I want to wish them the best of luck and much success on their trip and with the blog once it goes public (check back and I will post a link to the site here).

Note: A special debt of thank to Antonio Viva, Worcester Academy, WAMash and edSocialMedia for inspiring Irish Studies.

This past summer the Irish Studies program was featured at two conferences, one sponsored by edSocialMedia at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia and the other at the Whipple Hill Users Conference in Boston. At these conference we shared how we had changed the program to include the use of WordPress, Flickr, YouTube and Twitter, moving away from traditional static content and to a format that allows for greater interaction between the students and a much broader audience.

The attendees had many questions about process, privacy and the level of effort that went into the new format. They heard what was involved and the level of effort that was required prior to traveling and once we were in country and were extremely interested and impressed with the level and quality of the students work.

Most recently MKA’s Irish Studies program was featured in a video interview with Peter Baron on the edSocialMedia web site titled “MKA Irish Studies Goes Social” where we discussed the program, it’s history and our plans for the future.

It is nice to see that after 10 years of work and devotion to the program that the excitement and interest in what we are doing is still there and shared by others.