Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Song Room

http://www.songroom.org.au/

The Song Room is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing music and arts programs in Australian schools and communities. The Song Room provides a range of free programs to schools and communities that otherwise would not have access to such opportunities.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Scaffolding Literacy in the Middle Years

http://www.dest.gov.au/literacynumeracy/innovativeprojects/pdf/oakley_scaffolding.pdf

This report was written in conjunction with the Department of Education, Science and Technology and Deakin University with the aim of improving the literacy outcomes of educationally disadvantaged students in the middle years of schooling.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

ThinkQuest International 2008

http://www.thinkquest.org/

ThinkQuest inspires students to think, connect, create, and share. Students work in teams to build innovative and educational websites to share with the world. Along the way, they learn research, writing, teamwork, and technology skills and compete for exciting prizes. Entry submission closes April 2, 2008.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

NASA images to be archived online

NEW YORK - NASA's images from the Apollo moon landings, the Voyager planetary flybys and the many space shuttle missions will be accessible through a central, searchable Web site under a partnership between the space agency and the nonprofit Internet Archive. Read on ...

Monday, January 07, 2008

Find latitude and longitude

http://perso.orange.fr/universimmedia/geo/loc.htm

An online tool to locate latitude and longitude of specific destinations. A useful tool to use with online maps.