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01 | Introduction
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ESB+Rethink Ireland
Impact Report 2020
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ESB+Rethink Ireland | Impact Report 2020 01 | Introduction
ESB
+Rethink Ireland
Impact
Report
The TechSpace Programme is a national creative
education programme of Camara Ireland. Camara
has a vision of an Ireland where all young people
have the skills to realise their potential and
confidently create their future. TechSpace is a
bilingual programme that empowers educators in
all learning spaces to be creative with technology in
order to broaden skills, aspirations and opportunity
for young people.
Unit 3, Guinness Enterprise Centre,
Taylor’s Lane, Dublin 8
www.camaraireland.ie | www.techspace.ie
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ESB Creative Tech
Fest 2020
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CTF 2020
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An Annual Network
Celebration
ESB Creative Tech Fest is an annual celebration event for the
National TechSpace Education Programme, with over 1,000 young
people aged 12-18, invited from across all counties in Ireland to take part.
Youth workers and teachers from the TechSpace Network are supported
to facilitate young people to showcase their creative technology projects
and take part in inspirational workshops, talks and exhibitions.
A Programme of
Kindly supported by
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1K 689
Digital Creativity
party packs
Young People
reached nationally
provided to young through an live
people online award
ceremony event
54 350
organisations took Young People from
part on the day from the Gaeltacht took
20 Counties part
2020 Called for a Digital
131 20
Youth Organisations Award Categories
were supported from across
across Ireland STEAM, Digital
Evolution of the Event Media and
Computer Science
Initially in May 2020, The TechSpace team met with 51 Cluster
Coordinators to establish the challenges faced by youth workers and
Gaelscoileanna in order for them to meet the needs of young people. On
the 28th of October 2020, young people logged in from home or attended
local zoom calls with youth workers and educators to view a youth award
ceremony and tour a national virtual reality ESB Creative Tech Fest
exhibition gallery.
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ESB Creative Tech Fest: Impact
Project Goals for 2020
1. Initially in May 2020, The TechSpace team met with 51 Cluster
Coordinators to establish the challenges faced by youth workers and
Gaelscoileanna, in order for them to meet the needs of young people. On
the 28th of October 2020, young people logged in from home or joined
local zoom calls with youth workers educators, amidst Level 5 Covid-19
restrictions, to view a youth award ceremony and tour a national virtual
reality TechSpace gallery.
Project KPIs Status at End of 2020
• 1000 Young People Reached • 1000 Virtual & Augmented Reality Party packs
delivered
• Representation from 26 Counties are supported 2. In preparation for the event, organisational support was carried out for
131 organisations across 26 counties. This support consisted of email
to access the event • 54 Youth Organisations and Gaelscoileanna took
and phone consultations, assessing the needs and status of youth
part
organisations.
• A 1.5 hour broadcasting award ceremony live
via a closed YouTube Channel • 18 Counties, incl. urban and rural
• An Online Virtual Reality Exhibition showcasing • 689 young people viewed an online bilingual live
young people’s work. award ceremony 1.5 hour
3. In response to the needs of youth workers and organisations highlighted,
a monthly award and network meet-up was established to continue to
• 1000 ESB Creative Tech Fest Party Packs • 5 Inspirational Guest speakers in the field of
STEAM grow a community of practice in the field of creative technology.
• 20 Awards given to a national representation of
young people engaged • 1 Stakeholder Tour
• Over 100 youth organisations are supported to • 158 Youth Project Entries
develop and submit their projects for the exhibition 4. Although the Virtual Reality Gallery showcased young people’s work in
a new and innovative way, the heavy file loads and scale up of project-
• 20 Award Categories across CS, Digital
Creativity & STEAM submissions this year meant that the requirements of the Virtual Reality
Gallery superseded expectations. Software company Sonalake offered
• 6 TechSpace Monthly Awards much required in-kind support during the development. As a result, a
powerful museum space to showcase the work of young people was
• 1 National Virtual Reality Gallery developed and there is great potential to grow this way of recognising the
work of young people and to develop the platform based on the needs
• 1 VR Scavenger Hunt for Young People and suggestions coming from young people.
