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Using GIFS for Teaching. I’m no historian of modern education, but one thing I can say for certain is that the medium of instruction used to teach our children has rapidly changed, and will continue to do so for as long as children are being educated. Gone are the days of encyclopedias, textbooks and pen and paper. In are the days of tablet classrooms, educational apps, AI tutors and Wikipedia - and even that's a little outdated to kids. I believe there’s nothing new under the sun. Any innovation is, in some way, a combination of two pre-existing concepts. Communication + Electricity = Telephone. (Over simplified but indulge me.) Telephones + Radio = Cellphones. (Okay, I think I’m losing my way here, but you get the point.) A brilliant YouTube video, “History of Japan”, opened my eyes to the opportunity that exists to repackage educational content. It takes Japan’s entire [Read more...]

For some, the destination of travel is less important than the cost. When I chose to travel to South East Asia, it was mostly because my currency was stronger than theirs and the cost of living was cheaper in their region meaning the 3 month holiday would be comparatively cheap for my currency. I planned the route and activities after this realisation and off I went to have a brilliant time with a very thin wallet. Now imagine a website or app whereby you enter your home country and have it throw out a list of all the countries where it would be comparatively cheaper for you to travel to - taking into consideration the currency and cost of living figures for every country on earth. So, a map of the world would appear: Green countries show where it is cheap for you to travel to. Yellow show where it is about the same cost of traveling as it would be around your own [Read more...]