Life Chances

Juan Felipe Herrera has been announced as America's new poet laureate, and he is a fantastic choice. His poems have resonance here in Australia, especially now as we struggle with the question of what it means to be a multicultural society.

This week we're talking about personification and, even more interestingly, the opposite of personification.

Fiach Smyth shares his critical analysis of one the scenes from Jurassic Park, and shows how you analyse dialogue in a film - something which a lot of students struggle with.

Kerbal Space Program, a game which has come out of two years of beta this week, is exciting gamers and educators alike with its engaging game play and realistic physics modelling.