Teacher inquiry report now available. A unified, national approach to improve teacher education in Australia is the predominant theme of the House of Representatives Education and Vocational Training Committee's report on the inquiry into teacher education. The report, Top of the Class, makes a total of 12 recommendations. It proposes a powerful reform package of practical and achievable measures that…
Daily Archives January 3, 2007
Futurelab challenges 'factory-style' schools. 'Factory-style' schooling with a one-size-fits-all approach to learning must be challenged if we are to achieve a fully personalised education system. The traditional notion of a single teacher standing at the front of the class imparting their knowledge to a group of children is questioned in a new report entitled, Towards New Learning Networks, from education…
Australia Day Flyover Imagery in Google Maps. As promised, Google has released the imagery it had taken during Australia Day at the end of January. There were some complications with the flight plan which prevented the plane from being where planned during the day. But, the pilot still flew along several beaches and some of the planned locations at later…
World Oil Consumption - 3D Charts in Google Earth. A member of the Google Earth Community, called 'giasen', has posted some really cool 3D charts showing World Oil Consumption in Google Earth. His charts show very nice looking exploding 3D graphs in the shape of each country with different colors. The data comes from the CIA World Factbook. Here are…