Stages in the Learning Journey
Kate Carruthers Speaking with friends who are educators of the young one, thing has become apparent. The idea that learning is achieved by building foundations or layers of knowledge is passe. The…
September 2004
The coming integration of IT and biotechnology …
I just saw Susan Greenfield – a.k.a. Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield – on a television chat show. She is a pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, communicator of science, policy adviser, and an…
Only 26 more sleeps until the election is over!
It is with a grateful heart that I realise that it is only 26 more sleeps until the Australian election is over. Perhaps to liven things up during the campaign…
Liberal V. Conservative in Oz
Ally often has an amusing turn of phrase, recently she said that another blog she had read “reminds you of the time the light went on for you and you…
Bullies @ work
I am getting really tired of bullying in the workplace. I’ve worked in many places – being in info tech I change jobs every two years – and the bullies…
Olympics – two sides of the same coin …
Picture two different women competing in the Australian team at the recent Athens Olympics. The first had the misfortune to injure herself a few weeks prior to competition. She had…