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Little Kitten – Tim Minchin Occasional Address and Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters
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NECSS Presentation – Sharon Hill With Sounds Sciencey
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Documentary Jabbed Seeks Feedback
June 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Just landed in the email: Following the broadcast of the television documentary, 'JABBED - love, fear and vaccines' on SBS One, Sunday 26 May 2013, we seek your feedback. If you missed the documentary you can watch it, in Australia, free of charge, on the SBS website: http://www.sbs.com.au/jabbed And on Wednesday Melburnians can participate in a public forum with Sonya, Gus Nossal, Ingrid Scheffer and Jenny Royle: Backed by leading scientists in the field, including Sir Gustav Nossal, Prof … [Read more...]
Twitter Trends And Storify on Jabbed: Love, Fear And Vaccines – Documentary On SBS #JabbedSBS
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Storify of Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines, aired May 26th on SBS Australia. I first learned of this documentary when I interviewed the director back in 2012. SBS has it for on demand viewing here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/30004803525/Jabbed-Love-Fear-And-Vaccines First - an event coming up in June: NB - JABBED FORUM: Melbourne, 5th June. At the forum Sonya will discuss why she made JABBED and how it has changed her view of vaccination and the conversations we need to have. … [Read more...]
#BigSci13 Storify Of #OnSci – Challenges, Impediments And Issues Facing Science Communicators, Educators, Policymakers And Innovators In Australia
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Check out all the blogging over on the official ScienceRewired site at http://sciencerewired.org/summit/category/blog - and if any of the discussion points fire you up, contribute some of your OWN ideas at: http://sciencerewired.org/summit/participate. ***** [View the story "#bigsci13 - The Challenges - #onsci" on Storify] … [Read more...]
Blogging Your Way To A Thesis In Parapsychology (AKA Superstitions Aren’t So Bad After All)
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Siouxsie asked via Twitter if I could resurect a blog post about blogging (how meta...) from a while back - so, just before I run out the door in order to go do some radio-recording volunteering at a central city campus (interviewing people about career choices via street vox pop!), I decided to zip a few details down. There's a lot of interest in the influence of online writing upon science communication, some of it will most likely be discussed at a forthcoming convention, … [Read more...]
Recipe For Completing Philosophy Essay Grading
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Ingredients: 1 x folder for placing completed essays in 1 x pile of essays for grading 2 x pens for grading 1 x rubber duck just because 1 x pencil case with additional pens 1 x pad of marking guide for writing feedback on essays 1 x diary for writing down things that suddenly come to mind and try to distract you from grading. 1 x sticky notes for jotting down points that come in common across essays for general feedback and/or additional notations 1 x phone set … [Read more...]
ScienceRewired’s Big Science Communication Summit – Vote On Speaker Submissions (Add Your Own)!
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Have you given your 'thumbs up' on the speaker submissions for #bigsci13 yet? Submissions close 21st May. Even if you're not attending, it'd be great to get your feedback on the issues and ideas that people are putting forward. Educators, scientists, science communicators, activists who are interested in the concerns about science in Australia and how well messages get out? This event's for you. Check out the interviews that are already conducted about the summit, or read the transcripts … [Read more...]
2013 NECSS Panel Video – Critical Thinking In Education
May 12, 2013 By 1 Comment
One of the comments on the video is "critical thinking should be taught from kindergarten..." - well, yes, it can be: http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1824-what-is-philosophy-for-children-p4c-encouraging-a-critical-mindset-for-all-ages.html … [Read more...]
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