Virtual Zoo Experiences – Australia

Taronga and Dubbo Zoo:

Webcam and video:  https://taronga.org.au/taronga-tv

Mogo Wildlife Park:

‘ask a zookeeper’ a question. Even better if the students can make a video of themselves asking the question to put on their page.
https://www.facebook.com/mogowildlifepark/
https://www.instagram.com/mogowildlifepark/

Symbio Wildlife Park:

Keeper talks and animal feeding videos on their facebook and instagram pages.
https://www.facebook.com/symbiozoo/
https://www.instagram.com/symbiowildlifepark/

Featherdale Wildlife Park:

Has Featherdale TV but it is more an advertising channel, and segments on TV that have featured Featherdale animals.
https://www.featherdale.com.au/featherdale-tv/

Zoos Victoria:

Has live streamed cameras in their animal enclosures. They also have live streamed feeding times listed for each animal included.
https://www.zoo.org.au/animal-house/

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary:
Webcams in various Koala enclosures
https://koala.net/webcams If you scroll further down the page, they also have webcams for: Dingo, Dragons, Skinks, Perentie, Platypus, Birds

Eco Eggs:
Choook-cam  https://www.ecoeggs.com.au/chookcam/watch-our-hens-live-on-camera

Phillip Island:
Penguin Burrow Camera   https://www.penguins.org.au/attractions/penguin-parade/penguin-burrow-camera/

Thanks to Cindy Tait for compiling this list

Australian Ballet – Free Performances Online

The Australian Ballet is offering a free cinema-quality digital season to bring full-length performances to Australians at home.

The new At Home with Ballet TV digital season will beam our premium-quality productions right to your couch for free. They’ve hand-picked a selection of the most beloved and inspiring ballets, and each will have a limited two-week season on their streaming platform, Ballet TV. Absolutely free!

They’re kicking off the Digital Season with the luminous extravaganza that is David McAllister’s production of The Sleeping Beauty.
We’re all at home – but we’re all together. And together, we’ll dance our way through.

Each full-length production will be available for a limited time only.
The Sleeping Beauty (David McAllister)
Sun 5 – Fri 17 April
Cinderella (Alexei Ratmansky)
Fri 17 April – Fri 1 May
Romeo & Juliet (Graeme Murphy)
Fri 1 – Fri 15 May

https://australianballet.com.au/the-ballets/digital-season

Technology Use in Schools – The Past, Present & Future

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Let me applaud the work of Warren McCulloch and strongly recommend that if you want to get to a helicopter view of ever evolving nature of digital technology use in schools – to appreciate the macro trends and the likely road ahead have a look at Warren graphs on his site at –

http://wazmac.com/ischools/planning/school-ict-planning/infrastructure-planning/school-budgets-indicate-ict-transition/

As many will know in his spare time Warren is an adviser with the NSW DEC.

Thanks to Mal Lee from OZ-TLNET for the link.