part they discuss digital skills broadly, including what they are, why they’re important and how they…
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In this episode James & Orna talk about using Jamboard with students. They talk through the features of Jamboard, how teachers can use it and then talk in more detail about 3 specific examples. You can find links to those examples below. If you’ve used Jamboard in the classroom or during remote teaching we’d love to hear about it! What did you use …
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In this episode James & Orna talk about using audio with students. Orna describes her own 'eureka moment' when her students started recording themselves in her language classroom, and how one small idea sparked a change in her approach to leading language-learning. They also chat through some easy ways to get started on using and recording audio cl…
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In this episode James & Orna talk about Computer Science! They discuss what is Computer Science and how it is linked to Computational Thinking. They then discuss three resources you can use to get started introducing your students to them. This includes Scratch, Unplugged Activities and Micro:bits. Get in touch with any other tools or methods you h…
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In this episode James & Orna talk about Blended Learning. They discuss what it is and look at how the tech skills & knowledge gained during this year of remote learning due to closures can be taken into the classroom. This includes pre-recording content, digital whiteboards and using online forms for assessment. Get in touch with any other tools or…
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In this debut episode James & Orna talk about 5 Chrome Browser extensions which you should use whether you're a teacher, parent, youth worker or educator in any other context. Below are links and notes on the episode. Get in touch with any extensions you use, any ways you use these 5 in your teaching or day-to-day as well as any topics you want us …
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