Second Level

All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) 2010

CNGL is running the second All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad in 2010. Over 250 students have taken part the first round. 70 students have qualified for the final in DCU on March 24th. CNGL has allocated a tutor to each school to offer guidance on how to tackle the linguistic and logic problems students will face in the final.

See the website for more details: AILO Website

CNGL at BT Young Scientist Exhibition on Thursday 14th January 2010

CNGL researchers exhibited at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition on Thursday 14th January 2010 from 09.30-12.30. Neil Peirce demo'd his interactive language learning game, Declan Dagger and Dominic Jones demo'd their TweetTranslate translation service which plugs into Twitter allowing users, with the click of button, to translate their tweet streams into multiple languages. Sara Morrissey demo'd her sign language translation tool. Thanks very much to Neil, Declan, Dominic, and Sara for getting involved in Young Scientist.

Sara Morrissey signing with a student at Young Scientist Exhibition 2010

Neil Peirce, Sara Morrissey, Declan Dagger and Dominic Jones at the Young Scientist Exhibition 2010

Find out more about the BT Young Scientist exhibition on their website: http://www.btyoungscientist.ie/

CNGL Teachers as Researchers Programme 2010

Primary and second level teachers have the opportunity to work in a CNGL research centre (DCU, UCD, TCD or UL) for 6-8 weeks during the summer. The intern works closely on a project with a research team. The aim of the internship is that the teacher can bring their expertise to the project and bring something tangible back to the classroom.

Example: A teacher tested and evaluated a content-free authoring tool with a researcher, populated the tool with appropriate teaching content and used it back in their classroom.

CNGL Transition Year Work Experience Programme 2010

CNGL runs a Transition year students (work experience) programme. Transition year students join CNGL for their work experience. Students will get to experience a busy research and office environment and work on small projects with their research team.

Example: A student was trained up on a Twitter app' called "Twanslate" that translates twitter messages and then demo'd it at the University Open Day.

Contact

If you are interested in taking part in any of these projects please contact:

Cara Greene (Education and Outreach Manager)
Tel: +353 1 700 6704
Email: cgreene (AT) computing.dcu.ie