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The Event in Numbers Stories of Impact
54
organisations took
14,803
YP are reached
part in ESB Creative
Tech Fest, across 20
annually by
organisations that
Meave in Listowel
counties attended ESB Creative
Tech Fest
Youth Service
Meave is a Drama Facilitator at St. John’s Theatre in Listowel,
County Kerry and first attended the TechSpace STEAM Online Course
in June. She first heard about the TechSpace programme through the
21% 43%
Creative Youth Partnership Sponsored by Creative Ireland based in Kerry
Education and Training Board. She facilitated an online programme for
young people during the initial Covid-19 lockdown to help them stay
connected and to continue to develop friendships and skill sets during
lockdown.
of orgs surveyed were of orgs surveyed are In March 2020, the Listowel Youth Drama Class came to an abrupt
Garda Youth Diversion urban, 36% are rural. halt. Covid-19 had forced them all to stay in their homes, go to school
Projects 21% of organisations online and wait. After a few weeks, the educators at Listowel Youth
surveyed have Service decided to see if Youth Theatre class could be facilitated online.
premises in both urban “It was a joy to see so many familiar faces appear on the screen”, says
+ rural locations. Maeve, “but not all theatre games can transfer over to online learning so
we decided to turn to digital content.”
The theatre group of young people worked together outdoors to
43% 57%
create soundscapes of their surroundings. According to Maeve, “The
task was to individually create field recordings based on a prompt from
the tutor and discussed with the class. Online we examined recording
devices and discussed professional recorders such as a H4n and then
what’s in your pocket such as a phone as a recording device.”
of educators surveyed of educators surveyed These young people are part of a large group from Listowel who
have been engaging in facilitated a Zoom take part in their local youth theatre and have a strong interest in theatre
digital youth work for party for their young and drama. They currently use mixed media and are working towards
0-1 years people taking part in video + audio production. Their educator, Maeve, has shown them that
CTF they can own their creative work via their own digital devices. They are a
reasonably new group and have become good friends through this project.
These young people have learnt to express themselves through digital
creativity, particularly during a time of isolation and Covid-19 restrictions.
The simplicity of this type of work lent itself to a time when people couldn’t
go out and experience the world together. The team were delighted to be
awarded Sponsored Adobe Software Licences to continue their Digital
Creativity activity as the TechSpace Monthly Award for August.
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Shaun in Finglas Youth
Resource Centre
Shaun is from Finglas in Dublin and is 11 years old. He was
referred to Finglas Youth Resource Centre after-school project when he
was identified as at-risk in school because of his anxiety and increasing
isolation. Mick McCullagh is a Youth Worker in FYRC and has been
involved in TechSpace since 2016. Mick works with young people based
on their interests and Shaun has an interest in rap music. When he was
asked to write about something that was important to him he came
back with the song “Anxiety” – a powerful portrayal of the impact which
anxiety has on him and his family. They recorded Shaun rapping using
Pro Digital tools and then put together a storyboard and made a music
video with the rest of the group. Shaun won a TechSpace Monthly award
and was subsequently asked to launch this year’s ESB Creative TechFest
2020 as the voice behind #FlipTheScript - a rap animation that shows
how TechSpace empowers young people to unlock their passions and
potential through the creative use of technology. Oisín in Foroige Doughiska
Shaun’s mum speaks very passionately about the positive
Oisín is a young teenager on the autistic spectrum from Galway.
transformation she has seen in Shaun since finding support and an outlet
Oisin initially joined a ‘Techspace Juniors’ group at his local family
for his creativity and recognition for his talent and bravery. Last year he
resource centre where the TechSpace is run by Foroige. At the TechSpace
wasn’t leaving the house or getting out of bed and now he attends school,
Oisin has learnt to merge animation to his coding and has built a doodle
participates in his local community and has the confidence to explore his
bot harnessing code from mindstorm as well as mixing with friends and
creativity with his teachers, youth workers and friends.
young people with similar interests. With support from mother Helen and
youth worker Tracey, Oisin was successful in winning the TechSpace
Monthly award in May for his coded animation: Autistically Awesome.
Óisin and his brother Naoise went on to take home the recognition of
“ESB Sustainability Superheroes” for their work on developing creative
projects using many creative approaches to technology and science.
