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2013-05-16 06:35:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

A few shots from Google IO.

2013-05-16 03:33:42 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

List of artists I have unintentionally seen perform now includes Billy Idol. He's in good company with The Pussycat Dolls. #io13

2013-05-13 20:29:06 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 24 +1s)

Having just merged...

2013-05-13 20:26:28 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Note to self: the tip for driving on the right side of the road, 'keep the steering wheel in the middle of the road', doesn't work so well on a bike. I think I may have confused some drivers...

2013-05-06 06:22:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hi from the University of Sydney!
We'll be running our third workshop for Maths, Science and Computing teachers, this year expanding to a three day conference from the 1st to 3rd of July.
In Australia, the new draft National Curriculum: Digital Technologies has recently been released, and we'll be creating classroom ready resources that link directly to that curriculum, as well as cross-curricular activities for maths and science teachers. 

2013-04-30 11:46:08 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

BEE BOTS, ASSEMBLE! 

Run a workshop for kids in year 3? Yes please!

2013-04-30 11:28:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

We have a DIY Rainbow up the road! :)

2013-04-24 06:51:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Just wanted to share some pictures from a recent Girls Programming Network workshop we ran in Sydney. We had about 40 high school girls attend, making their own mobile apps for Android using App Inventor. Most had never programmed before, and many attend schools where a computing elective isn't offered. We challenged the girls to think of a problem that a simple, specific app could solve.  

After a busy pizza and chocolate fueled few hours, we had some great apps: drawing apps, magic 8 balls, a quiz to test a foreign-language learner's vocab list, an app to help one of our students cheat at scrabble in Swedish (to be used only against said student's Mum), an app that used text-to-speech to read messages aloud when driving, and of course, pictures of cats.

By enabling girls to have authentic experiences with computer science, we can encourage women to not just be consumers... more »

2013-03-29 10:05:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Google Code Jam qualification rounds start soon (April 12th) so don't forget to register if you're interested! There are plenty of past questions to practice too: https://code.google.com/codejam/contests.html

2013-03-25 00:40:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

My friend +Jehan Gonsalkorale is crowdfunding his second EP! 

He's an awesome musician, and well worth a listen: http://www.youtube.com/user/jgonsalk

Please pitch in if you like what you hear, because I for one am really excited about this second EP!

2013-03-20 01:48:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

My friend Jehan is crowdfunding his second EP! 

He's an awesome musician, and well worth a listen: http://www.youtube.com/user/jgonsalk Please pitch in if you like what you hear, because I for one am really excited about this second EP!

2013-03-18 02:11:07 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

In the bird equivalent of the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment*, Cockatoos have been shown to defer gratification, delaying eating nuts in order to win tastier ones.
"A video showed one bird, Muppet, waiting 40 seconds while strutting agitatedly around a table top with the first nut in its beak before exchanging it for a second." **
http://medienportal.univie.ac.at/presse/aktuelle-pressemeldungen/detailansicht/artikel/doing-business-with-a-parrot-goffin-cockatoos-trade-with-nuts-in-an-exchange-experiment/ 

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment
**news.msn.com/science-technology/goffin-cockatoos-exhibit-self-control-in-nut-trading-game

2013-03-14 08:44:52 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Don’t Learn How To Code, Learn How To Make Things

http://www.jakelevine.me/blog/2013/03/dont-learn-how-to-code-learn-how-to-make-things/

2013-03-14 07:09:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

http://buttersafe.com/2013/03/07/snow-day/

2013-03-13 23:55:50 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

No! Not OK! :(
Why is there no 'Not OK' option?

2013-03-02 09:42:14 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Michael Ringland, +Karin Ringland - thought you might like this:
Jon Gomm - Passionflower

2013-03-02 00:44:29 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Know a high-school girl interested in computing and technology?

The Girls' Programming Network is gearing up for the first workshop of 2013, to be held on Saturday, April 6th at +The University of Sydney! 

