About Global Mouseion & Featured Projects
Building of Alexandria
The Alexandrian Mouseion, founded and favoured by the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, arose from the ancient Greek idea of mouseia, temples of learning dedicated to the Muses and centered upon the study of literature and the arts. Plato’s Academy blended this conception with the Pythagorean paradigm of a spiritual order consecrated to learning and the practical application of sacred truths. Aristotle’s Lyceum encouraged serious study in a broadly secular context and provided a model for the Alexandrian Mouseion.
Ever since she read about the lost museum in Alexandria, Heather Blakey has been on a quest to re-establish a fragment of the ‘House of the Muse’ in Melbourne, Australia. The Alexandrian museum was, and remains, a beacon. No one is certain what the great institution looked like, but the Greek geographer, Strabo, describes it as part of a richly decorated complex of buildings and gardens. The whole complex was a centre of learning and research, organised into faculties, whose scholars were paid by the royal purse. The library’s broader mission was to rescue Greek literature from decay. The Riversleigh Mouseion features Lemurian artefacts and collectibles and has special displays archeaological and nature exhibitions.
The Global Mouseion
The Global Mouseion features educational resources from the web, all in one place, and has special displays and exhibitions. Use it to enhance learning and gather knowledge from a wide range of subjects. You can also add educational projects of your own.
The Global Mouseion is organised into categories and holds a rich source of links, designed for research. There are different “rooms”, or “chambers”, to search in, each with different things to look at and learn about. Explore all the links, guiding you through many different pathways to the information you need.
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W i k i s p a c e s !
“Wiki” means “quick” in Hawaiian, so this means getting into a Wikispace is quick and easy for everyone. Use it as a place to create your own space, taking care to follow the guidelines and instructions, of course! You can use your Wikispace to have discussions with friends on special shared projects, use the functions to link with other Wikis, to create a Wiki World of education and fun learning with other students locally and around the globe.
Try the Audio Guided Tour on how to set up a page.
Try the Audio Guided Tour on how to personalise your page.
(Note: Other tours are available by selecting
from the drop down menu.)
Examples of Using Wikispaces:
April, 2007 “Space of the Month”
UK and Canada Schools Collaboration
March, 2007 - “Space of the Month”
Private Hobby
February, 2007 - “Space of the Month”
Burr and Burton Music Academy, Vermont, USA
From these examples, it’s easy to see the different uses for Wikispaces, how they assist learning and encourage people to form groups to share knowledge and interests around the globe.
NEWS FEATURE 2007:
THE MAGIC GARDEN
The Magic Garden is a project designed to show educators and their students how good curriculum can be delivered and the outcomes published, using new technology such as blogs, writeboard, photo board and many other exciting applications.
Cora Zon, a professional storyteller and Heather Blakey, an experienced web publisher and webmaster of the Soul Food Cafe, work collaboratively and demonstrate how educators can marry the ancient craft of storytelling, apply current curriculum and publish using state of the art blogging software.
Cora tells the enchanting Kazakha story of the ‘The Magic Garden’, while Heather Blakey delivers a curriculum package that climaxes with self publication on a constellation of Global Teacher, Global Student blogs.
Watch, in wonder, at the way this virtual garden is growing as staff, students and the wider community contribute by responding to the activities within the Magic Garden Project.Â
The Magic Garden is an example of delivering curriculum in an IT rich, WEB2.0 environment without discarding tried and true practice.Â
“Cover Design: The Magic Garden“
a response to a visual activity in the Magic Garden Project
Lori Gloyd (c) 2007
Creative Learning In Schools…
Grade 6 Hawkesdale - Collaborative Art
Flock of Birds by Prep 1 Students - HawkesdaleÂ
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