Tag: DNA

Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich #review and my #reading in April

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on April 27, 2018

“The breakthrough that all archaeologists have been waiting for; a truly exciting account of the way in which ancient DNA is making us rethink prehistory. […]

Posted in Featured | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", aDNA, David Reich, DNA, reading, reading in 2018 | Leave a Comment

MyData: Personalising the Curriculum

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 15, 2017

Recently I presented DNA: Personalising the Curriculum at the WHAT IF? Embracing complexity through curriculum conference which has reinvigorated my belief that we need to make some profoundly important changes […]

Posted in Education | Tagged digital citizenship, DNA, MyData | 3 Comments

Personalising Learning in the Age of Knowledge

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 14, 2017

“The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.” […]

Posted in Education | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", Adobe, DNA, human genographic project, National Geographic, PTS | 2 Comments

NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: Washington #3

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 21, 2016

“The Genographic Project is an ambitious attempt to answer fundamental questions about where we originated and how we came to populate the Earth. Through your […]

Posted in Education, Professional development, Travel | Tagged aDNA, Adobe, Adobe Spark, citizen science, DNA, genetics, genome, human genographic project, National Geographic, PTS, Smithsonian | 2 Comments

NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship Study Tour: New York #1

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 7, 2016

“No one should come to New York…unless he is willing to be lucky.” […]

Posted in Digital life, Education, Professional development, Travel | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", citizen science, DNA, NSW Premier's Teaching Scholarship, PTS | 2 Comments

Coming to America

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 19, 2015

My study tour focuses on how the latest learning about new and emerging technologies, such as non-medical DNA analysis, can be shared effectively and ethically […]

Posted in Education | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", citizen science, DNA, human genographic project, NSW Premier's Teaching Scholarship | 3 Comments

Citizen Science and Big History

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 24, 2015

National Geographic encourages student citizen scientists to participate in their Genographic Project, which employs cutting-edge genetic and computational technologies to analyse historical patterns in DNA […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", citizen science, DNA, Dr Spencer Wells, human genographic project, National Geographic, Professor Bert Roberts, Professor David Christian | 6 Comments

DNA & My Ancestral Tree

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on January 26, 2015

I was adopted as a baby. My adoptive parents made no secret of that fact but never had any information they could share about my […]

Posted in Featured | Tagged adoption, ancestry, Denmark, DNA, Family Tree Magazine, genealogy, Jane Austen, Wordsworth | 7 Comments

Iceland: North of the Wall

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 14, 2014

It rained incessantly and the wind was fierce but our time in Iceland was rewarding. The light, the landscape, the relaxed ambience and the people […]

Posted in Travel | Tagged Blue Lagoon, deCODE, DNA, Golden Circle, history, Iceland, literature, Reykjavik, sagas, Vik | Leave a Comment

Personalising learning, Big History and the Genographic Project

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 19, 2014

I am hoping to teach Big History as a NSW Board of Studies Endorsed Course to Year 10 and Year 11 in 2015 at our school. […]

Posted in Education, Featured | Tagged "BIG HISTORY", DNA, genealogy, haplogroup, I-M26, I2a1b, personalised learning, U41ab | 4 Comments

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#Orwell lived at 10a Mortimer Crescent NW6, with his wife Eileen and son Richard, until his flat was destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb. Luckily, he wasn’t home and the manuscript of Animal Farm was recovered from the rubble (only to be rejected by TS Eliot who worked for Faber). pic.twitter.com/Hqri…

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I found this memorial very affecting at Liverpool Street Station this morning as the commuters raced past on their way to work. It is a pity the sentiment does not inform contemporary policymakers much as so many children are displaced by neverending wars... #Auspol pic.twitter.com/lDkJ…

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Paying homage to JA Baker today by retracing his steps with a local fan who read my review and invited me walking: darcymoore.net/2017/… @RobGMacfarlane @jabtheperegrine #theperegrine @cityoftongues

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The Fitzroy Tavern has delightful staff and is a truly comfortable Public House for my tastes. More bookshelves with comfortable armchairs in pubs I say! 😉 #Orwell pic.twitter.com/6swW…

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The fire-ravaged Alexandra Palace was used as ‘Victory Square’ in Michael Radford's 1984 film adaptation of George #Orwell's novel #NineteenEightyfour goo.gl/images/jPV3rf

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Watching Peter Cushing and (the superb) Donald Pleasence (as Syme) in the brilliant, controversial 1954 BBC adaptation of #Orwell’s #NineteenEightyFour en.m.wikipedia.org/w… @BFI #Mediatheque ping @davidxryan

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