Check out the link below to test the online game 'Factitious' - about being able to judge news articles for authenticity. I found this one on the Australian Teacher Librarian Network.
You read the news articles and then make a judgement call as to whether it is real or fake news. I managed to score 87% in the 4 rounds.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/08/factitious-game-testing-your-ability-to.html
Hint: check the sources page BEFORE making your decision - that can help a lot.
Friday 17 August 2018
Friday 10 August 2018
National Science Week 2018
https://www.scienceweek.net.au/
Next week 11th-19th August is National
Science Week 2018.
Plus you have the opportunity to become a Virtual Reef Diver. You are invited to become a citizen scientist and help to analyse thousands of underwater images of the Great Barrier Reef
The school theme is: ‘Game Changers & Changemakers”
And it is also the:
· International Year of the Reef (Coral reefs and the scientists who study
them)
·
200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
·
40th Anniversary of the first IVF
Baby
Check out the link above and see what else is happening.
Update on Project Loon
I have posted about this fascinating project before, and have added an update - so this is now the latest update on an amazing project designed to help connect everyone throughout the world.
It is a project that been in progress since 2011 - and provided connectivity to schools and small isolated communities all over the world. It has also been on hand to help with communication after natural disasters as well.
Check it out:-
https://loon.co/journey/
It isn't just about having the imagination to dream of it - but having the determination to see the project through and make it work.
It is a project that been in progress since 2011 - and provided connectivity to schools and small isolated communities all over the world. It has also been on hand to help with communication after natural disasters as well.
Check it out:-
https://loon.co/journey/
It isn't just about having the imagination to dream of it - but having the determination to see the project through and make it work.
History and Lies
Check out this link from the Mindshift blog about history, lies and how history could be possibly be used as a weapon. Thought provoking or what?
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51857/lies-my-teacher-told-me-and-how-american-history-can-be-used-as-a-weapon
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51857/lies-my-teacher-told-me-and-how-american-history-can-be-used-as-a-weapon
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