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‘AUTISTICALLY AWESOME’ is a five minute powerfully emotive coded
animation created through Scratch 3.0 which intimately examines how What the Young People Said
Autism presents in Oisíns daily life. Mitchel Resnick the co-founder of
“
Scratch recently awarded the project his ‘favourite’ at the international I got to learn new things about science and I got to have fun creating and
‘coolest projects’ festival and went on to tweet about this unique and trying out new ideas that I mightn’t have thought of before.”
wonderful project. He says ‘l was very moved by this project. It’s wonderful
how the creator shares his personal story - and , in the process, helps
“
others gain a better understanding of Autism. It’s clear that he worked I’m friends with Adam Cunningham and it was fun to see him online!”
long and hard on this project, not just developing his programming skills,
but also developing his ideas and his voice. I love how the project ends
with the advice ; Just Be You’, Mitchel Resnick is the professor of learning
“
research at the MIT Media Lab. I think that, even though It would have been brilliant being able to
actually go up and do it all in person, the event was still really enjoyable
and I loved it all.”
“
Notably, Young people who took part in Feedback
This event has given me an interest in technology.”
Surveys for ESB Creative Tech Fest were most
interested in developing skills in Animation,
Photography, Robotics, Coding and Film Production.
“
I use the VR headset from my party pack to look at 360 pictures online.”
100% of respondents aged 10-18 said that
they would be interested in working in a job or
continuing their education in the area of STEAM,
“
Digital Creativity and Computer science. For future “I was delighted to receive the party pack as everything that had come in
direction on career choices,“It has because I had it was really exciting fun to try out and I would have been very jealous of
never considered this as like an appropriate job to my sisters and friends if I hadn’t gotten one.”
suit me in the future but now i really had enjoyed the
whole experience and I loved it all”.
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“ We absolutely loved tech fest. It was
excellently presented and very exciting
What the Educators Said
knowing we had some members who
entered. We are a youth club who holds
loads of different types of workshops
during the year. Thanks so much for
“ I found the whole experience very
uplifting and a great sense of optimism
and hope for the future.”
yesterday. Great fun!”
“ Thank you for coming down to Mullingar
to film us and thank you for featuring our “ Thank you all for this amazing
opportunity to delve into the world of
work on a national platform. The show technology.”
was great, fast moving and informative.”
“ The things I enjoyed the most about
taking part in the event were the “ I really enjoyed the build up to it,
[the TechSpace team] gave us great
variety of content and the creative support and we were shortlisted in two
platforms for accessing the event.” award categories. We had a great day
taking part and especially the hunt!”
“ We liked the acknowledgement of
all the work, participants and the live
running chat in the video sidebar. We
had a corresponding WhatsApp chat “ I enjoyed experiencing TechFest
through Virtual Reality. It was new and
with our young people and it created innovative.”
great excitement.”
“ Yes, the party packs were very good
and the instructions were clear and “ Given the circumstances, overall the
Techfest was a great success, the
easy to follow. I loved the notebook for young people loved the virtual galleries
the educators, thanks!” and really enjoyed the guest speakers”
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N = 33
Soldering and Circuitry: 3.9% 3D Design: 6.9%
Robotics: 9.4% 3D Printing: 6.9%
Recording Audio: 7.4%
Animation: 10.8%
Photography: 8.9%
Audio Production: 5.9% “ Ilonger
thought it could have been a bit
, or maybe that’s because time
Mobile Journalism: 7.9% flies while you’re having fun … Maybe
Coding with Scratch: 7.9% more time spent on winning projects
Graphic Design: 4.9%
Computer Science; 5.4%
or even the shortlisted ones? Overall
Gaming: 10.3%
Film Editing: 5.4% [the TechSpace team] did an amazing
job - the performers were brilliant. [The
Over 131 organisations were consulted via phone or e-mail as part of the TechSpace team] always does a great
annual programme of support that leads into the final event. Notably, the job with the young people in mind.
most popular areas for support requested from Educators was that of
Animation, Gaming, Coding, Photography and Recording Audio.
Well done!”
Educator Recommendations
for Next Time
“ More interactive elements needed.
“ It was an excellent concise event.
Possibly a live video link to certain
Young people were very bored and
logged off early. Maybe embrace some
projects to enhance the live feeling.” elements of the face-to-face Techfest
with more interactive challenges and
workshops.”
“ The resource was ok, but not everyone
found the VR Goggles useful, almost
all reverted back to the computer to
look at the exhibition gallery. But the
experience of the build up, resources,
contributions and the live event were
“ Maybe reduce the time of the live
event when it’s done virtually to help
extremely positive” keep attention.”
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Social Media and Press
Featuring ESB Creative
Tech Fest
ESB Creative Tech Fest was successful in a number of awareness
campaigns this year including #Flipthescript - This was a debut high quality
animation, created with support from ESB, released on Social Media to
showcase what the TechSpace programme means for young people.
