On May 10, 2008 at 18:00 GMT organizers will kick off the first Pangea Day, a global event bringing the world together through film. The premise of the global event is to screen 24 films from around the world over a 4h period. There will be events held in most cities around the world, but [...]
I should probably just link this entire website to the TED website, since it has been my recent source for amazing content. In a recent talk at TED Dave Eggers explains the creation of a free tutoring centre he started in San Fransisco. It is run out of the front section of a magazine/book editing [...]
An impressive collection of original documents has been placed online by the National Archives. It boasts a fancy flash based interface that allows interaction and navigation of the documents. Searching and connecting documents is done via tags. On a brief first look it’s pretty, but I found it slow to navigate through the documents — [...]
I’d heard about this DIY interactive whiteboard project before, but hadn’t actually seen it in action. He used a Wii remote and a home made IR pen, and demonstrates drawing, multi-touch surface interactions, and amazing head-sensing safety glasses. After watching this video I think every school should pool the change they find in the halls [...]
A great article at Weblogg-ed, and one that hits home for me as I am very googleable, talks about employers performing an Internet search on potential candidates, and how this more-and-more common act should shape how we teach children about their online presence. I often wonder what the next few years will look like, when [...]
The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has just joined The Commons project at Flickr and added some 200 photos from around Sydney and New South Wales from the turn of the 20th century. The first member of The Commons was the Library of Congress in the USA. They have added over 3,000 high quality photos to [...]
I recently found 20 minutes to sit down and watch a TED Talk with Alan Kay, titled ‘A powerful idea about teaching ideas’. It is a talk given by Alan in March 2007, but just found its way online this March. I haven’t watched nearly enough content provided by TED, and plan to watch most [...]
The Toronto Star is reporting that students from low socio-economic homes are lagging behind the general population on standardized tests. The findings are drawn from research performed on data from Manitoba, and show that 3/4 of students in this group who write the tests are attaining a passing grade. The problem is that a number [...]
