By Ange on 29 October, 2010
Cub bloggers Dawn and Ange reporting in with another story from Acton. It’s important to be inclusive, right? And to live in a place that’s cohesive, yes? These are important values to Australians that are celebrated every year on March 21st. Harmony Day seeks to speak, loud and proud, the key message, ‘Everyone Belongs’. These [...] Read more >
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged cohesion, harmony, inclusion, storytelling
By Ange on 21 October, 2010
We had some senior students in yesterday exploring veracity, omission and bias in primary sources, and ended up having an interesting discussion about the perception people have of reliability in relation to visual texts. Read more >
Posted in Inspiration, Objects | Tagged art, critical thinking, gold, internment, photographs, real, veracity
By Linda on 12 October, 2010
I’ve been assisting Cath with the Snapshots project – uploading photos from students in the west to the Snapshots site. Have a look at the images – such a diverse range of shots and amazing pics. They all contribute to my understanding of life on the land and in the towns in regional Western Australia [...] Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration
By Ange on 24 September, 2010
Ah, objects can tell so many stories! Dawn and I want to tell you about our latest education collection acquisition. It’s a suitcase. After World War II (in 1949) this suitcase travelled to Australia with Elisabeth and Johannes Peter (and Elisabeth’s daughter Brigitte) from Germany. They were displaced people. They travelled on the converted troop ship [...] Read more >
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged displaced persons, health, history, migration, teaching
By Ange on 17 September, 2010
I’m not about to say I could construct a definitive list of ‘things kids like in museums’, but I think I can confidently say BIG THINGS and REAL STUFF would make appearances on said list. Kids in museums are like an illustration of the academic Stephen Greenblatt’s description of the wonder and resonance that can [...] Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged authenticity, big, real, resonance, wonder
By Ange on 8 September, 2010
One of the best things about working with kids at the National Museum of Australia is haptic learning (learning by touching). We’ve got a pretty interesting handling collection, so kids can come into our rooms and handle a sheep skull or a werris (Torres Strait Islander sardine catcher) or paraphernalia from Holden or Akubra. They [...] Read more >
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged children, haptic learning, teaching
By Cath on 25 August, 2010
As mentioned in an earlier post about Yiwarra Kuju, this is the amazing multitouch table. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged art, culture, history, Indigenous, interactive, multitouch, technology, Western Australia
By Cath on 31 July, 2010
The National Film and Sound Archive recently surveyed teachers about their use of digital learning resources. I was interested in teachers’ freeform response to the question of what they would like cultural institutions to be ‘doing more of’. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources, Inspiration | Tagged games, teaching
By Cath on 19 July, 2010
It seems the world is waking up to the creative power and passion of children. Recently I was introduced to The Ten Project, which involves kids around the age of ten in a process to design improvements for their city. Today I learned of a bigger, global competition aimed at the same age group. Design [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Inspiration | Tagged children, competition, social innovation
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