Hello from Ireland!
Greeting from Ireland!
Ok so far I have been the only Irish person on the MET course so I assume its the same here.
This is my 5th course and I am delighted to say that I have just finished all the ‘core’ subjects.
Now its down to the good stuff.
David Vogt, you, were one of the reasons why I began the MET course in the first place as I was impressed with the mix of ‘real-world-ism’ and training – so no pressure!
During the day I wear many hats, I work for the national broadcaster here in Ireland. I am a professional cameraman/editor/producer/director/etc and work on things like news, feature programs and documentaries. I also work in the IT engine room on Video On Demand (VOD) and catch up services, social media outlets and promos – here is the flag ship service the broadcaster offers – http://www.rte.ie/player
I am always asked for something good to do in Ireland when people visit.
Well here it is – the single best thing to visit in Ireland is to visit Skelligs Rock.The trip has everything, risk (weather)/adventure (its a few miles off the Atlantic Coast)/danger (300 steps on an open face)/history (monastic site for thousands of years)/wildlife (puffins everywhere – see pic below)/exercise (there is definitely no lift on the island visit).
In my down time and when I am not METing my bum off I do a lot of kitesurfing (hope to go on a kiting tour with the finnish kiting team in a few months) and when the wind is down I have been known to do a bit of plain aul surfing. I also golf but thats not as interesting to people I find!
By night I am batman, naturally – but don’t tell anyone.
Posted in: Week 01: Introductions
Jonathan 9:50 pm on September 4, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Ireland, hmm. Is this Stuart? Are you also taking 565A as well?
lullings 1:22 pm on September 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
sure am – going to be an interesting workload but thats what we are here for i guess
jameschen 12:46 am on September 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
By night, I am METman.. The RTE player looks interesting! Nice meeting you!
James
kstackhouse 6:15 am on September 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Great to meet you. You have an interesting job. As a Media teacher I feel very overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge I am lacking in the field. I am sure that I could learn a few things from you. I have a friend at CBC (Tech Producer for Hockey Night in Canada) and his wife works for the Toronto Film Festival. They have presented to my class before and I think I was more excited than my students. Best of luck this term.
Ken
lullings 5:20 pm on September 13, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hey Ken,
Keep me in mind for your next guest presentation to your class. I am always on the look out for new experiences.
S
kstackhouse 5:22 am on September 14, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
That would be great. I’m not teaching this semester but will be offering two Media Studies courses next semester. It is always great to have people that work in the field willing to help out. I had a director from Halifax come to my class two years ago. It was great as he helped the students edit some of their video projects. Much more meaningful for them to have someone in the business talk with them. Thanks!
avninder 10:16 am on September 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Stuart. I believe we were in ETEC 511 together last semester. I think this blog will provide quite a different experience than we had with Connect.
lullings 1:22 pm on September 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
yes it will avninder – delighted to be done with connect, but I am sure that it is just for now.
Peggy Lawson 7:13 pm on September 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Great to meet you Stuart – will be great to have an Irishman on board, and a different perspective from education. Thanks for the puffin pic – amazing birds! Peggy
Doug Connery 7:31 pm on September 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Stuart:
Great intro post, looking forward to working with you in the course.
I will also need to add Skeligs Rock to my to do list as the bird life, history and scenery look amazing.
Doug.