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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

Grounds of future play

Two weekends ago I went to an education resources expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre. Two things caught my eye in particular. And I'll share one now - The SmartUs Digital Playground. The whole set up is very futuristic. Kids are issued with RFID smart cards that can be recognised by readers sca
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

Some teachers are pricks, and then some

A simple investigation experiment looking at the pH of blood at a Tasmanian high school has turned into a biohazard scare after teacher somehow thought sharing needles would be totally fine for adolescent boys. In some muddled form of defence the teacher did “attempt to sterilise the needle with met
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

Date with Grace: Reverse facestalking

I wonder if Grace knows about this? Sydney facebookers can try to woo blondeshell Grace Carter by petitioning the event page. If she likes your “vibe” and your offer on the RSVP, she’ll go out with you. Could be more authentic than Kate’s Party. I stumbled across this through a sponsored ad, so I do
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

Future blast from the past

via Here’s Why Take in some futurology from the past in these videos – A combination of industry propaganda and promotions from the early 20th Century. “Frontiers of the Future” (A Screen Editorial With Lowell Thomas) (1937) Archive.org “To New Horizons” (1940) Archive.org “Century 21 Calling” (1964
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

If you are having trouble understanding the election

Hat tip: Dave the Happy Singer You can learn much from this video which offers a brief overview of recent politics and issues in Australia. Yes. It is true. In Australia we choose our leader by dangling rancid meat and political portraits before a crocodile pit and hurl beer cans at those crocodiles
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

Reality Boats

I sort of wish Get up would spend their funds putting non-partisan and worthy public education advertisements like this one on TV rather than random Abbott quotes. (That said, this one was pretty good too) Tagged: asylum, asylum seekers, australia, boat people, facts, figures, get up, humanitarian,
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

Let’s Dance

One of the things about being prepared to teach primary school is that, with a few exceptions¹, you are expected to teach across the curriculum in every area of learning.For many of my fellow students this meant the fear of being asked to teach Maths, Science, and Technology. No sweat for me, I'm a
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

Reality Boats

I sort of wish Get up would spend their funds putting non-partisan and worthy public education advertisements like this one on TV rather than random Abbott quotes. (That said, this one was pretty good too)
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It's Alive!! · 1Y ago

It is voting time again

That's right, I am crawling back to blog about important happenings this week in Australia. It's National Science Week. It seems I've missed out on alerting you to vote for your favourite Aussie scientist for the Eureka prize (I would have been supporting Evans and Smith for proving the intellectu
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