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Two quick videos from the Exhibition – the first is with Adrian Weckler (of the Sunday Business Post) and the second is with Donna McCabe and Science.ie.

Here is the report on my Young Scientist project, entitled Examining the Attitudes of Secondary School Students toward Blogging. Some background: To do this project, a two page questionnaire was posted out to 13 schools from 5 counties (a copy … Continue reading →

Sitting here in the hotel room, hoping I get this typed up in the little hour-long window of opportunity I have to use the internet (stupid voucher pass). The Young Scientist is officially finished, and my poster is lying, rolled-up, … Continue reading →

I’m not going to lie to you. Having no internet at the hotel makes Tommy a very unhappy bunny. It also impedes this blog’s progress. Indeed, in what experts are calling ‘pretty fail’, I’m stuck doing the day 2 post … Continue reading →

..of the Young Scientist? The one-page proposal? Being accepted? Doing the project? Printing the project? Arriving at the RDS? If it’s printing it, then this post marks the beginning of the *breath* 2010 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition :) … Continue reading →

As I suspected, some changes have been made to the questionnaire; and I start printing it out tonight. Where I plan on making my study stand out is the sheer volume. If I can get 2,000 (an entirely reachable number) … Continue reading →

So, my Young Scientist project (“examining the attitudes of secondary school students toward blogging”) is chugging along nicely; I’m hoping to hand out the questionnaire to the first school tomorrow; which should really get the wheels turning. Here’s what it … Continue reading →

Today, the Young Scientist teacher took me out of Spanish to tell me that my Young Scientist project, which is entitled Examining the attitudes of secondary school students toward blogging, was accepted, and I’ll be presenting it at the RDS … Continue reading →