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"MissionV is providing a highly creative, totally immersive, game based learning environment for primary and post primary students. We're putting the focus on 21st century skills, helping chidren to become original digital creators with 3D modeling and programming skills. MissionV allows high potential students from all backgrounds to connect, create and collaborate in a 3D world entirely of their own making."

Home> ICT Week> Primary ICT Trails The following activities take place at Federation Square and surrounding organisations. Attendees require registration. Entry is free. To register click on Tickets link and state the number of tickets you require. The following program also indicates where student places are limited.

"This plea doesn't apply to the teachers (or administrators, for that matter) who have figured out that Wikipedia is an incredible knowledge store, cornucopia of primary sources, and go-to site for most the free world. Rather, this plea is for those who, instead of teaching students about Internet site credibility, fact checking, verification, and crowdsourcing, choose to simply prohibit the use of Wikipedia."

Interesting blog post that explains the sillyness behind filtering Wikipedia from students doing classroom research.

"So what do you do in your school? Do you have a list of 'silly' jobs that the children could take over? Or better yet, new jobs that they could take responsibility for?"