We'll be making our own Android apps using MIT's app inventor.  Whether you've never programmed before or are already a coding ninja, come along and we'll guide you through writing your own app! Don't worry if you don't have an Android, - we'll have a few that you can test out your app on! :)

The free workshop will run from 10am to 4pm, and we'll provide lunch! If you'd like to attend or know a high-school girl who might be interested, check out our website to register!
http://sydney.edu.au/it/gpn

2013-02-06 05:23:38 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Michael Ringland - I know how much you like to rant about heels, so wouldn't want you to miss this opportunity. :)

2013-01-30 12:33:48 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Michael Ringland and +Karin Ringland  - following on from the last Para-skiing video, and your many bird pictures:
Rio for Real! Fly with a bird

2013-01-30 01:44:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Google's competition to get High School students into FOSS.

334 students, 36 countries and 1,925 tasks in 7 weeks! You should get your kids involved next year.

2013-01-24 13:38:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Circolombia Urban was awesome! Lots of energy, amazing acrobatics, excellent music (all sung live). The performers all looked like they were having a great time and the audience certainly was!

It's on until the 27th at the Riverside Theatres. I highly recommend it if you can make it along!

2013-01-24 08:35:42 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Circolombia! With +Sam Thorogood +Shaghayegh Sharif Nabavi +Stephen Merity +Jonathan Usmar +Sophia Di Marco +Tim Dawborn +Jim Mussared and Rob!

2013-01-22 04:19:49 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

NCSS 2013 Photos!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncssmedia/sets/72157632575403918/
If you've got any photos you think deserve a place in the official NCSS Media set, let me know!

2013-01-14 14:05:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Surviving #NCSS tutors enjoying some well deserved Thai after cleaning the labs and escorting the last students to their trains, planes, buses and parents.

2013-01-15 07:56:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Richard White, CEO of Wisetech Global, taking to the +NCSS summer school students. #ncss

2013-01-09 14:41:05 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

The 2013 NCSS Summer School started on the 5th of January with nearly 100 participants from across Australia!  Read about what they've been up to in our newsletter!

2012-12-29 14:04:10 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Epic space battles with +Sam Thorogood +Jim Mussared +Tim Dawborn and +Tobias Thierer

2012-12-27 00:42:16 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

An excellent way to spend boxing day. Thanks +Jim Mussared +Sam Thorogood +Jimmy Reilly and +Tobias Thierer !

2012-12-17 01:03:16 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

水陸両用モビルスーツ・ドロッグ　(MS drogg)　2号機

1号機からの主な（？）変更点
：腰ブロック前後を反転。 android ロゴを残したかったので。
：LEDを右腕にも。
：デカールがないので機体番号未記入

Ref:
+inuhito yoshida  Mar 4, 2012
水陸両用モビルスーツ・ドロッグ　(MS drogg)
https://plus.google.com/107583612182199851882/posts/PTLyiKv4cc3

1号機
https://plus.google.com/100459550951624585332/posts/TLWNkQCSHwz

2012-12-06 08:05:30 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Nearly three years after the initial call for papers, we have a published journal article! Woo!
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370212000276

2012-12-01 01:31:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Added photos to Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Retreat Australia & New Zealand 2012.

2012-11-27 04:08:47 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Girls teaching girls to code

#LearnToCode , +Mark Lewis 

2012-10-30 13:14:59 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

High School Students in their final year - Apply for the Junior Anita Borg Scholarship! Deadline to apply is November 11. 

2012-09-25 14:30:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Young coders ages 13-17, Google Code-In 2012 has just launched. Code-In is a contest in open-source software for pre-university students.

Learn more about how to participatein the blog post: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-code-in-contest-for-high-school.html

2012-09-19 01:20:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

This looks great - wish it were more than just US/Canada friendly!

2012-09-11 03:45:37 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 4 +1s)

CS4HS @ Sydney University

Science, Maths and Computing Teachers!  Join us for a free two day PD opportunity at the University of Sydney.  On September 27th and 28th we're running a CS4HS workshop: 'Computer Science for High Schools', as part of a worldwide educational initiative sponsored by Google.

http://sydney.edu.au/it/cs4hs

We will have a range of lectures and activities, including interactive sessions on Computer Human Interaction, Biomedical Engineering and a visit to the Australian Centre for Field Robotics as well as practical labs on Python programming and teaching IT concepts through web programming, as well as a guest lecture from a Google engineer.  

