Great post! Thanks for adding! Howard Rheingold is a great person to follow for tips and knowledge in these areas. If you are on Twitter, look him up! I read a couple of his books last year and they were really great; very readable and useful. He writes great stuff about communities of practice, online tools and communication etc. This is a good podcast on building your internet search skills to find appropriate materials and weed out the inappropriate by asking the right questions.

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trailer and story about the random discovery of a fantastic artistic photographer, after her death!

Extremely powerful speech delivered at Gough Whitlam's memorial. Wide ranging in subject matter and providing a good history of cultural changes over the past 50 years in Australia as a result of political decision making.

Cate Blanchett speaking at Gough Whitlam's funeral. The story/transcript summarises, but the speech is actually more powerful and detailed in full.

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Article about the role of school and education - and that the academic learning is not what school is about. (Tertiary students - this is just as applicable for you as it is for younger students).

Monica as first viral subject matter. Bullying. Reputation. etc.

A kid surveyed famous writers on symbolism in their work, this is their responses.

Apple giving iTunes users free U2 album

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Guide to powerpoint for presentations.

Modernist style house. Real estate ad with interesting use of language and persuasion. Would be interesting to look at in conjunction with the pocast on modernism vs postmodernism... or for architecture or construction students.

Language is not neutral example: interesting interpretation of Harry Potter with references to other primary texts.

Language is not neutral: review of a book. Content is very controversial in terms of language use. No need to read the book, just look at the blurb text and comments from others on this page to get an idea of how language can spark a reaction.