Improve your Brain
Our international students managed to squeeze in another puzzle before their departure at the end of Term 3 – aptly a Bon Voyage puzzle. Puzzles are good for brain training, spacial recognition etc. and everyone can put in a few pieces on their way past. Try it?
If you’ve missed Todd Sampson put brain training to the test as he undergoes a radical brain makeover in a three-part documentary series on the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, in “Redesign My Brain” on Thursday nights, you can catch up with episodes 1-3 on Iview.
And if you’re interested in training your brain’s reaction time and capabilities, why not sign up for a free Luminosity.com account and play a few brain training games every day? Another good way to train your brain is by going to www.freerice.com to answer multiple choice questions about word meanings and many other subject categories. The good thing about Free Rice is that every time you get a question right, 10 grains of rice is donated to alleviate poverty.
And the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to…
Last week, Canadian short story author and novelist, Alice Munro, became the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Before her name was announced a cheer went up when the audience were told that this year’s recipient would be a woman. One of her recent books, “Too Much Happiness” won the Man Booker Prize in 2009. Follow this link for a brief encounter with our latest Nobel Laureate and one of Canada’s best known writers. Let’s not forget Canadian, Yann Martel, who wrote “The Life of Pi”…who knows with a few more books to his credit he might win the Nobel one day?
Displays & New Books
Our new Queensland Museum display is called “Our Senses”. Scan for new books in our library by browsing on our Red Hot Reading newsletter.
Digital Citizenship
It is more important than ever that you guard your digital footprint. This US High School film outlines some of the dangers of emailing, messaging and uploading photos of yourself and others to social media. Henry Sibley High School believe that “Managing Your Digital Footprint” is something you should really work on. Watch some of these stories and learn how to protect your digital reputation and future prospects.