Visuwords – Online Graphical Dictionary and Thesaurus

13 05 2008

Visuwords is a graphic, very interesting dictionary and thesaurus!

Type in the word that you are searching for. Watch the swirl as the words and meanings emerge. A very nice tool to catch your interest – and to show the connections and interlacing relationships of words in our English language.

 





Tim Winton shares his new novel – Breath

13 05 2008

    

Tim Winton’s new novel has just been released – Breath.

It is now in the Library.

Check out the Kerry O’Brien interviewining Tim Winton on the

7.30 Report ABC on Tuesday May 6th 2008.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/05/06/2237159.htm

or listen to

Richard Fydler on ABC Radio interviewing Tim Winton.

r249764_1024963.mp3

 





Check this out… It’s amazing what students are doing!!

12 05 2008

When attending a conference last week, Westley Field Director of Online Learning at MLC Sydney / Managing Director Skoolaborate, shared this video with us. It made me wonder what is possible if given the tools to try!

“Watch the Math grow infront of you, witness the Geography be born and mature, problem solving everywhere and a million design,art and creativity outcomes to boot. You have to love the genius behind his diorama.”

This is happening now…