Archive forMarch, 2008

Mar

30

Earth Hour “goes global”

March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

According to Reuters, more than half (58%) of Australian adults turned off their lights to support the second year of Earth Hour on Saturday night (March 29). In an amazing demonstration of the powers of viral marketing, Earth Hour made its way across the globe with an estimated 30 million people taking part worldwide. [kml_flashembed [...]

Mar

30

History televised!

March 30, 2008 | 6 Comments

Interested in History? Keen to explore the past? Based on the BAFTA award-winning TV series, Timelines.tv is a free, new and exciting on-line history resource. “It offers a wealth of quality TV documentary, arranged on interactive historical timelines that put you in control of your journey through the past. Timelines.tv spans the centuries. It’s rich [...]

Mar

23

“Hoax” sites and Critical Literacy

March 23, 2008 | 5 Comments

Helping students take control of their own learning is one of the most important challenges facing teachers. The (inquiry or constructivist) approach is based on providing students with opportunities to formulate their own research and create “artifacts” or “products” that demonstrate their understanding and skill development. However, it often becomes glaringly obvious that “research” to [...]

Mar

23

Finding images you can (legally) use

March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Compfight is a new search tool that allows you to search for images hosted on flickr (including creative commons options).

Mar

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World’s best practice

March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Described as “currently the most widely read worldwide study of what should lie at the heart of an education revolution” (SMH, Dec 2007), the McKinsey report, looked at the qualities of the world’s best performing schools in 2006 and 2007. Some of the most interesting points can be drawn from the case study of Finland, [...]