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To celebrate its 80th birthday, the ABC created 80 Days That Changed Our Lives to showcase audio visual treasures from the ABC's 80-year-old archives. Large or small, a single day or months and years, moments of high drama or a gradual shift in attitude, the 80 events featured on this site were documented by the ABC because they made an impact at the time. Looking back at these moments, it's easy to see how certain events mark changes in the way Australians have lived and thought about the world and their place in it.

"ABC Splash is a new education website for Australia, packed with 100s of videos, audio clips and games. Totally free to watch and play at home and in school."

"The ABC has opened the archives and released a selection of archival materials for you to use. Find them online at the following sites:"

ABC Zoom is a browser-based game primarily aimed at year 9 and 10 students to bring back the fun in science learning. The core objective is to engage, via gameplay, with the fundamentals of charge and electromagnetic radiation, and gain a sense of their importance in the world around us.

"Want to be a reporter? Join ABC News journalist Del Irani as she takes behind the scenes of a newsroom and shares rare insights into the skills you need to find and tell the story. Sign up to the Splash newsletter for details of our 90-second news storytelling challenge, where you will tell the story. #ABCSplashLive"

A neat set of videos from the ABC looking at the Digital World, Mobile and portable devices, New ways to watch TV, Podcasting and Social Media.

Another piece to add to the debate about poetry vs. coding.

"NBN chief Mike Quigley wants an open debate on future options for the NBN. Recent developments in wireless technology mean there is a great deal more to be discussed about how the NBN connects to individual homes and businesses, writes Alan Kohler."

"There are few similarities: it appears that the Coalition's plans for Fixed Wireless technology and Satellite technology in rural areas may be similar (there's an near-total lack of detail in the Coalition's plans and much information is gathered through 'reading between the lines') but there are big questions regarding the differences in funding. Ultimately, the only obvious similarity is that people should be able to download web pages and videos a bit faster. Here follows each facet listed in detail. In the spirit of crowdsourcing, and with the phenomenal success of it in terms of NBN research, if you can add any more information one way or the other, please contact us or leave the details in the comments."

"Synthetic material capable of performing some of the functions of living cells has been built using a specially modified 3D prototype printer. Developed by researchers at Oxford University, the new materials, called 'droplet networks' could eventually be used to replace damaged human tissue or deliver drugs to specific locations."

"The explosion in 3D printing technology is now empowering those engaged in materials science research, education and commercialisation to do things not previously possible. These advances will have a staggering impact - they will accelerate the thought-to-thing process, delivering practical solutions sooner, but they'll also empower scientists to make unprecedented fundamental advances in science."

The Future of Schools ABC Radio interview with Prof Stephen Heppell

"A federal government discussion paper has proposed the creation of a children's e-safety commissioner to help protect children from cyber-bullying on social media. However not everyone agrees on the proposal, which opponents say is a slippery slope to government censorship, writes Damien Carrick."

My first go at sharing a link via Diigo ! Hope you guys get it !!!! ======================================================== Join us for a live online show about making your own computer games with Good Game's Bajo and Hex. What makes an awesome game? Sign up to our newsletter to find out how to send us games you've made in Scratch and Minecraft! #ABCSplashLive

"Should I turn my desktop computer off during a lightning storm? I've heard stories about lightning striking a house and ruining thousands of dollars of computer equipment. These people had all the anti-surge stuff and it didn't help. They even had the computer off; the on switch was still sending mains power to it from a wall. "