Sometimes I say: Tv educate and instruct
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh launches schools DVD
I really enjoyed Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s launch of our latest schools DVD for our client COGG the other day.
He’s an amazing storyteller, and he had the audience at the Gaelscoileanna annual conference for Irish language schools in the palm of his hands!
Our DVD demonstrates lots of Irish language playground games using a TV-style approach that really engages its audience. Featuring two presenters and aimed at both teachers and primary school children, the teacher’s version of each video production includes karaoke-style lyrics and detailed instructions using voice-over. The kid’s versions gets straight into the games so that the teacher can use it as a teaching tool to explain the games quickly and simply.
Speaking at the launch event, Muireann Ní Mhóráin of COGG commented on how the original idea had been to produce a book of games, but that the some of the games were so hard to describe in words that it was decided a video would be much more effective. Accompanied by a full colour workbook by T.J. Ó Ceallaigh of PPDS, this pack will encourage the use of Irish outside the classroom and make it easy for teachers to get the children involved.
The DVD and workbook packs will soon be winging their way to every primary school in the country. There’s nothing like trying to play a skipping game through Irish to get kids interested!
"Spreag an Ghaeilge le Spraoi" mar a deir siad!
To find out more about this video production and our other educational DVDs and online video training materials, you can contact the author of this post Diarmaid Mac Mathúna, Head of Production, Agtel at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or +353 1 7088154.
