UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Lifelong Learning is being transformed into a fully-fledged international UNESCO Institute. The Institute will be responsible for UNESCO's work in literacy, non-formal education and adult learning. [Adult Community Education Headlines]
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School levies. VICTORIA'S commitment to free schooling for all children is part of the 1872 Education Act. [Herald Sun | Opinion]
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States must contribute to major infrastructure projects: Vaile. State governments will be forced to contribute to major infrastructure projects in a bid by the Federal Government to prevent cost overruns. [ABC News: Business Stories]
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$162m deal for faster internet. Affordable broadband internet will be made available across Australia as part of a $162.5 million package to be unveiled today by the Australian Government. [School Education Headlines]
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Kottke’s Geography.

At this geography page, I could only remember these countries (got 102 right):

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Niger, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Togo, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

For studying geography, World of Where is a great app for less than $10. It is interesting how the brain works. If I see a blank map, I can fill in 99%, but recalling just the names, I’m only at 50%.

[Still Point]
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Behavior Influence Techniques. The following collection of different behaviour management techniques are pro-active, classroom-centred, and teacher-initiated. They are all designed to avoid confrontation. [Recent Items]
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Hannah Arendt and Jean Baudrillard: pedagogy in the consumer society. Trevor Norris explores the contribution of Hannah Arendt and Jean Baudrillard to our appreciation of education today. [Recent Items]
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