Newspaper Search
Newspapers by Meriluoto
You never know what interesting bits and pieces you’ll find in the newspapers especially the weekend ones for good long articles.
However they can be a bit frustrating for finding information on a specific topic unless you it happenes to be news right now.
This is where something like ProQuest comes in handy. If [...]
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl Museum by Paul Wilcock
I know when I was much young my mother insisted that we read Roald Dahl and enjoy it. At the time I didn’t really appreciate it but now I am much more into the weirdness and poetry of it.
I notice there is a quick doco on him this week which [...]
Comic Creations
I have been thinking about how to use comic strips to tell simple stories or explain ideas. I can’t draw to save my life so I have been looking at online tools that do this sort of thing.
Here are a couple I have found. If anyone knows of other good ones I’d love to hear [...]
Rations
Mars Bar by David Cowie
There’s a plan to limit students comsumption of junk food, such as chocolate, and for some things this means only being able to buy them from the school canteen once a month.
The main motivation is to reduce kids being overweight rather than to spoil fun but chocolate and choice can be [...]
The Novel
Modern Library: 100 Best Novels by sassenach
I thought this piece in Slate Magazine, called The Novel In The Age of the Internet, was quite interesting.
It talks about having connections all over the world and the lack of a consistent story and the lack of clear endings. It has certainly set me thinking.
Leaving School Early
leaving by jojosephina
The national workforce has changed radically in the past 20 years, with many unskilled and semi-skilled jobs disappearing, and young people are the worst-affected group…Full-time work for teenagers has become more difficult to find, and while casual and part-time opportunities have increased, these are poorly paid, mostly short-term, and lacking in development or [...]