School of the Air
School of the Air is a generic term for correspondence schools catering for the primary and early secondary education of children in remote and outback Australia where some or all classes were traditionally conducted by radio, although this is now being replaced by internet technology. In these areas, the school-age population is too small for a conventional school to be viable .
History
The first School of the Air lessons were officially broadcast from the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Alice Springs on 8 June 1951. The service celebrated 50th anniversary on 9 May 2001, ahead of the actual anniversary on 8 June. Each state of Australia that utilises this means of education has well documented reviews and overviews of the service.
Method
There are school of the air programmes in all states except Tasmania.
School classes were conducted via shortwave radio from 2003 until 2009, after which most schools switched to wireless internet technologies to deliver lessons that include live one-way video feeds and clear two-way audio.
Podcasts:
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by Londonbeat
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by Mothers Of Invention
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by Absolom
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by Frank Zappa
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by Rural Alberta Advantage
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by The Mothers Of Invention
The Air
by: LondonbeatIf I ever turn away
If I cause you pain
I'll make the tears you cry
Like a river run dry
Cos I feel your pain like it was my own
My one and only prayer will be
that our hearts will beat as one
Refrain
You're the air that I breathe
The air that I breathe
Take this empty life I lead
Fill it with the love I need
You're the air that I breathe
The air that I breathe
Now I'm like a bird on the wing
Cos you unlocked the cage and set me free
If the earth should fall away
From beneath my feet
Still I'd stand on solid ground
Praise you for the love I found
Tomorrow turns to yesterday
But as my hair turns to grey
Still I'll praise you for your saving grace
Somehow, somewhere, someway
(Round and round and back again)
(No beginning and no end)
Somehow, somewhere, someway
(Round and round and back again)