Tag: human genographic project

Personalising Learning in the Age of Knowledge

Posted by | Published on October 14, 2017

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

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

Posted by | 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 […] 

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Coming to America

Posted by | 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 […] 

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Citizen Science and Big History

Posted by | 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 […] 

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Who Am I? (The Genographic Project)

Posted by | Published on February 20, 2014

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

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Discovery College  →

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My Twitter buddy @dimac4,  otherwise known as Dianne McKenzie, kindly invited me to visit her school, Discovery College today. I love checking out schools and this was a good opportunity, while we are staying in […] 

How the law is strangling creativity  →

Posted in Digital life, Popular culture, Uncategorized, Web 2.0

Laurence Lessig’s new book, Remix, explores the themes discussed mentioned in this TED video. Some of the remixed clips are pretty funny, especially ‘Jesus – The Musical’. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1449335&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FLARRYLESSIG-2007_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more […] 

Passion for learning…  →

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For the first time in 20 years I do not have English classes to teach. The principal has requested that I am ‘off the timetable’ and work with all students […] 

PLNs and PLEs  →

Posted in Professional development, Uncategorized, Web 2.0

Last year I started asking around, on Twitter, for the origin of the acronyms that I was reading so much about. ‘Personal Learning Networks’ (PLNs) and ‘Personal Learning Environments’ (PLEs) […] 

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