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Life beyond the office

plakboek Dec 27, 2009 10:08

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christmas, poverty, africa, environment, olpc

money for nothing and your chips for free

plakboek Feb 22, 2009 11:14

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money, economic, ewaste, poverty, school

I am teaching my students a unit about temperature by building upon their experiences and memories of the weather but sometimes the contrast with my own childhood memories is quite different. Today, my family is playing indoors on a cold Easter Monday, a warm fire cracking in the combustion stove in the middle of the lounge room. I read the ( Read more... )

constructivism, poverty, weather, moodle, science

Race Against Time

plakboek Apr 16, 2006 15:17

Bill has proposed a fascinating idea of a computer game based on Africa, you can read some of his early ideas here.

Last week, on a long drive home with the family, we listened on ABC RN to "The Race Against Time", the first of the 2005 Massey lectures by humanitarian Stephen Lewis. On the drive home with my family, it was heartbreaking to hear that ( Read more... )

community, computer, poverty, medical, africa, abc, games

Hands up

plakboek Jun 08, 2005 19:08

Our college has secured another Goverment IT Grant. I might be wrong but from my vague memory, it is little more than we got last year. The annual grant amount seems to have slipped further down but these things have a way of making themselves feel good for less. If you do the maths and divide it up, each student is allocated around $25 for us to ( Read more... )

grant, poverty