Opportunity for Teachers: Oide Creativity Autumn/Winter 2024 Workshops
Oide Creativity
Dates: various November 2024
The Creative Ireland Programme and Oide are delighted to present their Autumn/Winter 2024 series of professional development workshops for teachers to support engagement with the arts and learning.
The courses include:
STE(A)M SEAI Workshop
Making Connections: Energy within and across junior cycle specifications
Dates: Saturday 9 November 2024 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Mount Lucas, Daingean, Co Offaly, R35 XW10
Online via Zoom: Tuesday 19 November 2024 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Online via Zoom
Oide Creativity, in collaboration with Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), presents a one-day or online STE(A)M elective workshop, open to teachers from all subject disciplines. For full details go here.
Crafting Connections
A creative writing workshop
Dates: Saturday 16 November 2024 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p. m.
Location: Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), 86 St. Stephen’s Green, D02 XY43
Oide Creativity, in collaboration with poet and writer Colm Keegan, presents a one-day workshop, open to all teachers. This workshop will take place in the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI). For full details go here.
This workshop offers participants an opportunity to:
- explore the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) and use it as a stimulus and source of inspiration,
- engage in an active listening process as a means to discussing the relationship between teachers and students in the classroom,
- consider the written word and Joyce’s use of language,
- discuss how words are mediated through multi-modal texts in the world today,
- enjoy time and space to develop their own writing.
Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS): Learning to look
Dates: Saturday 16 November and Saturday 30 November 2024
Location: Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
Oide Creativity in collaboration with artist Claire Halpin and the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), presents a two-day elective workshop, open to all teachers. For full details go here.
This workshop offers participants an opportunity to:
- look at and respond to a range of images utilising the VTS method of looking,
- practice the VTS method of looking in a collaborative and supportive environment,
- discuss how thoughtful and responsible image selection supports aesthetic development and critical thinking skills,
- reflect on how the VTS method can be utilised to engage students in analysing imagery.
Spaces are limited for each workshop. A waiting list will apply.
For more information on full list of Oide Creativity workshops, dates and to book your place, please visit: www.creativity.oide.ie/