U2's City of Blinding Lights. Twelve thousand daisy-chained LEDs. Spycams controlled by a PlayStation. The Vertigo tour is a monster concert machine -- and the ultimate rock 'n' roll R&D lab. By William Gibson from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
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Apple's Intel Move Increases Its Business Prospects. Apple says that it couldn't get what it needed in powerful, cool running processors from IBM or Freescale Semiconductor. As a result, Apple will migrate its Mac hardware onto Intel chips starting in the summer of 2006, finishing the job within a year. Apple will continue to require its hardware to run Mac…
[Archive from 2005] Area and place-based planning is critical for the future welfare of *all* young people making the transition from School to work and further study. School Councils and other governing bodies play a key rule in developing new structures to support entire communities education and employment outcomes. On Tuesday night the 26th of April [2005], almost 60 people representing…
New Teachers Need Practice. Most novice teachers benefit from some life experience beyond school, the University of New England says in a submission to the federal Government's teacher training inquiry.The UNE education school's learning and teaching team argues that the demands of teaching call for far more mature-age trainees. Older students, as well as school-leavers, would be quickly introduced to…
New Report Shows Subject Choice and Careers Advice Are Crucial. An Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) report released today has provided further evidence that high-quality careers advice in schools is crucial if young Australians are to make successful career and education decisions. The report, Pathways from School to Further Education or Work: Examining the Consequences of Year 12 Course…
Teacher Merit Pay Tied to Education Gains. Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has a bold plan to improve public education in his state by offering merit pay tied to classroom performance. By MICHAEL JANOFSKY. [NYT > Education]
This is from the Central Ranges LLEN - [ Yes, I have a particular interest!] Welcome to the "Voices from the Future" podcast! Please listen to our first welcome podcast here! Over the coming weeks we hope to add YOUR voice to the debate about what is most important for young people in our community. We want to…
Mitchell Youth Forum 2005. We are live! Welcome! Approximately one hundred young people from across the Mitchell Shire will gather on Wednesday the 7th of September at the Seymour Campus of the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE to share their points of view about living, learning and working in Mitchell Shire. A series of activities and workshops will include: Collage,…
Teachers unhappy with planned changes to school report cards. Article.wn.com - Tue Jun 28, 03:20 pm GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]