As a maker and a creative individual my heart fills – making is occupying the ‘inter-webs’ in so many ways including commerce, business, research, craft, science and more…Makers are everywhere.
20 Years of Maker Movement – Wired
What if the Maker Movement & Why Should I Care?
Calliope
Check out the Australian Poetry Slam and pencil in the heats for next year.
This year featuring (click on the link)
SCI-KU & Science Poetry Competition
Here’s something to cross-fertilize disciplines and explore the filmy line between science and art/literature!
For National Science Week annual celebration of science
How to Enter – On-line entry & Rules
This competition is an initiative of RiAus
50 students tucked in The Learning Hub, humming with creativity
Chris Love LIVE from the US by Video Conference
How did that happen? It’s a whole year and LCGS Seniors are at it again.
Almost a complete nutritious meal.
Second stage graphic work
Focussed
Table top turbo snail
The List
Inspirational wall plan
Action shots
As a sidenote, some of you will know new student Catherine Kerr. In case you don’t, check out one of her “sketches” of Holly Feather, one character from her team’s story…
Copyright Catherine Kerr
“sketches” Holly Feather
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UPDATE 1
Three hours into the twelve-hour epic, storylines are developing with the following six ideas being worked peak:
Team 1 – Grade 9s:
Pastafarian (no, that is not a typo) priest Fabian meets Victoria, a politician. Together, they must defeat the piranha-controlled enemy who is trying to take over the world…
Team 2 – Grade 7s:
A Rock Star and a Gardner fall in love but mean-girl Brittany tries to break them up through an extortion attempt…
Team 3: Grade 8s:
Daniel, a builder whose wife has died finds that soon after his daughter runs away. After an accident he is left in a coma and it is in this dream-like state that he seeks out the spirit of his wife…
Team 4: Grade 7, 10, 11 (last year’s shortlisted team)
A trans-galactic foreigner lands on earth to gather intell. For an impending invasion. A chance encounter with a swagman, Keith, changes the future of both worlds…
Team 5: Grade 8
An escaped convict who is plagued by recurring nightmares hunts for the dream thief who is able to take away people’s dreams with the help of a magical albatross…
Team 6: Grade 7
An heiress to a millionaire runs away with a boy who works as a hospital cook. When their boat is hit by a falling satellite they are set adrift with only a digeridoo to keep them afloat…
Be In The Conversation
ABC TV’s Q&A is coming to Launceston. If you want to join the conversation or apply to be in the studio audience link
Next weeks guests are
This is a great opportunity to ask your question, listen to other points of view and have others hear yours.
Join the Twitter feed, post a question and come along.
Artists use skills in their chosen media to interpret the natural world and contribute to the great environmental debates facing our planet
The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
Explore ‘The Waterhouse’ site and see the rules & conditions as well as key dates
Beautiful galleries of past entries
Register events, resources for school , Harmony Day Apps
Day and this year’s theme: Many stories—One Australia, SBS are giving
all Australians the opportunity to share their story.
Create a video, take a photo or share your written personal journey. Everyone
has a story to tell, so share yours today!
For more information,
visit www.sbs.com.au/harmonystories
“Are you the next J.K. Rowling, Michael Morpurgo or Malorie Blackman? Is there half a novel hidden in your desk or in a computer folder that could be the next Hunger Games? Or maybe you have an idea and just needed that little bit of inspiration to get writing…” from the website.http://www.movellas.com/competition/show/201302121559428767/young-movellist-of-the-year
This is a UK based competition with one international award.
The prizes:
1) The overall winner will be offered the opportunity to sign a publishing contract with Random House, including a £2,000 advance! They will also receive a Sony Reader.
2) The two runners-up will receive Malorie Blackman’s entire teen backlist, published by Random House, and a Sony Reader.
3) The overall winner and the two runners-up will be invited to afternoon tea with Malorie Blackman, and will be able to bring a parent, guardian or friend each.
4) An international winner (selected by the Movellas team) will receive Malorie Blackman’s entire teen backlist, published by Random House, and a Sony Reader. Two runners-up will also receive Malorie’s backlist.
5) One winner (selected by the Reading Agency and Movellas community) who ONLY submitted the first three chapters of a novel (i.e. did not follow up with a full length novel – but why would you do that!?) will receive a mentoring session with a professional writer.
Winning ARTISTS will also be announced on November 1st.
What a great effort for all the teams, and Mr. Grubert.
If you want to read Eden’ s Curse here it is on the Team 4 link, while you’re there take a look at the other books
Richard Newsome’s award winning Billionaire series.
Gerald Wilkins (13 years) inherits 20 billion pounds.
That’s when the trouble starts…
The winner and runner-up will also receive books 1 to 4 in the Billionaire series,
and author Richard Newsome will read the stories out on the internet!
