Podcasting workshop

Last Friday we had a podcasting workshop in school. I never even knew what a podcast was until then :L It's a sound file that can be downloaded and sent to people. Two guys came into the school with a lot of computers and sound equipment and we were divided into groups to come up with our own podcast! It was a bit difficult to think of things at first but in the end we all came up with an idea. Some were a bit mad, but they were definitely original :L Our group did an ad for our own Irish takeaway ;Paddy's Potatoes' , and we had great fun recording the country Irish accents! :)
In the end we heard everyones podcasts and they were very funny. Unfortunately we didn't have time to Bluetooth them to our phones or I would've posted it on blogger!

Poll

All the projects :/

One thing you can expect a lot of in T.Y. is projects :L I think we almost have a project in every subject except maths! We're almost finished our geography project now, we'll be giving our presentations next week, and we submitted our proposal for the formula 1 technology project so that's a bit of a weight of my shoulders. One of the hardest projects this year is definitely mini company, it takes up a lot of time and so far we still haven't got a manufacturer :S but this week a woman is coming in to talk to us about manufacturers so hopefully that will help. I guess the best thing to do is keep on top of them, 'cos there's more to come! :L

Work Experience 2 :D

The last day of our work experience was definitely the best. Earlier on in the week we were told we would get to record our own show and we would create the playlists and control the sound. I was so nervous that morning, but at the same time I couldn't wait :D We were showed again how to work the sound equipment, and lucky for me róisín was in charge of that so all I had to worry about was talking into the microphone. It was an amazing experience and we had so much fun putting the show together, I couldn't get over how weird my voice sounded recorded. At the end of the show we went into a special recording booth, and Róisín played the guitar and sang live in the studios. It looked exactly like it did on t.v. :L We don't know yet when it will be used on the station, but they told us they'd let us know when they have a space :) I was sad to leave but at the same time I actually missed school and all my friends that I hadn’t seen all week. It was hard work but I'd do it again if I could :D

Work Experience :D

So all of last week, our year had work experience. Myself and Róisín went to raidio nd life, an Irish radio station in Dublin. I was surprisingly calm on our first day, but definatley excited. We got the bus into pearse street and walked to merrion square. Everyone who worked at the station was really nice and friendly, one of our supervisors gave us a tour of the studios and how everything worked. We spent the first day working on stories for that evenings talk show and ringing up people for interviews. We had to speak Irish the whole day, and at first it was a bit hard because both me and róisín were kind of rusty but soon we got so used to it on our lunch brakes we'd be speaking Irish without realizing it.
The atmosphere there was so relaxed and easy going, and there wasn't a particular dress code or anything. On wedensday one of the sound technicians showed us how to use the equipment for doing a show on air, and we got to do it ourselves for a pre-recorded music programme. We did this thing called a vaux pop aswell,it's where you pick a certain topis and interview the public or people on the streets to record their opinion on the subject. We went onto the streets of Grafton to intervies passers by about a controversial mini Miss Ireland pageant in St. Pats College. At first it was hard to approach people but after a while it got easier, the challenge was finding people who spoke irish! We edited the recordings together and it aired on the show that night :)

Dancing :L

For the next 3 weeks we have dancing classes during P.E. and Wednesday was our first class. A lady comes in from outside of school to teach us some hip hop dances, and she's brilliant! We started out with a simple warm up dance to loosen up and then she started to teach us a dance routine. It was great fun, and I think we all had a few laughs watching each other struggle through some of the various moves. Even Ms. O'C got into the spirit and joined us! We had a dance off at the end of the class where the class was split into 2 teams that danced facing each other, if you got confused or forgot a move you were out. Of course I was out in the first round :L but I was very impressed with a couple of girls who made it to the last few people left.
The other T.Y. class Emnet are doing Pilates for the 3 weeks we are doing dancing, and then we'll switch around. From what I've heard from the other class Pilates was fun too so I'm looking forward to that :D