To the children of farmers in Bulga NSW Australia – What is the real impact of mining expansion on farms located in the Bulga area of NSW? What are you most worried about and what would you like Year 6 students in Newcastle to know about your challenges?<\/span><\/p>\n A simple, age relevant perspective can bring authenticity to learning and will also support some great discussions around bias and point of view.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At times our pondering simply require a factual response:<\/span><\/p>\n How do you prepare your classroom for cyclones?<\/span><\/p>\n What do you do if you get sick when you live in the middle of Australia?<\/span><\/p>\n What is the biggest celebration held in your community?<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps we are just seeking an opinion:<\/span><\/p>\n Did you agree with the Book of the Year winner for your country?<\/span><\/p>\n Should it be law that the Prime Minister that was voted in at an election remains in office? (Very relevant in Australia!)<\/span><\/p>\n We may even become a support network:<\/span><\/p>\n How can we offer help following the fires in your area?<\/span><\/p>\n This project is not about constructing a full unit of work around the question (although we could) and it doesn’t rely on trying to find a suitable time and equipment to organise a skyping session (although we might), it is simply about enabling the quick and efficient exchange of information so that a class can continue to have a rich, more informed discussion. It is ‘just in time’ learning at its best\u2026.it is simply enabling access to voices in the class.<\/span><\/p>\n I don’t want the ‘line of communication’ to be reliant on a technology that a teacher may be unfamiliar with, or is so time consuming that decide not to join in. The key to this project is quick and efficient communication.<\/p>\n Therefore the tool for initial contact between schools will be email!<\/p>\n So in essence I am building a big ‘address book’ for educators, so they may identify the best school to answer their question and have access to a contact person and email address to allow the exchange of information to occur.<\/p>\n Responses would need to occur as soon as possible – hopefully within 24-48 hrs.<\/p>\n Whether that initial question grows into a more detailed connection and exchange is up to the two groups involved.<\/p>\n I am thinking information might be stored in a OneNote file, with a searchable data base attached\u2026but this may change. When a big issue is occurring in current affairs we might even be able to set up a collaboration page in OneNote for schools to add comments.<\/p>\n If you would like to be part of our big address book please complete the survey form available using this link\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1PS0R1b<\/a><\/p>\n
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