Autistic youth finds voice

Creating Art from Data: Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity

This morning as I was preparing lunches for the day I watched this TED talk by Aaron Koblin and was both amazed and inspired. For me this short talk was particularly interesting from the fact that it is based on making use of data, the meaningless stuff, that can be collected or is created by [...]

Spark Art 4 Girls, An initiative with Digi-Girls and Aus. National Career week

I received a flyer by email today that sounds like a fun and authentic learning experience for those that get involved. It is aimed at mid to upper secondary students and will be held at North Sydney College on May 25 and 26 2011. Read below for more information: Digi-Girls Spark Art course is a [...]

The Question of Learning

Sitting in a room full of educators I was intrigued by a statement that a presenter displayed to us. The statement is: “Learning is a social practice where the process in critical ways comprises the product” (Mc Laughlin and Zarrow in Adger, 2002) So why did this statement distract me from the reason for the [...]

A Blog for innovation and inspiration

This Blog belongs to Gary Hayes, a guy that has his finger on the pulse of many emerging technologies, especially those relating to multimedia and portable devices. His discussion of emerging social trends, augmented reality and some of the ideas he is/has worked on are innovative and inspirational. This is one blog worth checking.

For Reflection: Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling

I was recently sent reference to this video of a Valedictorian delivering her final speech and was intrigued by the title that it was about a student speaking out against her schooling. I encourage all other educators to watch this clip and reflect on what is said. I found that it raised a lot of [...]

Online resource: Ideas for VoiceThread

Top 6 Ways for Faculty and Students to Use VoiceThread. . . 1. Student Collaboration: Students collaborate on group projects by uploading content, adding comments, and discussing assignments and presentations. 2. Student Discussions and Peer Feedback: Students discuss topics that are assigned by the instructor or self-directed, such as summaries of reading materials, and post [...]

A crazy list of resources: Discovery College on NetVibes

Thank you to the person/s who compiled this extensive list of online resources:

Interactive Whiteboards: Leading us into the 21st century or chaining us to the past?

This is a very thought provoking set of slides used by Chris Betcher at a conference at the 2010 IWBNet conference on the Gold Coast. Thank you Chris for creating this resource. Interactive Whiteboards: Leading us into the 21…, posted with vodpod

All the Great Operas in 10 Minutes

Here is an interesting clip that showcases some famous operas in under 10 minutes. This may be useful for educators wishing to introduce elements of this historic and important form of music to students that may be resistant to this particular genre. Have a look and see what you think. From Youtube: ” What is [...]