My Place television series and teaching resources
Don't miss the television adaptation of My Place, the children's book by Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins, from February 28 on ABC1. Looking back from the year 2008 to 1888, the My Place television series covers the stories of the children who live in the same house over 130 years. The series includes all characters from the book and introduces two new characters, Lily and Mohammed.
The rich content of the book and television series is encapsulated in the My Place for teachers interactive website. This exciting source of educational materials is designed to support teachers in exploring issues and contexts presented in My Place and launches 18 March 2010. Read the book, watch the series, and then explore the teaching resources on the website: www.myplace.edu.au/
The My Place television series screens on ABC1 from 28 February and continues each Sunday evening at 7.30pm. Australian schools with a Screenrights licence may copy the series and retain it in their school library. More.
The Le@rning Federation contributes to the Curriki community
The Le@rning Federation is pleased to partner with the Global Education and Learning Community by contributing 100 digital curriculum resources to the Curriki community of online educators, learners and education experts.
Curriki is an online environment supporting the development and distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. The educational content on Curriki includes more than 32,000 high-quality lessons, units, assessments and multimedia learning objects for years K to 12. The resources on Curriki are contributed by teachers, universities, publishers and professional development organisations from around the world.
As a result of the collaboration, The Le@rning Federation's digital curriculum resources will be available to educators worldwide under a Creative Commons licence. The project will provide information about how the resources are used within an international context, and will be an opportunity to explore the licensing implications of sharing content under an open-licensing model.