Highlighting positive change that can happen in a young person’s life when
given the chance to challenge negative labels with a positive approach
was a key focus for 2020’s awareness campaigns. The animation was
accompanied by an original rap song from 11 year old MC Samra and was
received on national media stations such as Today FM, RTE and Newstalk.
Local ESB Creative Tech Fest stories, interviews and articles featured
on a wide range of press platforms in 2020. The local pride of young people
and educators who had created projects for the Virtual Reality Gallery,
supported the success of the ESB Creative Tech Fest becoming a National
Event with a Regional Approach. ESB’s in kind and dedication to the
mission and vision of the event was a key driver to this success. National Press also
supported the event this
Local Articles: year by creating:
— Irish Tech News
— Carlow Nationalist — Tech Careers Expo
— Connacht Tribune — The Irish Times
— Meath Chronicle — Today FM
— LMFM — Newstalk Jess Tech Talks
— Newstalk — Newstalks Pat Kenny Show
— TechCentral.ie — RTE Radio na Gaeltachta
— Advertiser.ie - Midlands Athlone — Dublin Maker Podcast
— ITCareers.ie Over 158 projects were developed to enter into 20 creative technology
— EchoLive.ie award categories for the ESB Creative Tech Fest this year. All were
— Dublin.ie showcased as part of a Virtual Reality Gallery Exhibition online. There was a
— The Avondhu lot of competition, but project assessors looked at some standout projects
for award categories that showcased a criteria of creativity, collaboration,
— Bray People critical thinking and communication 21st Century skills.
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of the Year
Engineers of Award Winners for NYCI Best
Imagination
Award ESB Creative Tech Online STEAM
Fest 2020 in Youth Work
Award
An 11-year-old TechSpacer from
Finglas, Co Dublin who, along with his
friends from Finglas Youth Resource
Centre after school group, won the ESB
TechSpacer of the Month award in June
Chun na proipeileadóirí a déanamh
Energy For for his creative rap ‘Anxiety’.”
cuireamar na ceallra isteach sa cás Generations Finglas Youth Resource Centre:
ceallraí agus rinnemer sóildeir de na Award Sphere 17 in Dublin put their metalwork Mc Samra, Anxiety
sreanga chuig an ingin beag chun skills to the test by making this unique
sreabhadh leictreachas a choinnigh and creative sculpture. Using scrap
tríd é bhfuairmear scragall stáin agus metal, lots of soldering and other
cupán uaidh an seomra tíos,cáirtlár,spré electronic materials, this project Sound
péint,péint acrileach agus téip uaidh an produced a metal creature with hidden Production
seomra ealaín.” Adam from Wicklow used materials from STEAM abilities.”
Coláiste Naomh Eoin: around the house to build this incredible
Sphere 17:
Spongebob Square Pants world STEAM racer. A combination of inventive
Technology
woodwork, metalwork and STEAM skills
led to the creation of this sleek racer
model, with a steady speed to boot!” I worked on this song over quarantine at
Ballywaltrim School Completion home, I self thought myself sound design
Programme: STEAM TechSpace and production on FL Studio.”
Sustainable Photography Foróige Birr:
STEAM Award Award Where’d You Go
Best STEAM Best Short
Award Entries Film
Previous TechSpacer of the year in Sarah took to after a late night Swim
2017 Adam has developed a project as part of her youth club photography
showcasing his journey of discovery workshop in her local volunteer led
and exploration into satellite imagery Foróige Youth Club in Syddan. Her photo
for this year’s ESB Creative Tech Fest ‘Jingle Bells’ has really detailed depth of
Sustainable STEAM Award.” We first took apart old disused field.” It was then the young members of
Foróige Blanchardstown Clubhouse: electronics to investigate their workings. Syddan Foroige Youth Club: the programme fully understood the
Satellite Imagery Project We then created figures and models Jingle Bells simple process of creating a piece of
from old disused electrical components, digital media and how they can achieve
using tools like soldering irons and glue it with only their own resources. After
guns.” the presentations, idea of adapting the
Carlow Regional Youth Service: murder mystery board game, CLUEDO
Electro Art into our own movie.”
