UWCSEA Teachers

introduction to maps -- slideshow

Internet resources based on Leonard Read's famous essay, I, PENCIL

"The authors of this paper use characters from the 1998 film The Big Lebowski to illustrate the intricate, self-defined nature of information seeking behavior and the ways in which personal characteristics contribute to the success or failure of an information search."

"Skype, despite a few flaws like dropped calls and all that, is like having something out of The Jetsons in your classroom right now. In other words, video calls are now possible and even free for most types of calls. Between Skype and Google+ Hangouts, there's a lot of exciting connections being made every day over video"

presentation tool

a summary of how connected educators volunteered "on a tweet" to stream into our school and provide a LIVE professional development opportunity

Here are 10 youth innovators, from ages seven to 15, particularly worth noting and working on projects ranging from games to anti-bullying apps.

a cool tool that lets you choose up to 4 factors to help find you the next best book to read, including happy/sad, funny/serious, safe/disturbing, expected/unpredictable, etc.

All the great things that haven't happened yet, are history waiting to happen.

all about maps

"The Stella Prize is a new major literary award for Australian women's writing. The Stella Prize celebrates Australian women's contribution to literature. Named after one of Australia's most important female authors, Stella Maria 'Miles' Franklin (1879-1954), the prize rewards one writer with a significant monetary prize of $50,000. The Stella Prize will also raise the profile of women's writing through the Stella Prize longlists and shortlists, encourage a future generation of women writers, and bring readers to the work of Australian women. The Stella Prize will be awarded for the first time in 2013, and both fiction and non-fiction books are eligible."