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The National Archives of Australia now has a Flickr presence
where a selected Pic of the Week from the vast collection is featured.

Each week a different image is uploaded from the NAA home page.

The featured photo is then linked back to the NAA site where teachers and students can explore the collection through the the extensive online resources section by registering with vroom [Virtual Reading Room] which gives easy access to archival records.

There is also access to special release documents, Australia’s Prime Ministers and Find of the Month. Each month, this section features something special of National Interest which has been selected by staff to display online.

Through the DET Portal teachers can utilise these resources when using the K-10 Syllabus resource Time Lines and Pathways to the Past: Find Yourself in History.

Save the Children Australia aims to ensure that all children, regardless of gender, race, country of origin or religious belief have the means for survival, receive protection and have access to nutrition, primary health care and basic education.

Shocked by the suffering of children during the Balkans War, Eglantyne Jebb became a pioneer campaigning for worldwide safeguards for children. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and now ratified by nearly all countries worldwide, has its roots in her pioneering work.

Eglantyne was also the first to introduce the idea of sponsoring a child in a foreign country and using celebrity endorsements, getting the likes of famous playwright George Bernard Shaw on board.

Read Eglantyne Jebb’s inspirational story in the online book

‘Lessons In Leadership From A Spinster In A Brown Cardigan’.

World Day Against Child Labour

June 12th 2008

An estimated 158 million children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labour - one in six children in the world. Millions of children are engaged in hazardous situations or conditions, such as working in mines, working with chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery. They are everywhere but invisible, toiling as domestic servants in homes, labouring behind the walls of workshops, hidden from view in plantations.

from: UNICEF: Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse

• United Nations Cyberschoolbus - Rights at Work

In this interactive resource, 3 Plus U , users are invited to join Toshi, Kaia and Isabelle to explore all aspects of work in the modern world. Investigate issues including global work conditions, future freedom of choice, discrimination and freedom of association in the workplace.

• The Child Labour theme page on the International Labor Organization website includes extensive print, video and audio resources to support teaching and learning programs. One example is included below.

Cameroon: The Challenge to Make Chocolate Child Labour Free -
11 June 2008 - There are over a quarter of a million children who work in the cocoa plantations of West Africa. It’s hazardous work, which exposes children to highly toxic pesticides. ILO TV reports from Cameroon, where the International Labour Organization has been working to eliminate child labour from cocoa production and help children return to school.

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• Newsweek Education Program Issues Today Map: The Status of Children

This interactive presentation: The Status of Children Around the World allows users to click on any of the major continents to view a detailed map of that region and information about its children. Users can also access extra charts and data about children around the world by clicking on th topic links.

• Global March Against Child Labour

Check out the Resource Centre for resources, reports and articles from across the world on child labour.

• The Girl Effect is a multimedia-rich website providing interactive, classroom-ready resources. Click on the LEARN, CHANGE, SHARE tabs to view videos and extra resources.

Embedded below is the Girl Effect video. (If you are using Internet Explorer 6 you will not be able to view the embedded video. Please use the link to access the video directly from the Girl Effect website.)

Have your say in the School Summit 2020

Schools across Australia were invited to host a 2020 School Summit during the three weeks commencing March 17th 2008.

This SlideShare presentation is also available for viewing on the CMIS Technology Focus Professional Reading page.
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More information about this article published in Edutopia February 2008 and links to DETWA resources from the Marc Prensky workshops held in Perth March 2007 are available on the Technology Focus Professional Reading page.

This briefing paper, released 11th January 2008 explores how ’specialist researchers of the future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are likely to access and interact with digital resources in five to ten years’ time.’ The document is available for download here.

This video from TeacherTube - Librarian 2.0 Manifesto makes a strong statement about the changing role of libraries and librarians.

Download Video: Posted by gperreault at TeacherTube.com.

If the video does not display in your browser you may view it from the VodPod in the sidebar of this blog, or directly from Teacher Tube by clicking here.