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by shannonchance

Fulbrighting at Croke Park

The Fulbright Ireland crew at Croke Park for our farewell field trip.

The Fulbright Ireland crew at Croke Park for our farewell field trip.

We stared our Fulbright grand finale day with a tour of Croke Park stadium and a visit to the GAA museum there.  As I noted yesterday, this is one of the world’s largest stadiums for amateur sports.  The stadium website explains:

Croke Park has been at the heart of Irish sporting life for over a hundred years. Boasting a capacity for 82,300 people, the stadium is the home of Gaelic games and the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

The museum website explains:

The GAA Museum, as the national custodian of all the archives and artefacts of the Gaelic Athletic Association, is dedicated to promoting an appreciation of the values, culture and history of Gaelic games.

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Photos in the News

Yesterday, Joanne from the Fulbright Ireland office sent a number of links to news stories about the photo show.  Unfortunately, tomorrow is the final day, and Joanne and I will be hard at work dismounting the work from the walls of O’Connell House.

DIT news
Notre Dame news
O’Connell House news
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In W&M News Today

Joanne A. Davidson, the Fulbright Ireland Communications & Information Officer, just sent me the link to William and Mary’s website.  Yesterday, they posted a piece about my exhibition on their main news page!

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Guimarães: Birthplace of Portugal

Hamming it up!

Helping with the founding back in 1111 AD. 😉

Guimarães is an architecturally stunning town, and it is the place Portugal was born in the year 1111. Following my visit to the engineering program at the University of Minho and my Fulbright lecture/workshop, my hosts took me to visit the historic center and enjoy lunch in one of its very fine outdoor plazas.

The castle…
…with its park…
…and the founder of Portugal.
Enjoying the sites…
…and the streets of Guimarães.
Along with my hosts, Ferrie van Hattum and Natascha van Hattum-Janssen.
Lovely architecture…
…and parks…
…and streets…
…and plazas.
Here’s an archway framing the street…
…and the courtyard where we ate.
Natascha and Ferrie and I discussed educational research and practice over lunch.
And then looked around a bit more…
…and discovered yet another plaza.
This particular plaza recently had its trees removed…
…which turned out to be an unpopular change.
“Here was born Portugal!”
Here’s the inside of a church in Guimarães.
And a reflection…
…or two, just for you!
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Robot Programming and Testing

Please visit the RoboSlam blog to see the newest photos of our recent robot programming and testing activities. Here’s one of the featured photos form that post:

Engineering lecturers Frank Duignan and Mick Core explaining concepts to two Transition Year students at our May RoboSlam.

Engineering lecturers Frank Duignan and Mick Core explaining concepts to two Transition Year students at our May RoboSlam.

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Showing Off

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Joe Dennehy and Brendan Kennedy dropped by O’Connell House to see the photo show today. That really brightened my spirits (I lost a hard drive this morning and was having it replaced at the time).

Joe teaches Business at DIT and Brendan is an Engineering Technology student who helped me iron out kinks in the identity survey I conducted in collaboration with Mike Murphy.

While I was at O’Connell House, Lisa Caulfield purchased a photo. That was another highlight of my day!

I installed dots on the photos that have sold — a total of nine to date.
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Just Getting Started

I’ve uploaded more RoboSlam photos at http://roboslam.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/just-getting-started/.

Here are a few of my favorites from this post–just to whet your whistle:

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Photo Launch Fun

Dave Chance did a delightful job documenting events at the opening of my first photography exhibition, InterChanges: Reflections from Dublin and Beyond.  Thanks to all my fabulous friends and colleagues for coming out to support my work!

By the way, I’ve sold six photos to date.  If there’s one you see on the wall that you’d like to purchase, please let me know.  They are selling for 80 Euro each and sales are helping me recoup the cost of producing the show.

This is when things were just starting to roll….
My mum with Fulbright Ireland’s Courtney Cokley.
with former Fulbright Sinead Murnane.
with former Fulbright Sinead Murnane.
with (DIT engineering lecturer) Kevin and (his photographically inclined wife) Olive Gaughan.
Head of Fulbright Ireland Colleen Dube, her mum, and dean Mike Murphy.
Guests mingling.
with architect Patrick Flynn.
with architect Patrick Flynn.
Guests mingling.
Colleen Dube and Mike Murphy — my Fulbright hosts!
Sarah Conroy and Ted Burke.
with Dr. Mike Murphy.
with DIT engineering dean Mike Murphy, engineering lecturer Ted Burke, and web designer Sarah Conroy.
Mike Murphy, Sarah Conroy, and Ted Burke.
My co-teacher at DIT, Orla Hanratty.
Patrick Flynn and Eileen Goold.
Cara Delay and her husband, Paris.
with Fulbright Cara Delay and Paris.
Architecture lecturers Patrick Flynn and Jim Roche.
Former Fulbrights.
My mum, Cynthia Mara recited one of her poems about Ireland.
with Courtney Cokley.
My (former Fulbright) mom and me!
Architect Mairtin D’Alton and Marie Curie Scholar/former Fulbright Nancy Stenson.
Orla Hanratty and Kevin O’Rourke — both from DIT’s Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre (LTTC).
with Mom and Richard Hayes.
Tom Kelly, (Fulbright) Cara Delay and Paris.
Mike Murphy, Eileen Goold, and Notre Dame’s Lisa Caulfield.
A current Fulbrighter.
Orla Hanratty and her friend.
with Christine and (Fulbright) Scott McDonald.
with Colleen Dube.
with Colleen Dube.
with Jim Roche.
with architect Jim Roche.
Musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
Musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
Musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
Musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
Musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
Jerry Crilly
with Arcadia University’s Tom Kelly.
with Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
Musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
Musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
with musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
with musicians Frank Cullen and Jerry Crilly.
with musician Jerry Crilly.
Christine McDonald and architect Mairtin D’Alton.
with Fulbright Nancy Stenson.
with Fulbright Nancy Stenson.
withFulbright Nancy Stenson.
Jerry Crilly and Eileen Goold.
with Fulbright Ireland’s Joanne Davidson.
with Fulbright Scott McDonald.
Jerry Crilly and Dr. Eileen Goold.
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Learning to Teach Bot-Building

Please check out my newest RoboSlam post:

http://roboslam.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/learning-to-teach-bot-building/

Emma and Ryan with a their working robot.

Emma and Ryan with a their working robot.