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Personal Learning Network | State Library of Victoria - 7 views

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    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!
Aaron Davis

The Book Thief author Markus Zusak explains why failure is good for you at TEDxSydney t... - 8 views

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    Markus Zusak discusses the challenges of writing and why we should embrace failure. Interesting read.
Aaron Davis

Last Call - Medium - 0 views

  • 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.
Aaron Davis

6 Ways Teachers Kill the Joy of Reading | Brilliant or Insane - 22 views

  • 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
Aaron Davis

INF536 Case Report | Learn, do, teach... - 4 views

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    An investigation into the Ultranet from Heather Baille
Pam Delahunty

Dromkeen - 3 views

Still a great place! Try this link instead: http://www.dromkeen.com.au/

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anonymous

Languages of Melbourne detected from Twitter | Technical Blog - 1 views

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    This is an interesting use of Twitter- an interactive map showing languages other than English tweeted in Melbourne. 
Bright Ideas

Storify: Changing the way we tell stories | Bright Ideas - 1 views

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    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
Iman Habboucheh

Lazytown in schools - 0 views

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    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.
Iman Habboucheh

Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge - 0 views

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    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.
Iman Habboucheh

Book Week 2013 - 0 views

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    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)
Iman Habboucheh

Calendar of Events - 1 views

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    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 :)
Eva White

Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

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    Teachers in Finland use an approach of "whatever it takes" to prepare the students for life.
Amanda Pile

How do we grow a good person? | Young Minds 2013 | 17 - 18 June 2013 - 0 views

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    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.
Iman Habboucheh

Australia's Biggest Morning Tea - 0 views

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    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.
Melanie Cox

Diversity in YA - 2 views

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    A great blog by two authors, showcasing diversity in Young Adult fiction :)
Helen Belfrage

Google Is Eating The Internet - Phil Pearlman - 1 views

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    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.
Rachel Fidock

Adrian Camm's blog - 0 views

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    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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