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Personal Learning Network | State Library of Victoria - 7 views

slv.vic.gov.au/3600 PLN
shared by Bright Ideas on 29 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Bright Ideas on 29 Jan 13
     
    Registrations are open for the 2013 PLN course. It's now 7 units long, and will help you get organise, find free PD, start blogging and connect with other educators. Registrations close March 4 so spread the word!
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The Book Thief author Markus Zusak explains why failure is good for you at TEDxSydney t... - 8 views

mobile.news.com.au/...story-fnixwvgh-1226894875357 author failure learning
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  • Aaron Davis on 26 Apr 14
     
    Markus Zusak discusses the challenges of writing and why we should embrace failure. Interesting read.
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Last Call - Medium - 0 views

medium.com/...last-call-c682f6471c70 newspapers media media studies social media
shared by Aaron Davis on 27 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Contrary to the contrived ignorance of media reporters, the future of the daily newspaper is one of the few certainties in the current landscape: Most of them are going away, in this decade.
  • rom the advertiser’s point of view, the nation’s newspapers have become little more than a blue-bag delivery service, with a horoscope and enough local sports inside to get people to open the bag.
  • first, get good at understanding and presenting data. Second, understand how social media can work as a newsroom tool. Third, get whatever newsroom experience you can working in teams, and in launching new things.
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  • The death of newspapers is sad, but the threatened loss of journalistic talent is catastrophic. If that’s you, it’s time to learn something outside the production routine of your current job.
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6 Ways Teachers Kill the Joy of Reading | Brilliant or Insane - 22 views

www.brilliant-insane.com/...s-kill-the-joy-of-reading.html English Reading
shared by Aaron Davis on 30 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • 1–Clinging to the classroom novel
  • 2–The “Don’t-read-ahead” directive
  • 3–Telling kids what they can’t read
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  • 4–Not reading in class daily
  • Readers read daily; it’s this simple.
  • 5–Assigning worksheets and book reports
  • 6–Not celebrating the joy of reading
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INF536 Case Report | Learn, do, teach... - 4 views

thinkspace.csu.edu.au/...inf536-case-report Ultranet education
shared by Aaron Davis on 05 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Aaron Davis on 05 Nov 14
     
    An investigation into the Ultranet from Heather Baille
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Languages of Melbourne detected from Twitter | Technical Blog - 1 views

esriaustraliatechblog.wordpress.com/...ages-of-melbourne-from-twitter twitter
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  • anonymous on 30 Apr 13
     
    This is an interesting use of Twitter- an interactive map showing languages other than English tweeted in Melbourne. 
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Storify: Changing the way we tell stories | Bright Ideas - 1 views

slav.global2.vic.edu.au/...anging-the-way-we-tell-stories bifb brightideas posts
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  • Bright Ideas on 12 Feb 13
     
    Storify is one of our favourite sites, as it takes a whole new approach to story telling. We use it for putting together tutorials, summarising conferences and we think it has some amazing possibilities in the classroom. November 30, 2012 at 01:23PM
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Lazytown in schools - 0 views

www.performersinschools.com.au/cals-lazytown-healthy-eating-2 Lazytown schools performance healthy choices
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  • Iman Habboucheh on 21 Mar 13
     
    This is a performing group for children. Recommended age group of 3 to 7. All of our year preps, ones and twos have found this performance very entertaining and enjoyable. Focus on healthy eating, healthy choices.
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Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge - 0 views

www.education.vic.gov.au/prc Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge
shared by Iman Habboucheh on 21 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Iman Habboucheh on 21 Mar 13
     
    I describe this site to my classes as an online (electronic) reading log. I feel that they are able to understand it better if I use that phrase, as many children think that they need to log in and read books from the site.
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Book Week 2013 - 0 views

cbca.org.au/bookweek.htm Book Week Short listed Books
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  • Iman Habboucheh on 21 Mar 13
     
    You are able to find this year's theme for book week and all the necessary merchandise and many ideas that you may implement into this years theme. You can also find the short listed books for this year (eventually)
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Calendar of Events - 1 views

australia.gov.au/...calendars-of-events Calendar Events
shared by Iman Habboucheh on 21 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Iman Habboucheh on 21 Mar 13
     
    This site enables you to see what is going on in Australia and around the world. I use the Calendar of Events to see what is coming up and to also remind me of what is coming up. I am then able to prepare lessons or focus on an event and obtain information that is required, to share with the classes and my colleagues. Very, very helpful :)
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Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

www.smithsonianmag.com/...nlands-Schools-Successful.html education success stories finland school individualised learning
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  • Eva White on 21 Mar 13
     
    Teachers in Finland use an approach of "whatever it takes" to prepare the students for life.
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How do we grow a good person? | Young Minds 2013 | 17 - 18 June 2013 - 0 views

www.youngminds.org.au education communication learning
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  • Amanda Pile on 22 Mar 13
     
    Featuring special guest His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Young Minds 2013 is an exciting forum exploring the vital issues facing our youth today. Be engaged and motivated by a summit of 40+ leading thinkers.
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Australia's Biggest Morning Tea - 0 views

www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/?gclid=CMzHr_LAjbYCFW06pgodhigAKA Australia's Biggest Morning Tea Cancer Council Fundraising
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  • Iman Habboucheh on 21 Mar 13
     
    This is an annual event that not only brings people together, it also gives hope, inspiration and a sense of community. I am able to obtain all the information required to host such an event from this site.
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Diversity in YA - 2 views

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  • Melanie Cox on 22 Mar 13
     
    A great blog by two authors, showcasing diversity in Young Adult fiction :)
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Google Is Eating The Internet - Phil Pearlman - 1 views

philpearlman.com/...google-is-eating-the-internet Search engines
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  • Helen Belfrage on 24 Mar 13
     
    Early on, while every internet company was trying to get you to and keep you on its website, Google was busy sending you away happy. People would go to Google to search, find what they were looking for and then leave. It was a genius and counterintuitive move.
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Adrian Camm's blog - 0 views

adriancamm.com adrian camm gaming games in education
shared by Rachel Fidock on 24 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Rachel Fidock on 24 Mar 13
     
    Camm is a leader in game-based learning (among other things). Great blog to subscribe to. Click on the 'games in education' tab to go to wikispace full of games to use.
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