Thursday evening will include a Careers Panel and networking dinner, allowing for discussion opportunities, with a specific focus on how IT skills and computational thinking are necessaryfo... more »

2012-09-02 02:55:32 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

+Michael Ringland Hey Dad, just thought I'd tell you, you're a pretty cool dude.  Don't let it get to your head though.  :)  

Happy Fathers' day.  :)

2012-08-26 06:59:30 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Just fell asleep at my desk to the sound of my own voice explaining for loops... Oh subtitling, how I loathe thee.

2012-08-08 12:04:22 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Know a kid aged 8-12? Think they might be interested in robots? Send them to RoboCamp at Macquarie University!

2012-08-05 01:39:20 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hi!

Do you know any high school girls (or boys) who are interested in computing? Maybe they would like to enrol in the NCSS Challenge, an online programming competition for high school students that teaches students to code while they compete. 

It runs for five weeks every year, starting next Monday 6th August, and there's no previous programming experience required. Of course, if your sister, daughter, cousin, friend or student is already an accomplished programmer then we have intermediate and advanced streams as well. 

The competition is run by Sydney University, and there is more information on our website: http://ncss.edu.au

2012-08-02 12:34:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

ICT in Education Victoria is running Oracle's Java Fundamentals course for teachers - It's free blended professional learning.

Registration closes 10 Aug 2012. 
Can you please help spread the word?

Java is on the VCAA approved languages list for software development.  The course will be conducted online in weekly sessions from
 26 Aug - 30 Sep 2012 - with an in person 2 day workshop at the ICTEV in the Statewide Resources Centre in Carlton on 11 Oct & 12 Oct 2012.

2012-08-01 08:57:45 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

I have enrolled all my year 11 and 9 Info Tech students in the 2012 NCSS Challenge (and my son). The aim of this is to use this online activity to improve their #cs4hs  computational thinking skills, learn how to program in Python (and for some, help some with tackling VCE IT Unit 2 Outcome 2!)

This will be great so why don't you join us? The fun starts this Monday 6 August so get your students registered. Special thanks to +Nicky Ringland and James Curran for making this possible.

2012-08-01 07:32:51 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Excited to see +Roland Gesthuizen signing up students to learn Python in the NCSS Challenge this year!  :)  

The Challenge starts this Monday, so there's still time for students (and teachers!) to sign up!

2012-07-19 03:35:06 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Girls' Programming Network workshop for Term 3!  Know any high school girls interested in learning how to program?  Encourage them to come along!  
For more information see: http://it.usyd.edu.au/gpn 

2012-07-14 16:09:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Snow eggs with +Jim Mussared! Very delicious!

2012-07-09 03:30:20 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Thanks again to all the students, teachers and tutors involved in our NCSS Challenge 'Game in a Day' workshop held in Wagga Wagga!  

http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2012/07/high-school-students-not-interested-in-computers-what.html

If you know a high school student interested in learning how to program, send them here: http://ncss.edu.au 

2012-06-30 08:39:07 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Hangout with women in tech @ +Google Australia 

Why is it important to have a diverse workforce in computing and technology? What opportunities are out there for women in software engineering in Australia?
 
Join a Hangout with Google engineers Susannah Raub and Katie Bell as they explain why they’re passionate about increasing the impact of women in all aspects of technology. Hosted by +Alan Noble, we’ll also cover how Google is bringing together and celebrating technical women through various scholarships, internships and more.

Look out for our Hangout at +Google Australia on Wednesday 4th July at 1:30 PM Sydney local time (AEST).

Please reshare and if you have any questions about women in technology, add them here to this thread. 

2012-06-14 04:39:41 (2 comments, 9 reshares, 3 +1s)

How to teach science and computing in the age of big data? Get students analysing real data online!  Looking forward to the National Science Challenge project! 
http://theconversation.edu.au/how-to-teach-science-and-computing-in-the-age-of-big-data-7449

2012-06-12 11:31:00 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

My team's entry to the cake creation competition. Geeks make good cakes. Or perhaps at least ones with similar acoustic properties to the actual Opera House.

2012-05-24 03:38:21 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Great article on Portland start-up scene and a bunch of initiatives designed to make it edge towards diversity.