Foroige CC Blanchardstown:
CLUEDO, Clubhouse Edition
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of the Year Volunteer Club
Best Design
Award
Best Music Helen has thrown herself into all of the Syddan Foróige club from Co. Meath has
Video Award TechSpace trainings available to her over 50 members who before lockdown
since becoming a Muinteoir Eolaíocht met weekly on Friday nights. The club
Roscommon Comhairle na nÓg (RCNN) on the island of Inis Méain with Coláiste is run by local volunteers and uses their
have continued working on issues Naomh Eoin. She quickly adapted her own and other local experience to try
affecting young people in County teaching practice and sought out some out lots of different activities including
Roscommon, throughout the pandemic, creative education support during the arts and sport. Technology is part of the
via online working documents and initial Coivd-19 lock down in March range of activities on offer now and the
Had a recording of this song done, and
video conference call meetings. Since 2020. Her enthusiasm to support young group have worked on steam and digital
was unsure what to put as the video.
last march, the committee successfully people to be curious and resilient in projects. Covid 19 has made it difficult
I was going to put just a video of me
e-launched a drug education booklet 2020 has developed her school and to meet up and run the club but the
singing in my bedroom, but this idea
entitled ‘Bury Drugs Not Your Dreams’ opportunities for young people to be volunteers and young people have been
came into my head, and I asked Angie
attention of the Irish Second-level creative using coding, STEM and Digital very resourceful and entered loads of
who I knew through the youth club
Students’ Union (ISSU). ISSU’s Education Creativity. She organised for her school projects for ESB creative tech fest 2020.
to give me a hand putting something
Officer and Welfare Officer made s p.” to take part in ESB Creative Tech Fest
together. Did a cover version of Adele’s
Youth Work Ireland Midlands: during her mid -term break and has Foróige
When We Were Young.”
Bury Drugs Not Your Dreams’ committed to the development of an
Fuse youth club Finglas:
Booklet Launch after school youth club on the island.
Covid When We Were Young
She is always full of ideas and adapting
her approach to ensure that any pupil TechSpace Sustainability
or young person she works with has
Superheroes
Creative had a positive experience when it
comes to science capital.”
Computer
Crossover Helen Ní Chríodáin:
Award Innovative CS ESB TechSpace Educator/Oideoir
Award
Oisin and his brother have been working
from home all through lockdown,
creating and experimenting with coding,
stop motion, building robots and
The project we are entering is a erupting volcanoes. His home is like
remote control forklift. The forklift uses During lockdown, I decided to improve a mini TechSpace hub! They are both
transistors and relays to translate the my coding skills and decided to create on the autistic spectrum and coded a
This group created a series of
low voltage signals created by 2 microbit my own video game in scratch. I decided Scratch project about his life and being
instructional videos for summer camp
processors into 9 volt signals which are that the theme of the game would be Autistically Awesome which won a prize
activities and uploaded them to their
then used to drive 3 motored, giving the climate change because I care about in our TechSpace Monthly competition.
website for their younger groups. They
forklift 6 separate functions.” saving our planet and about getting The EPIC SOLAR SYSTEM is 21 inches
had received MOJO training at the
climate change under control. This is the high and 42 inches wide.”
Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne: start of the summer and adapted their
link to my game, PLANETSAVER.” newly acquired skills to create a virtual Foróige, ARD family resource
Remote Control ForkliftSatellite
Imagery Project Gaelcholaiste an Phairsaigh: summer camp.” centre, Galway: OUR EPIC
PlanetSavers Clare Youth Service: ESB SOLAR SYSTEM’
TechSpace Community
Responder
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Future Thinking for ESB
Creative Tech Fest
The Virtual Reality Gallery will become a sustainable element of the
TechSpace Programme and Events for showcasing young people’s work
in a virtual environment into the future.
The shape of Tech Féile 2021 has been redeveloped based on
acheivements from ESB Creative Tech Fest 2020.
A monthly TechSpace Network Meetup will be hosted to ensure
educators have access to regular touch points with Camara Ireland and
are being supported to develop their projects.
The TechSpace Monthly Award will continue to be promoted to
ensure that young people remain engaged in STEAM and Digital Creativity
projects throughout the year and that celebrations are happening.
Developing a national Comhairle Teic na Óg and a Creative
Consultant network will also be a priority for 2021’s national event,
inviting and supporting young people who are passionate about all
things creative technology to have a voice and be the voice for ESB
Creative Tech Fest 2021.
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Taylor’s Lane, Dublin 8 www.techspace.ie
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