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Educator Lisa Goochee shares these 11 inspiring TED Talks that every educator should not only see, but also share with their students and PLN—so inspiring!

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As part of our vision for greater connections and incidental learning at our Bentley campus, Curtin saw the need for a vibrant and public realm at the heart of the northern sector of the future Greater Curtin. It is to be a shared space giving greater priority to pedestrian and bicycle access in an attractive, landscaped environment that exists not just for staff and students, but for the wider community engaging with Greater Curtin.

Touchjet WAVE turns your TV or monitor into a touchscreen smart TV with millions of apps. Powered by Android.

EDUCATORS ON THE EDGE:
BIG IDEAS FOR CHANGE AND INNOVATION

ACE 2015 NATIONAL CONFERENCE BRISBANE
24 & 25 September 2015

#ACE2015Edge

Educators across all sectors are adapting to changes and challenges (including technological, economic and social). Through adopting innovative approaches educators are now at ‘the edge’ and going beyond it to improve student learning.

Hosted by the Australian College of Educators the (ACE), the 2015 National Conference will provide educators with the perfect forum to share and highlight cutting edge, creative and innovative practices, nationally and globally.

The ACE 2015 National Conference – 'Educators on the edge' promises to be an inspiring and forward looking event.

During the two busy conference days, some of Australia’s most prominent education thought-leaders and practitioners will be presenting on the following themes:

•     Transitions in education
•     Technology and innovation intersecting with learning
•     What it means to be an ‘Educator on the edge’
•     Innovative practices that educators are developing and using to enrich learning

Confirmed speakers include:
    

• Professor Stephen Dinham OAM FACE

            Melbourne Graduate School of Education
            ACE National President

• Professor Gillian Triggs

            Australian Human Rights Commission

• Professor John Hattie MACE

            Melbourne Graduate School of Education
            Chair of Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership             (AITSL)

• Ms Rhonda Livingstone

            National Education Leader, ACECQA

• Professor Bob Lingard MACE

            School of Education, University of Queensland

• Ms Jodi Schmidt

            CEO, TAFE Queensland  

• Dr Stanley Rabinowitz

            General Manager for Assessment and Reporting,
            Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority

            (ACARA)

International Drama and Theatre Education Association, 9th World Congress 2016, Ankara - Turkey

Universities have been warned their funding will be cut by 20% almost immediately, an average of $32 million a university, if the government can get its higher education reform package through the Senate by the end of the year. The legislation, rejected by the Senate in March, was due to be reintroduced during the budget sittings of Parliament but has been left to “lie fallow” as education minister Christopher Pyne presumably cultivates the Senate crossbenchers. Most informed commentary is that the legislation has little prospects of passing in its present form. So will the government amend the bill? Perhaps, but it would be deprived of a double dissolution trigger if government does amend it. We don’t think a double dissolution is likely – it’s way too complicated and high risk – but holding the legislation back keeps the option open, and Pyne himself raised the prospect in his negotiations with the crossbenchers in March.

The 4th of June is a special day, when Australians everywhere tie on purple ribbons and let their hearts swell with pride

The sixth annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world. This year's conference will take place Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015. The call for proposals will open on June 28, 2015.

The entire conference is virtual and will take place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones.

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. Please join this community to receive updates about our 2015 Conference!

Special Report Duncan Campbell has spent decades unmasking Britain's super-secretive GCHQ, its spying programmes, and its cosy relationship with America's NSA. Today, he retells his life's work exposing the government's over-reaching surveillance, and reveals documents from the leaked Snowden files confirming the history of the fearsome ECHELON intercept project. This story is also published simultaneously today by The Intercept, as is - at long last - Duncan's Register Christmas Lecture from last year.

Syllabus
The Unix Shell

Files and directories
History and tab completion
Pipes and redirection
Looping over files
Creating and running shell scripts
Finding things

Programming in Python

Using libraries
Working with arrays
Reading and plotting data
Creating and using functions
Loops and conditionals
Defensive programming
Using Python from the command line

Version Control with Git

Creating a repository
Recording changes to files: add, commit, ...
Viewing changes: status, diff, ...
Ignoring files
Working on the web: clone, pull, push, ...
Resolving conflicts
Open licenses
Where to host work, and why

The Buffett Rule is simple. It makes sure the top 1% of income earners (who earn over $300K p.a.) pay at least 35% tax on their income. So no matter how many tax loopholes or deductions are used, the 1% pay at least the same rate of tax as your average income earner.

 Mahatma Gandhi: Would his peaceful protests have put him in goal if the WA Bill is passed?

The Barnett government has proposed new anti-protest laws under the Criminal Code Amendment (Prevention of Lawful Activity) Bill 2015. If passed, protesters face up to two year jail terms or fines of up to $25,000.

UnionsWA believes that these unfair laws would treat working people as criminals for taking action for safer workplaces or better pay and conditions.

Working with religious, environmental, legal and farming groups as well as the Labor Opposition and Greens, we've successfully put pressure on Barnett to delay the Bill. But the Bill is now due to go before the WA Parliament as soon as early August.

This briefing will give you details about the Bill and outline plans for action to protect our right to protest.

The briefing will be chaired by Owen Whittle, Assistant Secretary UnionsWA with the following guest speakers:

• Kate Davis, a former union lawyer and current spokesperson for the Protect Peaceful Protest Campaign
• Piers Verstegen, Director of the Conservation Council of Western Australia

Please RSVP below.

CSA Building
445 Hay St
Level 6
Perth, WA 6000
Australia

On Jun 28 @QUTmedia tweeted: "RT @RichardGSimpson: @PivotalSummit 27 p.." - read what others are saying and join the conversation.

The expressive arts will be one of six areas of learning and experience that will take the place of traditional subjects as Wales approves a radical overhaul of its curriculum for primary and secondary schools.

31 August to 4 September

Curtin University is well on its way to achieving its 2030 vision of becoming a recognised international leader in research.

Our sustained emphasis on quality research over several years recently saw us rocket into the top two per cent of universities worldwide according to the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities. This remarkable transformation was achieved in many ways thanks to our dedicated research and professional staff and research partners.

To celebrate research at Curtin, I invite you to take part in Research Week 2015. This annual event showcases our innovation, our research strengths, capabilities and achievements, and allows our research staff to share their work and discover what other research areas in the University are accomplishing.

Throughout this five-day celebration you can attend on-campus demonstrations and presentations, find out about training opportunities, participate in career seminars and learn more about Curtin’s research support services.

“What’s problematic is you have a clash,” Hayes Jacobs said. “You have 19th-century structures and 20th-century curriculum but 21st-century learners, and we are 21st-century learners, too. The content needs an overhaul.

“Then we have 19th-century structures – we have the same school year, we are fundamentally organised, still, in classrooms. We still use grade levels to identify kids. That’s a really old idea.”