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TEDxSydney is returning to Carriageworks on Saturday 26 May 2012. We look forward to bringing you another inspiring and entertaining day full of Australian Ideas Worth Spreading.

Lori Gracey from TCEA kick it through the goal post on Thursday Oct 7th 2010 with her 60 sites in 60 minutes presentation. Despite the lack of a decent internet connection,she lept everyone entertained during her presentation which was , well, focused on internet connections

Our partners on this campaign to save the net: * Amnesty International Australia * Australian Lawyers Alliance * Australian Network for Art and Technology * Civil Liberties Australia * Human Rights Coalition * Human Rights Council of Australia * Human Rights Law Resource Centre * Libertus.net * National Arts and Cultural Alliance * Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance * Public Interest Law Clearing House * Somebody Think of the Children

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people.

"What Makes a Great Teacher? Image credit: Veronika Lukasova Also in our Special Report: National: "How America Can Rise Again" Is the nation in terminal decline? Not necessarily. But securing the future will require fixing a system that has become a joke. Video: "One Nation, On Edge" James Fallows talks to Atlantic editor James Bennet about a uniquely American tradition-cycles of despair followed by triumphant rebirths. Interactive Graphic: "The State of the Union Is ..." ... thrifty, overextended, admired, twitchy, filthy, and clean: the nation in numbers. By Rachael Brown Chart: "The Happiness Index" Times were tough in 2009. But according to a cool Facebook app, people were happier. By Justin Miller On August 25, 2008, two little boys walked into public elementary schools in Southeast Washington, D.C. Both boys were African American fifth-graders. The previous spring, both had tested below grade level in math. One walked into Kimball Elementary School and climbed the stairs to Mr. William Taylor's math classroom, a tidy, powder-blue space in which neither the clocks nor most of the electrical outlets worked. The other walked into a very similar classroom a mile away at Plummer Elementary School. In both schools, more than 80 percent of the children received free or reduced-price lunches. At night, all the children went home to the same urban ecosystem, a zip code in which almost a quarter of the families lived below the poverty line and a police district in which somebody was murdered every week or so. Video: Four teachers in Four different classrooms demonstrate methods that work (Courtesy of Teach for America's video archive, available in February at teachingasleadership.org) At the end of the school year, both little boys took the same standardized test given at all D.C. public schools-not a perfect test of their learning, to be sure, but a relatively objective one (and, it's worth noting, not a very hard one). After a year in Mr. Taylo

Video that compares educational games and entertainment games. It argues that we should 'enable learning' through tangential learning in games rather than have lesson style games.

Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age will bring together 200 of the nation's top thought leaders in science and technology, informal and formal education, entertainment media, research, philanthropy, and policy to create and act upon a breakthrough strategy for scaling-up effective models of teaching and learning for children. The forum will showcase cutting edge research, proven and promising models to challenge decision-makers in key sectors to help "refresh and reboot" American global leadership in education.

"Music video by Brad Paisley performing Welcome To The Future. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 86,896 (C) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment"

Etihad Airways is the second largest airline of the UAE and it was established by Royal Decree in July 2003. The operations commenced in November 2003. The company is now fast growing in terms of its operations, influence, and services. Since this prestigious company is now speedily growing, they need to hire people who are best in their own field of expertise. Why do you need to be part of Etihad Airways? The airline's vision is to be the center of hospitality between the East and West. Its goal is to be a great global airline in the 21st century. Every year, the company always receive awards. One of its achievements is "World's Leading Airline at the World Travel Awards for five successive years.

Where do you think is the best place to invest your money? Most people will definitely think that it will be better to invest their money in a bank. Yes! It's good to invest your money in banks to gain interest but do you know that money can also be invested online? Not only your money will be safe but you will also gain interest from it up to 14%. Are you interested now? If you are interested, try to visit https://recyclix.com/ and know more about it.

We are now in the 21st century where technology is already advance. To put it simply, all things can be done easily. Years ago, the only communication we had was through the mails but now we have phones and smartphones which are a great help to everyone. Since technology is fast evolving, you can now buy a lot of stuff online. How will you know that it is safe to buy the things that you want online? Tips on how to shop online: 1.Rely on family, friends, and consumer organizations for recommendations. 2.Do not buy expensive products from merchants you do not know.

One of the most respectable groups in the UAE, Sharaf Exchange LLC was established in 1996. It is actually part of Sharaf Group, a highly diversified business with operations in a lot of areas such as Education and Manufacturing, Shipping, Logistics, Travel and Tourism, Financial Services, Information Technology, and Hospitality & Real Estate. As for Sharaf Exchange, it belongs to the Financial Services area.

Jobs Abroad, Work Abroad, International Jobs Online - Nowadays, people are having problems to be employed in a company that can give them the benefits they want. Well, we have good news for you! There are plenty of job opportunities for you in Axiom Telecom! The company was founded by Faisal Al Bannai, an Emirati entrepreneur. The mission of this prestigious enterprise is to endlessly innovate to be the best destination for their partners and customers. Their vision is to provide service for mobility products and solutions that improve the quality of life for their customers. The goal of this establishment is to revolutionize the industry.The company thinks that there is a better way to trade and distribute mobile devices and accessories, so they decided to modernize the trade industry.The company started to operate in the year of 1997.

Jobs Abroad, Work Abroad, International Jobs Online- There are a lot of companies in the world but we want to recommend a company that can give its employees what they deserve. One of the companies we want to endorse is Dubai Duty-Free. It is a company responsible for the duty-free operations at Dubai International Airport. It is one of the biggest airport retailers in the world in terms of sales in the year 2012.

Purpose: This lecture, reflecting on future roles, posits the potential dawning of a "great age of librarians," if librarians make the conceptual shift of focusing on their own skills and activities rather than on their libraries.