‘The Girl with no Shadow’ by Joanne Harris is The Lollipop Shoes. I felt very ripped off when I discovered ‘The Eagerly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Chocolat…. is a book I have already read. I did think it strange there was no mention of ‘The Lollipop Shoes’ on the cover. When I had it home though and checked out the cover page, it was first published as ‘The Lollipop Shoes’.
Ah well I have a mountain of books that I want to read, so really I ought to be pleased it is one from the pile that I don’t need to.
I started a new part time job today working with a small group of students who are unable to attend school. I am looking forward to it and have lots of ideas for projects. I meet them tomorrow so will have a better idea about what will suit them best after chatting with them.
I was pottering around on Government sites today trying to discover how the next phase of the Digital Education Revolution was coming along. There is just so much to read and much of it is acronym rich. I wonder how any teachers would actually find the time let alone have the commitment to do so.
One of the interesting things I discovered meandering around was My Future. It’s an Australian government career exploration site that currently has a Video Competition for young people. The site has some interesting resources. It’s not very interactive though. They have a facebook page with a pile of posts, but nothing from outside their organisation. I wonder if anyone else is using it. I hope so cause it looks like a bit of work has gone into setting it all up. They have some tools that I’m currently playing with so I can share them with students.
The other program I am looking at is not a government program but from ‘Beyond Blue’ called Senseability. I think there is government funding involved though because they are linked to ‘Mind Matters’ which is linked to ‘Education Services Australia’ (also responsible for some of the IT funding projects). I’m also checking that out. There is also quite a bit of reading there. It seems quite sound though and has simple yet useful strategies for self awareness and building resiliance. I like that it has a variety of resources including texts, clips and activities. The entire program is available online, much lighter than the kit I was given today to check out:).
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