Year 8 science students are exploring the local habitat, its species and the food webs that link them all together. Called “Food Webs”, students select the species they have observed or know to live in the local environment. Then they show through the Pond Web program which species feed off each other. [...]

Year 10 Geography students are studying the Pyrmont / Darling Harbour area of Sydney as an example of the changes that a community can go through. Growth, decline, adaptive reuse and gentrification all appear in this area.
The students are using photos from their excursion, historic scans, PowerPoint templates and timeline software to present what [...]

Ms. Krieger’s Year 9 English class are working on writing personal responses. So that they have something to comment on, the students have taken aim at Corey (”Wanna Party?”) Delaney. Ms. Krieger is holding a contest to see who can write the best response. Take a look at the cool assignment, links [...]

One aspect that you might consider for your business is how to leverage the “virality” of the Web to your advantage. Here are four case studies of viral marketing campaigns that have been successful.
 
Thrifty TV Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAa9ZtXYdaI

 
Teenage Affluenza - from World Vision, Stir Campaign

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI

 
“I’m a Mac / I’m a PC” - Apple’s “Get a Mac” [...]

Students in Year 10 are reading the Papunya School Book of Country and History. The current task asks students to design the entry of a Web portal that could support people interested in the book. As a Web designer for over 10 years, I’ve prepared this points that students might want to think [...]

New discussion board software has been installed. Mr. Graham’s Year 10 English class will be the first students using it. They have been studying The Merchant of Venice and the graphic novel Maus, by Art Spiegelman. A series of five questions have been posted. The questions are designed to help the [...]

Say the word “Romeo” and everyone imagines this romantic lover, a guy who falls madly in love and can win over any girl. Take a look at some more modern variations on this theme:
Rudolph Valentino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbcD-aXXfyI

 
Pepe Le Pew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEdBndu0YUM

Stanley Kowalski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_lToyPAUyE

 
If you liked that one, take a look at this most famous scene from A Streetcar Named [...]

Character Analysis
After viewing several versions of The Merchant of Venice, you can see that how characters are presented determines our interpretation of Shakespeare’s intended “meaning.” Use a Character Scale to map out your understanding.
Also look for a series of clips from the Michael Radford production and the documentary The Yellow Star.
Links on The Holocaust

Why the [...]

Today Ms. Hall & Ms. Phillip’s Year 9 classes have the option of engaging in a CEQ•ALL approach to understanding Romeo & Juliet.
After an introductory session, you can choose from these activities.

CEQ•ALL Translation Activity
Prologue & Translations
Balcony Scene for translation
Seussification
Oxymoron worksheet

Here’s a video mashup for Romeo & Juliet using the song Starcrossed by Ash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlTGi3oaMOA

Oxymoron (oxy=sharp, moron=dull)
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in Act III are several:

damned saint
honorable villain
loyal deceit

Activity
Download a list of many oxymorons - see if you can getter a better understanding of what oxymorons are, how they work and why people use them.
Web Resources

A huge list of oxymorons - which are the best & worst?
Drag & Drop [...]