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Kajsa Kjellström-KinsellaCEO & Founder of Second You.
Author | Editor-In-Chief | Publicist | Educator | Journalist | Creative Director | Designer Creativity has always been in Kajsa's blood and having grown up in a very musical, culinary, artistic, and creative family in southern Sweden, SecondYou was a natural step to continue her journey. As a child, given free rein to explore, challenge and develop her creative abilities in her father's multifaceted workshops, she forged a diverse career in writing, design, photography, journalism, education, tutoring, graphic design, content creation, styling, product design, product development, retail, and branding. As a published author, commissioning editor, and subsequently editor-in-chief, Kajsa has vast experience in the vitally important preparation and research process of content creation from pen to paper and ultimately to print, working for and with large international publishing houses for over 10 years as well as education organizations and bodies. |
Education, innovation, and creative development is a dominant driver in Kajsa's work and as creative director of the Commemorating Europe Day 2020 alongside Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú, she utilized her multilingual background in journalism, having relocated from Munich, Germany to county Wicklow in 2001. She has direct experience in developing 21 Century Artistic & Creative literacies with students and having led the Creative Schools Initiative in design and journalistic literacy with DWEC, her abilities in content creation, tutoring, and presentation came to full fruition.
Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire was selected as the only Irish-speaking primary school in Europe for this project, an initiative by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Ireland, Minister for European Affairs Mr. Thomas Byrne, and the European Commission focusing on calling attention to specific issues ethnic minorities face within the European Union. The completed project can be read in full on Issuu or as part of https://www.biomebioyou.eu/.
Working closely with Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú and Marco Neves as creative director on various international projects involving developing the 21 Century Artistic & Creative literacies with students, Kajsa has led the Creative Schools Initiative in design and journalistic literacy with DWEC on BioMeBiouYou, CPD, and CPA in various schools across Ireland.
Recently, Second You in collaboration with Gaelcholáiste na Mara was awarded the Communicating Europe Initiative 2021 as again, the only Irish-speaking secondary school in Europe, a project focusing on promoting dialogue on Ireland's relationship with Europe, giving secondary school students a digital platform to voice their concerns, hope and dreams when it comes to growing up, working, and living as a minority within the European Union.
Finally, Kajsa is leading the creativity aspects of, -The Digital and Green European team with DWEC in their ERASMUS+ project on Food Wastage and Gamification through Immersive environments. She is also a team member on the Flipped Classroom, Mentoring 21 Century European Schools post Pandemic, and Sustainability through 21 Century Multi-literacies with Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú and Marco Neves.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kajsakinsella/
Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire was selected as the only Irish-speaking primary school in Europe for this project, an initiative by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Ireland, Minister for European Affairs Mr. Thomas Byrne, and the European Commission focusing on calling attention to specific issues ethnic minorities face within the European Union. The completed project can be read in full on Issuu or as part of https://www.biomebioyou.eu/.
Working closely with Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú and Marco Neves as creative director on various international projects involving developing the 21 Century Artistic & Creative literacies with students, Kajsa has led the Creative Schools Initiative in design and journalistic literacy with DWEC on BioMeBiouYou, CPD, and CPA in various schools across Ireland.
Recently, Second You in collaboration with Gaelcholáiste na Mara was awarded the Communicating Europe Initiative 2021 as again, the only Irish-speaking secondary school in Europe, a project focusing on promoting dialogue on Ireland's relationship with Europe, giving secondary school students a digital platform to voice their concerns, hope and dreams when it comes to growing up, working, and living as a minority within the European Union.
Finally, Kajsa is leading the creativity aspects of, -The Digital and Green European team with DWEC in their ERASMUS+ project on Food Wastage and Gamification through Immersive environments. She is also a team member on the Flipped Classroom, Mentoring 21 Century European Schools post Pandemic, and Sustainability through 21 Century Multi-literacies with Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú and Marco Neves.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kajsakinsella/
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Dr. Daithí Ó MurchúInternational consultant and expert advisor in education, disruption & emerging technologies. Honorary Consul for Côte d'Ivoire to Ireland. Sainchomhairleoir & Consal Oinigh don Chósta Eabhair go hÉirinn.
It all began with Primary and Secondary Education and Headship in the 1980s leading to University leadership, emerging technologies and business transformation in the 1990s. The 2000s opened opportunities in the EU, e-learning, the CLOUD, e-maturity and ethical transformation in global business. Today it's AIoT, Industry5, iTechs, mindfulness, kindfulness, empowerment, inclusion and sustainability in all 'Green, Digital & Ethical', business practices globally. As Honorary Consul for Côte d'Ivoire to Ireland, opening up and enabling opportunities to change lives on so many levels and especially with empowering young girls and women in West Africa. It is a privilege to be globally acknowledged as a Key-note speaker, an accomplished eXtreme athlete and international 'disruptor'. Empathetic Creativity, Universal Design and Computational Thinking beyond business, education and Tech, are the Future of Now. |
Daithí is Senior Expert & Project Manager for several national, European and Global projects and initiatives.
