Learning with the Fang

Conroy announces mandatory internet filters to protect children - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy says new measures are being put in place to provide greater protection to children from online pornography and violent websites.
Senator Conroy says it will be mandatory for all internet service providers to provide clean feeds, or ISP […]

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My previous post ‘Virtual(ly) School of the Future’ was an attempt to document the joyous discovery I had last week after watching a YouTube showing how to make an electronic whiteboard out of a Wiimote and stuff you might find in a school.
I would like to present my findings in a more logical order because […]

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Last week I was happily distracted by what might be an adumbration of the virtual school of the future.  It all started when I clicked through to one of Johnny Lee’s YouTube videos that shows how to hack a nintendo Wii controller into an electronic whiteboard (thanks to OlDaily).
I started tagging the videos and related […]

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My son Jamie (yakface) and his mate Jacob (salamano) are trying some innovative things over the Christmas holidays and we need YOUR help.

Let us know if anything looks SPAMmy.
Hit us with any good ideas you have.
Help the boys build a network of subscribers.

The basic premise is to see if it is possible to create a […]

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Thanks to subscriber Dave (lifekludger) Wallace for a phone call this morning asking if the gadget on the table in the background of 7’s sunrise show was an Octavio.  After hastily cranking up the TV I did indeed see an un skinned Octavio in the background. The ‘petes gadgets’ section was just winding up and […]

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