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Free Comic Book Day – Saturday May 5th

May 1, 2018 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

It’s Free Comic Book Day on May 5 in Sydney. At Kings Comics and Kinokuniya there will be usual smorgasbord of

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Books Science 

Be Amazing – getting primary kids to love science

May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

Be Amazing is a new book from Ben Newsome. It’s sub-titled “How to teach science the way primary kids love”

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Ebooks are the future and we need to prepare our kids for them now

March 21, 2017 Evan Predavec 3 Comments

There is an unseemly glee in the responses to articles like this one saying that children read more with hardcopy

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Amazon Kindle Unlimited in Oz – worth it?

November 9, 2016 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

Amazon has announced the launch of Kindle Unlimited in Australia, so I did some digging into whether it is worth

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Free Comic Book Day Saturday 7 May

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

Saturday 7 May is Free Comic Book Day. This is the Day’s 10th anniversary and there’s lots going on in

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Books Science 

The Invisible War – a wonderful graphic novel about viruses and bacteria

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Evan Predavec 1 Comment

The Invisible War is an innovative graphic novel set on the Western Front in 1916 inspired by new scientific discoveries about

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Shakespeare First Folio scanned by State Library

April 4, 2016April 4, 2016 Evan Predavec 0 Comments

Shakespeare fans can now read Australia’s only original copy of the first publication of the Bard’s plays – known as

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Judging student IT competitions

November 30, 2015March 17, 2016 Evan Predavec 0

Student competitions involving coding and technology are proliferating. They are a fine, fine thing and a great way to incentivise

It’s a crime to be a woman on the Internet
Adults Featured Internet Life in general 

It’s a crime to be a woman on the Internet

June 18, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 2
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Technology and ethics: pretend someone is watching

June 15, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 8
When maps lie, and why it matters
Featured Internet Science 

When maps lie, and why it matters

May 23, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 3
Why LEGO costs more in Australia
Featured Opinion Toys 

Why LEGO costs more in Australia

May 21, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 19
Teach kids to type, and they’ll have all the fish they want
Featured Kids Life in general 

Teach kids to type, and they’ll have all the fish they want

May 2, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 5

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