He has vast experience of the Irish and International Education Systems and is a published author and keynote speaker, who sits on several EU and international committee, review and editorial boards. He began his teaching career in the 1970s and up to 2021, he has been appointed to numerous positions globally.
Daithí has worked as a Principal teacher, CEO, inspector, seconded university fellow, director of studies, expert advisor and global consultant in education, biodiversity, sustainability, innovation, business, transformation and ‘disruptive and green technologies’. He has spent his professional life engaging with ever evolving best-practices in teacher education, ‘emerging technologies’, ‘change management’, Sustainability, Nature Based Solutions Education (NBS), Digital and Green, environmental education, iTechnologies, AIoT and Immersive, biodiverse environments (XR).
His websites and other professional profiles further clarify his expertise as an International consultant and expert advisor. www.domurchu.com, www.biomebioyou.eu, www.jitl.ie, www.schoolfilmclub.com He has been heavily involved in both the National DSoD and EU, DSoE Projects in DWEC and also leads the Scientix4 NCP, EU Schoolnet initiative in schools and with the MOE, Ireland and the STREAMS Biodiversity and Creativity MOEs and International Digital and Transformative Schools of Excellence creativity and (NBS) initiatives.
As an external consultant with PODAR education, India (2019), and StandICT.eu (EU Standardisation Competences 2020-2023) and EASE (EU Association of STEAM educators 2021-2025), Daithí was and is responsible for the design, development, implementation and assessment of their competence framework in the whole-school evaluation of their Digital and Green strategies, curricula and projects. Recently (2020- 2023), he was contracted by EUN Partnership AISBL, to lead the team of EU experts in designing the future, European Digital Academy, Digital SkillUp course, on Emerging technologies (https://www.digitalskillup.eu/about/) . Presently, Daithí is an external evaluator for StandICT.eu to support prioritization of standardisation activities among experts, and reinforce European presence in international ICT standardisation. https://www.standict.eu/ and is the international, expert consultant advisor for PODAR Education India, https://www.podareducation.org/, Nobel College, Kathmandu, Nepal, http://www.nobelcollege.edu.np/ and Munfarid XR Consultain, Bahrain, among several others, https://www.munfarid.org/ among others.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-daith%C3%AD-%C3%B3-murch%C3%BA-57228624/
He has vast experience of the Irish and International Education Systems and is a published author and keynote speaker, who sits on several EU and international committee, review and editorial boards. He began his teaching career in the 1970s and up to 2021, he has been appointed to numerous positions globally.
Daithí has worked as a Principal teacher, CEO, inspector, seconded university fellow, director of studies, expert advisor and global consultant in education, biodiversity, sustainability, innovation, business, transformation and ‘disruptive and green technologies’. He has spent his professional life engaging with ever evolving best-practices in teacher education, ‘emerging technologies’, ‘change management’, Sustainability, Nature Based Solutions Education (NBS), Digital and Green, environmental education, iTechnologies, AIoT and Immersive, biodiverse environments (XR).
His websites and other professional profiles further clarify his expertise as an International consultant and expert advisor. www.domurchu.com, www.biomebioyou.eu, www.jitl.ie, www.schoolfilmclub.com He has been heavily involved in both the National DSoD and EU, DSoE Projects in DWEC and also leads the Scientix4 NCP, EU Schoolnet initiative in schools and with the MOE, Ireland and the STREAMS Biodiversity and Creativity MOEs and International Digital and Transformative Schools of Excellence creativity and (NBS) initiatives.
As an external consultant with PODAR education, India (2019), and StandICT.eu (EU Standardisation Competences 2020-2023) and EASE (EU Association of STEAM educators 2021-2025), Daithí was and is responsible for the design, development, implementation and assessment of their competence framework in the whole-school evaluation of their Digital and Green strategies, curricula and projects. Recently (2020- 2023), he was contracted by EUN Partnership AISBL, to lead the team of EU experts in designing the future, European Digital Academy, Digital SkillUp course, on Emerging technologies (https://www.digitalskillup.eu/about/) . Presently, Daithí is an external evaluator for StandICT.eu to support prioritization of standardisation activities among experts, and reinforce European presence in international ICT standardisation. https://www.standict.eu/ and is the international, expert consultant advisor for PODAR Education India, https://www.podareducation.org/, Nobel College, Kathmandu, Nepal, http://www.nobelcollege.edu.np/ and Munfarid XR Consultain, Bahrain, among several others, https://www.munfarid.org/ among others.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-daith%C3%AD-%C3%B3-murch%C3%BA-57228624/
