Learning with the Fang

Some things of interest noticed in the second week of June, 2008.
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Mars Phoenix lander podcast (discovered via twitter)
USA Universities grapple with Peer to Peer file sharing legislation
Education.au ’s Mark Tranthim-Fryer talks about some services for Aussie educators

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Roughly ten minutes of snippets from podcasts I have heard [...]

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There is an old saying about quality and software development that sometimes rattles round my olde brain ‘quality must be baked in, not tested out’. I think a similar idea can be applied successfully when thinking about accessibility.
Dave (LifeKludger) Wallace has just given birth to an important post that has been gestating for a while:
Barriers [...]

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Made a smashing morning tea for my work colleagues today - thanks to Mandy and Rhoda for their help and suggestions. The avocado, lime, danish fetta and cracked pepper on rye was a hit! So much so that Dr Mel made an impromptu modification of her DNA Isolation experiment (to be used with students) - [...]

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This old chestnut does the rounds every year or so - Stephen Downes and I appear to have views at opposite ends of the spectrum. This last round has given me fresh insight and an idea for a method to help decide when to use which creative commons ‘open license’ scheme.Stephen argues that cc:by-nc-sa *0 [...]

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You MUST take 5 minutes and watch this amazing TED Talk.  David Gallo shows some of the most amazing creatures o the deep.

Enjoy the arty bio-luminescence.
Chuckle as the male squid shows his sensitive side.
Gawk at the aussie cuttlefish changing shape and colour.
Watch in disbelief as the octopus appears out of nowhere, squirts ink, flees, gets [...]

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