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<b>Feb29.net</b> has been set up to promote blogging and collect a historical snapshot of people thinking around the world on this leap day. It only runs for today and you can make your take a baby step to record your first impression upon the web.
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<div><a href="http://feb29th.net/" target="_blank">http://feb29th.net/</a> <br>
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<i><b>What is Feb29.net?<br>
</b>"The aim of this project is simple – Stripped down blogging to its simplest form to record one special day in time across the globe. As soon as the first country’s time zone enters Feb29th.net this blog will be open to posts. It’s simple, by filling out
the form below, you will be creating a blog post on this blog."</i></blockquote>
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<div>Here is a GoogleDoc with ideas submitted by teachers from around the world that list some classroom ideas.</div>
<div> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YhpWTr4WuE42MaY1Wi8Evc28wBUc4x5iEPdpKFN8zJk/edit?pli=1" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YhpWTr4WuE42MaY1Wi8Evc28wBUc4x5iEPdpKFN8zJk/edit?pli=1</a> </div>
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<div>Of course we still need to get our head around how we can do this on the Ultranet so if you are curious, check out the online activities listed in the interactive teacher guide that is jam packed with handouts, screencasts, how-to guides and lesson ideas.</div>
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<div> <a href="https://ultranet.vic.edu.au/portal/web/support/teachers1" target="_blank">https://ultranet.vic.edu.au/portal/web/support/teachers1</a> </div>
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<div>Regards Roland</div>
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