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Mandanna, Angie and I have just sat and chatted good iPad apps. Come and ask if you want some recommendations. We will update the recommended apps doc on the website.

Interesting little programme on BBC World Service on telling stories and mental health (Sunday 10th June).http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9/episodes/player

BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - The Forum - Episodes available now on BBC iPlayer Episodes from The Forum available now on BBC iPlayer

5 ideas...page 2

5 ideas for simple uses of tech in English

Another great edition of Element is out on ISSUU the publications website. Another thanks to Sandra Binny.

Element Magazine 2012 Element Magazine 2012

Author Shamini Flint came to talk to a wonderful Element evening organised by Sandra Binny. She is a superb speaker and full of insights about the lack of representation of South East Asia in ficiton (she is one of only 8 published fiction writers currently working who were born in Malaysia). Full of wit and very engaging.

New resource from Google on web searching: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/

Search Education – Google Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners.

https://sites.google.com/a/gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg/uwcsea-research-tools/information-sources -Singapore-National-Library Andrew McCarthy's guide to using National Library databases to get academic articles online. Essential for EE.

Sourcing Information - UWCSEA Research Tools

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Good for Grade 8 plot familiarity with MacBeth and fun to do a 'Woosh' -

Macbeth Woosh - Resources - TES Based on the RSC training, a Woosh activity to use with the class. In case you’re unfamiliar, as you read out the plot, members of the class come up and act out the plot. When you say “Woosh” they sit back down again. Marvellous stuff!

https://sites.google.com/site/eastasiawritingproject/ Althea recommends this... sounds great.

East Asia Writing Project Central Park, Stanley Waterfront, the Middle School bench, your balcony, my swimming pool, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Istanbul, Philadelphia . . . since 1984 we’ve been talking about writing and writing about talking - about how we don’t know what we think till we see what we ...