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This blog is designed as a space to create a global thinking community for classes from anywhere from year 2 -8 to investigate.  It uses a mix of video, images and websites to pose philosophical questions that relate to a range of ages.  http://thinkersoftheworldunite.globalstudent.org.auOur class uses it as a weekly blogging focus.  Students watch the content, discuss the questions and then blog about their ideas on their…See More

I have been blogging with my students both as a class and individually for a few years. For the last two the classroom blog has become the focus for weekly thinking questions. Each week there is new questions relating to a philosophical idea, for example memories, dreams, creativity, etc. The questions usually link to a short video related to the theme that promotes discussion and ideas. This has run successfully for a couple of years now. My new focus is to expand the Web2.0 environment by…See More

I have been blogging with my students both as a class and individually for a few years. For the last two the classroom blog has become the focus for weekly thinking questions. Each week there is new questions relating to a philosophical idea, for example memories, dreams, creativity, etc. The questions usually link to a short video related to the theme that promotes discussion and ideas. This has run successfully for a couple of years now. My new focus is to expand the Web2.0 environment by…See More

I have been blogging with my students both as a class and individually for a few years. For the last two the classroom blog has become the focus for weekly thinking questions. Each week there is new questions relating to a philosophical idea, for example memories, dreams, creativity, etc. The questions usually link to a short video related to the theme that promotes discussion and ideas. This has run successfully for a couple of years now. My new focus is to expand the Web2.0 environment by…See More

I attempted to add a group however it kept telling me I had spaces in my web address. I believe it is because the url is two characters too long and it wouldn't allow me to include the u/ (end of Australia). It is a very long url, as follows:http://thinkersoftheworldunite.globalstudent.org.au/Hoping to rectify this problemSee More