The Pursuit

Channel Nine have a wonderful programme on Sunday Afternoons at 4.30pm called "The Pursuit".

Three teams are given a navigational task around a city in Australia.

Last week's episode was based in Sydney. The teams were given clues and DSis which assisted them to navigate around the city. Along the way they had to perform certain tasks on a Wii (for example, catching a fish using a Wii on the wall at the Fish Markets and completing an art jigsaw puzzle using a Wii on the wall at the Sydney Art Gallery and then finding that particular Art work in the Gallery). They were not able to proceed until they had completed each task. The clues were quite criptic. It involved Problem solving, critical thinking skills, navigational skills, hand-eye coordination and much more (catering for all types of learners).

I would love to implement a challenge like this in my Library one day to really excite the kids about learning perhaps using clues from different books and the children have to navigate themselves around the library!

This week's episode is based in Melbourne.

A wonderful Reading Blog

I have just been advised of a wonderful Reading Blog from Whitefriars College:
http://readingnow.wordpress.com/
Students have written fantastic book reviews on Fiction/Novels that they have enjoyed reading lately.
Well worth a look.