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TV3’s ‘The Gadget Buzz’ checks out technology in the classroom.
In the third episode of TV3’s new tech show ‘The Gadget Buzz’, Laura, Joe, Keith and Georgie look at the growing use of technology and gadgets in education.
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Video Link to view the third episode available on request.
‘The Gadget Buzz’ episode 3 airs Thursday 2nd October at 7.30pm on TV3.
TV3’s brand new technology show and the first of its kind in Ireland, The Gadget Buzz, returns this week with the third episode.
This week our four tech savvy reporters Laura Wood, Joe Donnelly, Keith Nolan and Georgie Gavin look at the growing use of technology and gadgets in education.
Laura visits St Aidan's Primary School in Enniscorthy to see how iPods and iPads have changed the classroom.
Teacher Barry Kenny told Laura that the children love them because of the interaction and the creativity they bring to the classroom.
“We’re trying to compete as teachers with you know, the kids go home, the kids have Playstations at home, they have Nintendos so we’re trying to compete in school with that kind of stuff, get their attention and keep them on task.”
We also take a detailed look at Microsoft's new Surface Pro 3 as a viable device for education and Gadget Guru Andy O'Donoghue considers some alternatives to the Surface Pro.
‘The Gadget Buzz’ episode 3 airs Thursday 2nd October at 7.30pm on TV3.
For more information on The Gadget Buzz’s presenters, see Notes to Editor.
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Notes to Editor
Laura Wood
Presenter, The Gadget Buzz, TV3
Laura Wood has extensive experience as a broadcaster on radio and television with more than a decade in the business. She is also a PPI radio award nominee and award-winning voice-over artist. She is currently a presenter on East Coast FM's breakfast show Freshly Squeezed, while continuing her work as a freelance TV presenter and voice-over artist.
Laura previously co-presented an RTE TV series on adult literacy called Read Write Now with Derek Mooney, and then presented two programmes for City Channel. In the first of those, City Buzz, Laura interviewed high-profile celebrities at Red Carpet events, and the other series she presented was a makeover show called Fashion Forward.
She then spent some time in TV3 where she was entertainment reporter for the news and Ireland AM, interviewing the likes of Daniel Craig, Daniel Day Lewis, Brendan Gleeson, Cliff Richard and Vanessa Redgrave. Four years ago, she completed an MA in TV and radio broadcasting with first class honours.
Laura now lives in County Wicklow and is a married mum of two young children, Roddy and Amelia.
Joe Donnelly
Presenter, The Gadget Buzz, TV3
Joe Donnelly is a radio presenter, producer, DJ and freelance writer from Kildare. He presented the breakfast show on SPIN 1038 for five years before moving to Newstalk where he produced, and occasionally presented, The Tom Dunne Show for four years. He is currently presenter of the drive time slot on TXFM, formerly Phantom 105.2, Dublin's alternative music station.
He has been a columnist and features writer for a number of publications including the Irish Independent and Hot Press magazine. In addition, he has edited a ten-part nature documentary radio series for the award-winning Wicklow-based Crossing The Line Production Company, and he has also had a short 'mockumentary' film screened at the Galway Film Fleadh.
He has been nominated numerous times for PPI Radio Awards, as a presenter and scriptwriter/producer, winning on two occasions.
He is a keen canoeist and swimmer, and enjoys walking his dog. Although, he may suspect it's a case of the dog walking, him rather than the other way round.
Keith Nolan
Presenter, The Gadget Buzz, TV3
Keith Nolan is a law graduate turned radio and television presenter with a passion for gadgets and fitness.
Having graduated from Griffith College Dublin with a degree in Irish Law, he then went on to complete his masters in Commercial Law from University College Dublin.
After taking a year out to travel, Keith returned to Ireland to pursue a career in media, presenting a show on Communicorp’s digital radio station FRQ FM. During that time, he worked as a freelance producer and content writer for SPIN 1038, where he also contributed to the weekend movie show We Love Movies with Gordon Hayden. As a self-confessed movie, game and tech nerd, he is now doing what he does best and working as an online promotions coordinator with Xtra-vision Entertainment & HMV Ireland.
Keith had his first taste of being in front of the camera whilst undertaking a presenting and production course at Park Studios. Now he is one of the fresh new faces as part of TV3’s latest tech show, The Gadget Buzz.
Georgie Gavin
Presenter, The Gadget Buzz, TV3
Georgie Gavin's media career started in 2008, as part time news reader for SPIN 1038. She became Breakfast News Anchor on the station in September, 2009. In 2011, Georgie took on the new role of News and Social Media Editor for SPIN 1038.
Following her success in this position and the growth of SPIN 1038's entertainment content, she became Group Entertainment Editor for Communicorp in 2014. Georgie is now responsible for entertainment across Today FM, Newstalk, 98FM,SPIN 1038 and SPIN Southwest.
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