Category: Environmental

Shared fictions

Posted by | Published on October 10, 2018

‘Human power depends on mass cooperation, mass cooperation depends on manufacturing mass identities – and all mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on […] 

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The State of the Birds (Citizen Science)

Posted by | Published on August 2, 2015

The long-term goal of this project is to establish a set of bird indices for all major Australian bird groups, so that future SOAB reports […] 

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Resources for Citizen Science

Posted by | Published on July 24, 2015

The Maximising the Capacity of Citizen Science for Science and Society conference run by the Australian Citizen Science Association has showcased a wide range of projects and resources that […] 

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Citizen Science in our Schools?

Posted by | Published on July 23, 2015

“Citizen Science is a partnership between individuals and scientists for investigating pressing questions about the world. The purpose of this conference is bring together the Australian […] 

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May 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on June 2, 2015

Certain books, though, like certain landscapes, stay with us even when we have left them, changing not just our weathers but our climates. Robert MacFarlane […] 

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Posted by | Published on October 19, 2013

Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on […] 

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Posted in Digital life, Uncategorized

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Posted in Digital life, Education, Professional development, Web 2.0

The revolution is being televised: http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au/computer_fund/round_one/nsw.htm and it will be wonderful. We have an opportunity now to really start to innovate and re-position schools as relevant 21st century educational institutions. […] 

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Posted in Education, Featured, Government, Professional development

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Posted in Digital life, Professional development

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