Posted on August 16th, 2008 by Simon Robinson
A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district’s superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.
[From Texas school OKs gun-toting teachers - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
Has anyone ever heard of anything more preposterous? If you browse the article [...]
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Posted on June 10th, 2008 by Simon Robinson
This little gem of a link popped up on a mailing list I subscribe to.
Apple – Education – iLife and iWork K-12 School Site License
To celebrate our 30-year commitment to education, Apple is introducing K-12 site licenses for both iLife and iWork. At just $319* for either suite, your students gain access to the best [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Simon Robinson
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What a mouthful. Might just call it the DERS for short. Well we (AH, HK and myself) “did” the symposium that I was prepping for in the last post. Mark Pesce was keynote. He has interesting things to say (forward thinking, bit on the edge?) and is worth checking out in [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Simon Robinson
“Paul Thomson is an inspirational educator. He has fought many a fight with the Queensland Education Department, which is why he ended up setting up his own school, with the support of parents and other teachers.” That’s how the blurb read on my iTunes playlist. The original interview was from
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